
PSHE
PSHE enables children to become healthy, independent and responsible members of society. At Pleasant Street we encourage our pupils to play a positive role in contributing to the life of the school and the wider community. In so doing we help develop their self-esteem and confidence. We teach them how society is organised and governed and ensure that they experience the process of democracy in school through the school council. We teach them about rights and responsibilities and they learn to appreciate what it means to be a positive member of a diverse multicultural society.
The core themes are currently delivered using the 1Decision Programme of study in Key Stages One and Two, in addition to other school resources. Parents and carers can find out more about the content of the curriculum and access some of the resources for home use by following the link. This will bring you to the 1Decision Parent and Carer information page.

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Children Mental Health Assembly
Year 4 prepared an assembly for the rest of the school and parents about how to stay connected and how this helps our mental health.



PSHE – anger
As a class, the children discussed the meaning of anger and how to manage anger positively. The children then wrote their ideas of how they manage this emotion and gave examples of their own.




When Cucumber Lost His Cool
We shared a story called ‘When Cucumber Lost His Cool’. We worked as a group to think of ideas to share with Cucumber about what he can do if he is feeling like he is going to loose his temper over things.
The children recalled some brilliant strategies, including balloon breathing, taking a short walk and playing a game to take your mind off things.


Collective Worship
The class listened carefully today about the theme of consent. We discussed that ‘no’ always means no!




Diversity Day – When Sadness Comes to Call
During Diversity Day, we read the book, When Sadness Comes to Call. We spoke about our feelings, the things that make us sad and what sad can feel like. We then discussed the types of things we can do when we feel sad, who we can talk to if we feel this way and how we can help others.





Can I Join Your Club?
Diversity Day
During Diversity Day we had the pleasure of ready ‘Can I Join Your Club?’ By John Kelly. Our book was about a Duck who wants to join a club. But he needs to be able to ROAR to join Lion Club, or TRUMPET to join Elephant Club. And all he can do is QUACK! What’s a Duck to do? Why, set up his own club of course… where everyone is welcome to join!
We discussed what it feels like to be left out and how including others can be the best solution to make everyone happy.








Planting with the Tree Council
Sarah from the Tree Council visited us today to lead an assembly on the work of the Tree Council and it’s importance. We were so interested to find out their work and to hear about the impact trees have on our physical and mental health and wellbeing.
Children from KS2 then worked together with Sarah to plant our new hedgerow area and some fruit trees finding out lots of facts and information along the way. This is the start of a project we have started to change and improve our playground. We can’t wait to keep you updated on the progress!













Self-Assessment on British Values
Today in Class 6 we were talking about “A world without judgement” and how our British Values help us to live out our everyday lives and how we can all live together in cohesion.



In app purchases
The children have been learning about in app purchases. The class watched a decision video about a young boy facing the difficult decision of buying an in app purchase. The class agreed the boy shouldn’t buy any in app purchases without the permission of his parents.


Diversity Day
Today during Diversity Day we read the book ‘I am Enough’ and we have learnt that the book promotes self-acceptance, self-esteem, and empowerment. The book tells us about the importance of accepting ourselves as we are, celebrating our uniqueness, and recognising our worthiness. Our question today was ‘What does it mean to be enough?’ we enjoyed sharing our thoughts and ideas during our P4C.







Star of Wonder
What an amazing afternoon we have just had watching the production Star of Wonder. We enjoyed laughing and participating alongside the actors.




Kind 📕
We read a story called “Kind”, the children completing a sorting activity highlighting what actions are kind or unkind.
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Sugar Awareness Week
Year 4 had today an assembly about Sugar Awareness. We learnt about how much sugar food have and what it is the impact in our bodies.


NSPCC
we really enjoyed having the NSPCC and Buddy in class to teach us how to ‘Speak out and Stay Safe’.
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Sugar Awareness
The children learned important facts this morning about brushing teeth and the dangers of sugar! Did you know after brushing teeth you should spit not rinse your mouth out? The class even danced for the duration of teeth brushing! Well done sugar detectives!




Diversity Day assembly
The children produced a great assembly speaking about the Windrush Generation, using the book ‘Coming to England’.


Diversity Day
Today we read the book “Pelé”. We learnt and spoke about making a difference, how to overcome barriers and be resilient in life.






NSPCC workshops
The children welcome visitors from the NSPCC to learn all about staying safe and they met Buddy, the special mascot who encourages children to speak out to a trusted adult.







Class 5 assembly
The children gave a great performance this afternoon as they completed their assembly all about staying safe and speaking out to a safe adult!




NSPCC
Speak out stay safe!
We watched the class assembly and discussed important issues.
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NSPCC Assembly

Today we spoke about what make us worried, sad or unsafe. We learnt what we can do about it.
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Medicine
In class three we discussed in a group why we take medicine and who we take it from.
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Sugar content
We looked at the amount of sugar in different foods and drinks. We were shocked to see the amount of sugar in certain items. We discussed how much sugar we should have and ways to consume sugar in a healthier way.




