Jigsaw covers all areas of PSHE for the primary phase incorporating British Values and SMSC (Spiritual, moral, social and cultural) development and including the statutory Relationships, Sex and Health Education.

The Jigsaw curriculum is split into 6 key topics (Being Me in My World, Dreams and Goals, Celebrating Difference, Healthy Me, Relationships and Changing Me). These themes have equal weighting and importance within teaching, and topics are taught on a rolling, spiral basis. Topics are revisited across year groups, and understanding is deepened. This allows for progression and retention of key skills and knowledge, and also the introduction of some concepts at an age-appropriate point. This progression is detailed in the PSHE inc. RSHE curriculum map. 

Some PSHE topics are taught hand-in-hand with other subjects, especially Computing and Science, for example the teaching of online safety within Computing lessons and healthy eating within Science etc. Our curriculum supports the development of pupils English skills, for example, through introducing and discussing new vocabulary and their meanings, building good social communication skills, and their Maths skills, for example, through calculating costings within some units of work.

The PSHE inc. RSHE Subject Leaders have used Jigsaw to develop long and medium-term planning used by the whole school, ensuring progression through the spiral curriculum. 

Each half term, the whole school teaches the same unit of work. This is introduced by a whole school assembly to launch the new topic. Teachers use the Jigsaw website to access short term planning, resources and key vocabulary. A puzzle knowledge organiser is used at the beginning of each new unit of work.

At Worlingham CEVC Primary we allocate one hour to PSHE each week in order to teach the PSHE knowledge and skills in a developmental and age-appropriate way. PSHE inc. RSHE is taught by class teachers in EYFS – Year 6, in discrete year group specific lessons. A taught session may look very different in one-year group to the next – class teachers have discretion to deliver teaching that suits the individual needs of their class, whilst ensuring that all curriculum content is covered effectively. Jigsaw lessons often begin with the Jigsaw Charter and includes the use of the Jigsaw Chime and Calm Me exercises which help pupils relax their bodies and calm their minds, reaching an optimum state for learning. The aim is to bring pupil’s awareness/attention to the present moment and in so doing let go of other thoughts that might be scurrying around the mind which distract from focusing on the learning of the lesson. The Connect Us section of the lesson aims to develop pupils’ social skills to better enable them to participate in collaborative learning.  In EYFS, a whole class journal is used to capture the children’s learning on each theme. From Year 1, each pupil has their own book to show their learning journey. Jigsaw lessons incorporate range of learning opportunities, for example, paired or small group tasks, drama, individual tasks, research, drawing and discussions etc. Throughout Jigsaw, pupils are encouraged to reflect on their learning experiences and their progress. By reflecting, pupils can process and evaluate what they have learnt, which enables them to consolidate and apply their learning.