Our approach to the primary RSE & PSHE curriculum 

This printable PDF document provides a detailed overview of Kapow Primary’s 36-week RSE & PSHE scheme of work, designed to support schools that deliver the subject each week. It helps primary teachers confidently deliver a well-structured, engaging RSE & PSHE scheme, aligned with the National curriculum.

What does Kapow Primary’s RSE & PSHE long-term plan contain?

The long-term plan outlines the progression of skills and knowledge in RSE & PSHE, ensuring that pupils build upon their learning each year in a spiral curriculum.

It covers the statutory requirements of the National curriculum, details the RSE & PSHE skills and knowledge taught, offers guidance on RSE & PSHE assessment and provides information to support the implementation of Kapow Primary’s RSE & PSHE scheme within your primary school setting.

How does Kapow Primary’s RSE & PSHE scheme develop knowledge and skills?

This document provides a suggested long-term plan for each year group, ensuring a clear pathway for pupil learning. Progression is broken down into the following key areas:

• Families and relationships – learning how to recognise and form positive relationships with family and friends; identifying how to deal with conflict and bullying.
• Health and wellbeing – learning strategies for maintaining physical and mental health, including hygiene, exercise, healthy eating, sleep and self-awareness.
• Safety and the changing body – learning how to stay safe in a variety of online and offline situations; what to do in an emergency; naming parts of the body; distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate physical contact; identifying the physical and emotional changes of puberty.
• Citizenship – recognising the importance of rules; caring for others and the local environment; learning about rights, responsibilities and the importance of participation in community life.
• Economic wellbeing – exploring what money is, ways to earn it and how to take care of it.

Can I adapt the RSE & PSHE long-term plan to my school?

All schools have different needs. As such, Kapow Primary’s RSE & PSHE units can be taught in different orders or moved within year groups to align with your school’s specific requirements and cross-curricular links.

If your school is short on curriculum time, you may wish to consider our RSE & PSHE: Long-term plan – condensed curriculum, which covers the National curriculum in only 20 lessons.

What other Kapow Primary resources support primary RSE & PSHE teaching?

• For our standard RSE & PSHE scheme, see the corresponding RSE & PSHE: Progression of skills and knowledge.
• If you follow our Long-term plan – mixed-age, see the corresponding Progression of skills and knowledge – mixed-age version.
• If you follow our Long-term plan – condensed, see Progression of skills and knowledge – condensed.
• See how children begin their Kapow PSHE journey with our EYFS (Reception) RSE & PSHE units.
• Explore more of Kapow’s RSE & PSHE scheme by browsing our KS1 units, Lower KS2, Upper KS2  and Mixed-age units.
• To see the coverage of the RSHE statutory guidance, see our Statutory guidance mapping document.
• To see how Kapow Primary’s lessons are mapped to the PSHE Association, see Mapping to the PSHE Association Programme of study.