Our Personal Development Story

At Old Clee Academy, we aim to build self-aware, unique, problem solving, and empathetic, responsible and benevolent children.

Our Intent

At Old Clee Primary Academy (OCPA) we have planned a Personal Social and Health Education (PSHE) curriculum alongside the Sex and Relationship Education (SRE), which links closely to the guidance from the PSHE association’s Programme of Study.  Our curriculum has been planned to meet the needs of our pupils specifically and has been formulated from what we know of our children, what the data collected and collated by Public Health England (Child and Maternal Health), North East Lincolnshire Authority tells us, and by taking account of the views of the Senior Leadership Team, teachers and Pastoral Team. This has been further enhanced by our recent journey towards becoming a ‘Thinking School’.  Metacognition underpins everything that we do at Old Clee.  We aim to develop creative thinkers, resilient problem solvers and reflective questioners who are equipped with the skills and knowledge to make a positive impact on the world around them.  These are all key skills developed within the Personal Development curriculum.

What our local community data says:

• Children in North East Lincolnshire come from a high percentage of low income and separated families.
• The area is amongst the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in the country; out of 153 regions identified by Public Health England (Child and Maternal Health), our percentage of ‘children in care’ is 9^th highest.
• The percentage of children killed or seriously injured on our roads make us 5^th highest in England. 
• Our high percentage of conception rates for under 18’s show we have an increasing number of teenage mothers which puts us in the top 20 highest in England.
• Our percentage of mothers who smoke at the time of delivery are well above the national average, placing us 2^nd highest in England. Old Clee Primary Academy is an area where crimes and incidents of domestic abuse, drug, alcohol misuse and mental health problems are high.
• There are high levels of anti-social behaviour, offending and re-offending.

This is why as a school, we have created a high quality yet informative PSHE and SRE curriculum to tackle these key problems that directly affect our children and the community and society that they live in. The aim of this being to embed key life skills within our pupils such as self-value and self-worth, moral obligation, making positive choices and having high aspirations so that they become ‘SUPERB’ citizens, and are able to contribute positively to society.

As a school, we asked staff what important qualities we want to ensure are developed in all our pupils when leaving us, so that they may go on to play an active and successful role in society and have happy and fulfilled lives.  This is how our ‘SUPERB’ citizen approach was developed, as each of the letters embody a characteristic we want to consciously focus on and develop in our pupils across the whole school.

Self Aware citizen

The focus here is learning about good health and how pupils can learn to stay healthy, with an emphasis on self-help and how exterior influences including drugs, alcohol and puberty can affect health (UKS2). Our pupils will also learn about sex and relationship education.

Unique citizen

The focus here is a celebration of everything that makes pupils unique but also highlights, whilst positively affirming, the similarities between pupils and their friends, family and peers. This also includes developing an understanding of pupil’s own identity and what influences this.

Problem solving citizen

 Due to the high number of children killed and injured on our roads and our close proximity to the coast, we have focused on road and water safety and how pupils can manage risks and help others (helping in an accident and emergency). Due to the use of social media in the 21^st century, we as a school feel it is important to educate our pupils on keeping safe online (this is in addition to Internet Safety Week).

Empathetic citizen

This focus identifies what a good friend is and how pupils can be a good friend to others. As well as this, it emphasises how to reflect on own experiences, feelings and how to manage them and communicate with others. Examining relationships with not only friends but family, romantic and online relationships is the final key focus.

Responsible citizen

Being a responsible citizen encompasses teaching pupils about their communities and how we look after not only the local community, but the wider world, the jobs that people do and how socio-economic dynamics can affect our local community. Not only that, but also how the choices we make with regard to spending and earning money can affect our community.

Benevolent citizen

This focuses on kindness, what it is and how we can be kind to everyone. Children will develop an understanding and awareness of living in a diverse world, that kindness is the glue that binds us together, even in adversity, how an act of kindness affects our mental health whilst recognising when others may need us to be kind to them.

Our Implementation

We spiralise our Personal Development / PSHE skills by teaching the key curriculum areas of Health and Wellbeing, Relationships and Living in the Wider World which is split into the SUPERB attributes.

PSHE is taught on a weekly basis for 30 minutes, however the ethos of the school means that our PSHE, Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) and Personal Development skills and attributes, underpin everything that takes place within and across the academy.

Our plans show clear progression across the year groups, with long term plans and knowledge matrices that assist teachers with lesson content and links with PSHE, SRE and SMSC programmes of study. Lessons will take a similar format as follows:

Prior learning/retrieval activity - What do we already think/know?

Input of new learning / ideas through a variety of learning and metacognitive activities.

End point assessment activity – what do we know/think now?

Teachers evidence the baseline, new learning and end point assessment in a variety of ways, but the focus on reflection of what has been learned or discussed during the lesson is paramount.