Oliver’s Vegetables
This week we have been reading Oliver’s Vegetables, we discussed what vegetables we already know and some new. To find out wether the children liked or disliked the vegetables we did a taste test.
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Smoking debate
The class had an interesting discussion and debate this afternoon about whether smoking should be banned and if advertisements for E-cigarettes are wrong.


PSHE – Smoking
The class watched a 1Decision video this afternoon, about a young girl facing a difficult decision about smoking. The class felt the girl should refuse the offer of a cigarette.


Collective worship
For collective worship we asked ourselves Do photographs shape the world?
and do photographs always tell the truth?


Diversity Day!
In class 3 we read ‘Two Monsters’ which is about two monsters who live on opposite sides of the mountain. They see different things and don’t communicate. We learnt how they stopped fighting and got along.
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Collective Worship
For collective worship, we looked at who is a part of our community and what makes us the same and as everyone in our school and what makes us different. We discussed the importance of respecting each other and treating people as how we want to be treated.



Diversity Day in Nursery – Autumn 1
In Nursery we read the story “The Colour Monster Goes to School”.
We discussed a range of emotions, the children described how they feel and created their own monsters.
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PSHE
The children watched a video about bullying this afternoon before making a decision! The class thought about the effects of bullying and how we can stop bullying.




Collective Worship
In class 2 we looked at the effects of loneliness and how we can help others.



Collective worship
It was fantastic to see Year 2 listening and speaking about politics this afternoon!! The children learned about voting and choice, and had lots of questions to ask!


Collective Worship
In class we spoke about what it means to be an Olympian. The children said it takes resilience and a great attitude to be an amazing Athlete.




Collective worship
The class listened carefully this morning in collective worship, learning about the events of D-Day on the 80th anniversary of this significant event.


Collective Worship
The children listened to important safety messages today about Rail Safety and how to stay alert when near rail lines.





Healthy eating
In PSHE today, the children recapped the benefits of healthy eating and choosing the right foods for a sensible diet. They watched a 1Decision video before making the correct choice for the character.



PSHE – Sharing images online
The children thought carefully this afternoon about the things that should and shouldn’t be shared online. They made a common sense decision using the 1Decision clip!


Diversity Day!
For Diversity day class 3 read the book “Talking is not my thing” which is about a autistic girl who uses non verbal communication to communicate. We explored different ways we can communicate and what ways we can help.
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Exploring emotions
Our PSHE lessons have been focusing on the emotions of worry and anger this half term.


Blue for Bobby
The children remembered Bobby Colleran today and listened to the importance of crossing the road safely and cars obeying the speed limit.


Collective Worship
The children listened attentively to how women in the past fought for equality and talked about inspirational women – as Class 2 learned about International Women’s Day.


PSHE – Worries
The children discussed strategies on how to deal with worries this afternoon – why sharing worries is important and which adults can be trusted to speak to. The class also watched a 1Decision clip before choosing the best action.


Diversity Day – Walk Tall
This diversity day, we used the story ‘Walk Tall’ as our stimulus to explore the P4C question ‘Do people always know that they are bully?”

Diversity Day
During Diversity Day class 3 looked at the book “Buster the Bully” by Maisha Oso. The book is about a fish that picks on and bullies other little fish. He then goes out to sea and gets bullied by a shark and killer whale. The book gives both perspectives of being the bully and bullied. We discussed what it feels like to be bullied.
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Your voice matters
The children learned that their voice matters – by expressing their feelings and understanding their rights, children can improve their mental health.


Safer internet day
The children discussed the importance of being safe online this afternoon and the need to make common sense decisions and always speak to a trusted adult.


Premiership Footballer Visit
We were visited by Everton FC football players, Lewis Dobbin and Joao Virginia who took the time out of their busy training schedule to visit school to play a competitive game of bench ball with some pupils. After the session, they sat down to discuss the importance of exercise and keeping fit and healthy and the impact that sport can have on our mental health and wellbeing.
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LLP reading event
The class enjoyed listening to author Lucy Farfort this morning, after enjoying her book ‘In our Hands’ – a book about hope, unity and positivity! They also drew characters who would transform the world! The book links in well with the upcoming Mental Health and Wellbeing Week.


HMD – Collective Worship
As Holocaust Memorial Day approaches this week, the children of Class 2 listened attentively as they learned about this time in history and the theme of discrimination.



Collective worship
The class listened attentively to the importance of Martin Luther King Jnr today, in a week where his inspirational life was remembered in the USA.


Diversity Day
During Diversity Day class 4 looked at “a shelter for sadness” by Anne Booth. The book is about a small boy who creates a shelter for his sadness, a safe space where Sadness is welcome, where it can curl up small, or be as big as it can be, where it can be noisy or quiet, or anything in between. The boy can visit the shelter whenever he needs to, every day, sometimes every hour, and the two of them will cry and talk or just sit, saying nothing. We discussed whether you should ever pretend you don’t feel a certain emotion.
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Staying Safe – PSHE
In PSHE we have discussed ways of keeping safe at home, in school and when out and about.
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