At St.Wilfrid’s, RHE and PSHE is considered an essential element of the education of the whole child.  Parents are primarily responsible for helping their children gain knowledge of, and develop respect for, love and loving relationships. The school’s  PSHE and relationship and health education programme “Life to the Full Plus” is designed to help parents in this area through a two strand approach that will deliver quality content. The teaching covers the emotional, physical and sociological aspects of relationships. Our programme covers EYFS, KS1 and KS2 and is based on three core themes within which there will be broad overlap. It is adaptable to the age and ability of the pupils. The three themes are:

• Created and loved by God (this explores the individual) The Christian imperative to love self, made in the image and likeness of God, shows an understanding of the importance of valuing and understanding oneself as the basis for personal relationships.
• Created to love others (this explores an individual’s relationships with others) God is love. We are created out of love and for love. The command to love is the basis of all Christian morality.
• Created to live in community – local, national & global (this explores the individual’s relationships with the wider world) Human beings are relational by nature and live in the wider community. Through our exchange with others, our mutual service and through dialogue, we attempt to proclaim and extend the Kingdom of God for the good of individuals and the good of our community and wider society.

Relationships and Health Education

We are delighted to announce that our school is participating in a well-structured Relationship Education programme for Catholic primary schools, titled Life to the Full Plus. 

As you may be aware, Relationship Education became statutory for all primary schools from September 2020. The Life to the Full Plus programme is based on ‘A Model Catholic RSE Curriculum’ by the Catholic Education Service which was highlighted as a work of good practice by the Department of Education. Therefore, we have confidence that the programme will be fit for purpose in supporting the growth and development of your child.

Life to the Full Plus is much more than a series of lessons. It is an entire platform of creative resources that will engage, inform and inspire our children and, indeed, you as parents. This includes interactive video content, story-based activities, employing a wide range of teaching tools, original worship music and an accompanying programme of classroom prayers.

In addition, there is an online parent platform so that you, as parent and carers, can engage with the teaching and deepen the experience for your child. To access the online parent platform please visit: www.tentenresources.co.uk/parent-portal

Life to the Full Plus is intended to be a partnership between home, school and church. We know that you already do a fantastic job and we see our new programme, Life to the Full Plus, as a means to further develop, support and enrich the partnership between home, school and church so that your child is fully supported.

Programme Content

The programme adopts a spiral curriculum approach so that as your child goes through the programme year-after-year, the learning will develop and grow, with each stage building on the last.