There are six Puzzles (half-term units of work) each with six Pieces (lessons). Every year group studies the same Puzzle at the same time (sequentially ordered from September to July), allowing for whole school themes and the end of Puzzle product, for example, a display, activity or exhibition (like the Garden of Dreams and Goals) to be shared and celebrated by the whole school. Each year group is taught one lesson per week and all lessons are delivered in an age – and stage -appropriate way so that they meet children’s needs.

An important part of the Jigsaw PSHE programme is delivered through the ‘Relationships’ and ‘Changing Me’ puzzle pieces which are covered in the summer term.

There are four main aims of teaching RSE:

• To enable children to understand and respect their bodies
• To help children develop positive and healthy relationships
(appropriate to their age and development)
• To support children to have positive self-esteem and body image
• To empower them to be safe and safeguarded.

Each year group will be taught appropriate to their age and developmental stage. At no point will a child be taught something that is inappropriate. If a question from a child arises and the teacher feels it would be inappropriate to answer, (for example, because of its mature or explicit nature), this information with be shared with you by your child’s class teacher. The question will not be answered to the child or class if it is outside the remit of that year group’s programme.

Below is a summary of RSE coverage within the Jigsaw scheme for each year group:

• FS – Growing up: how we have changed since we were babies
• Y1 – Boys’ and girls’ bodies; naming body parts
• Y2 – Boys’ and girls’ bodies; body parts and respecting privacy
(which parts of the body are private and why this is)
• Y3 – How babies grow and how boys’ and girls’ bodies change as they grow older
• Y4 – Internal and external reproductive body parts, body changes in girls and menstruation
• Y5 – Puberty for boys and girls, and conception
• Y6 – Puberty for boys and girls and understanding conception to birth of a baby

Further information about how the school approaches the teaching of Relationships and Sex Education through the Jigsaw programme can be found within the documents listed below:

Through high quality teaching and delivery of the PSHE and RSHE curriculum, our pupils are encouraged to build skills such as empathy, making reasoned arguments, understanding other points of view and discussing issues in a respectful manner, as well as allowing them to develop their discussion skills and present information and views in a respectful and accurate way. We promote the whole child through spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development preparing them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences they already face and for adult life.