The lessons take this format to ensure that teachers can concentrate on content and resources. A broad range of examples and resources are provided for their use through the knowledge matrices. However discussion and debate are encouraged across all lessons.

Examples of being SUPERB at Old Clee

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An example of skill progression within our Personal Development curriculum Nursery -Year 2

An example of skill progression within our Personal Development curriculum Year 3 -Year 6

The Impact

The lesson structure assesses children’s prior knowledge and attitudes. The lessons continue with activities that show clear progression throughout the school and are adapted for the children’s needs. The children will then be encouraged to reflect upon what they have learned or discussed. We expect the children to talk about what they have learned.

We will also share our weekly SUPERB Citizen focus with our children through assemblies.  Comparing the amount of counters the key stages have accumulated compared to the previous term. Discussing the new focus and listening to news stories that reflect the week’s focus, British Values and the protected characteristics.

Through monitoring:

• Monitoring of teaching and learning shows evidence of good staff subject knowledge and understanding of concepts being taught. Vocabulary is being modelled consistently in all lessons, and in in broader areas of the school such as the lunch hall and playgrounds. Pupils are expected to use the correct vocabulary.
• Children are engaging in the Personal Development curriculum, and show their understanding through verbal feedback and evidence in books. They talk about SUPERB and what it means to them.

• Tracking and monitoring takes place to ensure all children make good progress.
• Pupils’ work in books consistently shows evidence of opportunities for discussions, drama through different scenarios (evidenced by pictures) and a wide range of resources to enable the children to understand and progress.
• Past learning is repeatedly ‘retrieved and spiralised’ through each term and year to enable children to retrieve, build on and expand their learning and work from previous years.
• Children are now becoming more aware and using their skills from previous SUPERB Citizen lessons.

Pupil Voice: 23/24

EYFS child : We learn about being kind and trying our best.  This week we are being unique.

I like getting tokens.

Year 1 pupil:  We have lot of fun in our P.D lessons.  We get to do acting and talking.  I know what week we are on because I use the working wall and our teachers tell us in assembly.

Year 2 pupil: I like P.D lessons they help us to know how we can protect the environment and helps us to be a better person.

Year 3 Pupil: I like learning about being helpful and kind.  The passport helps me to keep track with what my strengths are. Yesterday I learnt about Individual Liberties and I remember learning about them in year 2.          

Year 4 pupil: I love P.D as we get to different lessons and learn to be respectful to each other.

Year 5 pupil: I like my passport as I can show it to my parents when they come in on parent’s evening.  They can see how I have progressed. I like the assemblies although sometimes they make me feel emotional as they talk about things that happen to other people.

Successes for 2022-2023

• PD day across the academy –This was a huge success and enjoyed as much by our guests as the children in school.  It definitely gave our children a broader outlook into the career they might take in the future.
• Ofsted visit – Our Ofsted visit with a deep dive into the P.D curriculum was very successful.  Our inspector was very impressed with our SUPERB approach and how our children demonstrated these traits.
• Extra Curricular clubs -  As a school we have improve the range and frequency of extra curricular clubs.

Priorities for 2023 – 2024

• To continue to drive British Values and Protected Characteristics across the school.
• To apply for Healthy Schools Status.
• P.D day 2!

Successes for 2023 – 2024

• British Values now a weekly focus delivered by teachers. Displays are visible in all classrooms and children can identify where these are.
• Cultural Capital links to SUPERB citizen developed and to be implemented across the school.

Internet Safety

Today Mr Pinto and his friend Billy came to our school to help us learn how to be safe when we access games, apps and programmes online.

We found out that we shouldn’t be on our electrical devices for more than an hour a day. We also learnt a catchy song to help us remember what to do.

The internet is great.

The internet is fun.

But if you’re feeling worried you’ve got to tell someone.

Today we dressed in neon colours to help us be seen when crossing the road. We had a very important visitor called Paul Coultard from Humberside Fire and Rescue. He talked to us about road safety ‘STOP LOOK LISTEN and THINK’.

He reminded us that we need to be seen and wear bright clothing to help us be seen by drivers. We also got very excited when he did an experiment using an egg to show us how important it is to wear a safety helmet. He compared the egg to our heads and showed us the difference between wearing a helmet and not. We then found out about being safe in the car and how important it is to use a proper car seat or booster seat when travelling in a car. That this helps our seatbelt to fit properly. We found out all about a family called the Silly family and what happens as a result of not wearing a seat belt. 

This week we have been ‘Self Aware’ thinking about how we can stay safe during Halloween and Bonfire night.

We had a visit from Humberside Fire and rescue advocate John Scott. He was really impressed with how knowledgable our children were about staying safe near fire and fireworks.

He gave us some top tips on staying safe and being respectful to others when trick or treating too!