Jigsaw at Swansfield Park
Jigsaw holds children at its heart and aims to improve children’s capacity to learn, their resilience, emotional well-being and mental health.
Jigsaw will support the development of the skills, attitudes, values and behaviour, which enables pupils to:
- Have a sense of purpose
- Value self and others
- Form relationships
- Make and act on informed decisions
- Communicate effectively
- Work with others
- Respond to challenge
- Be an active partner in their own learning
- Be active citizens within the local community
- Explore issues related to living in a democratic society
- Become healthy and fulfilled individuals
According to the National Curriculum, every school needs to have a broad and balanced curriculum that:
• promotes the spiritual, moral, social, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school;
• prepares pupils at the school for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life;
• promotes British values.
From September 2020, primary schools in England also need to teach Relationships and Health Education as compulsory subjects and the Department for Education strongly recommends this should also include age-appropriate Sex Education.
Schools also have statutory responsibilities to safeguard their pupils (Keeping Children Safe in Education, DfE, 2019) and to uphold the Equality Act (2010).
The Jigsaw Programme supports all of these requirements and has children’s wellbeing at its heart.
This whole school approach provides structure, consistency and familiarity to children and supports their learning by reinforcing key themes. Below you can see an outline of the programme and how it develops through the school year.
Jigsaw is delivered through 6 key concepts or ‘puzzles’ (half-term units of work) each with 6 Pieces (lessons):
- Autumn 1: Being Me In My World
- Autumn 2: Celebrating Differences
- Spring 1: Dreams and Goals
- Spring 2: Healthy Me
- Summer 1: Relationships
- Summer 2: Changing Me
Lesson objectives are structured and sequenced so that final outcomes are secure and meaningful. Children do not learn objectives in isolation but continue to embed these through carefully planned application of skills throughout the year.
All children have access to the Jigsaw curriculum with work being tailored appropriately for children with SEND. Inclusivity is part of Jigsaw’s philosophy and each piece is tailored to meet the needs of the children in their classes. To support this differentiation, many Jigsaw Pieces (lessons) suggest creative learning activities that allow children to choose the media with which they work and give them scope to work to their full potential. Children will learn through similar activities, with final outcomes modified to suit all needs. Children are then assessed.
In Jigsaw, by the end of EYFS children will:
Begin to develop and form positive relationships. Show sensitivity towards the needs of others. Show self-confidence and awareness by trying new things and taking risks. Understand how to manage feelings and behaviour. Show and talk about your own emotions and those of others. Be able to differentiate between positive and negative behaviour and understand that negative behaviour has consequences.
By the end of Key Stage 1 children will:
Understand how my behaviours and choices affect others. Explain how we are all different and this makes us special. Express how I feel about succeeding in new challenges and how it feels working as a group. Understand the importance of healthy food. Recognise people who are important to me and how to resolve conflicts with my friends. Use the correct names for parts of the body and understand which parts of the body are private.
By the end of Key Stage 2 children will:
Understand why we have rules in our community, how we are given a voice and understand how our actions can affect others in our community. Explain the importance of accepting people for who they are, recognise bullying behaviours and how to help people make the right choice. Understand how to be resilient and the effect of having a positive attitude, recognise my goals and how to work with others to make the world a better place. Recognise how our metal health is as import as our physical health and respect and value our bodies. Explain how to stay safe with technology, describe different points of views and recognise when others are trying to gain control. Explain how bodies change as we grow including through puberty.
Jigsaw contributes, as a good PSHE programme should, to the British Values agenda very significantly, both through the direct teaching of information and through the experiential learning children will enjoy.
We also use weekly 'Picture News' in our school assemblies to discuss what is happening in the world. This links to British Values and Human Rights.
The 5 strands of the British Values agenda have been mapped across every puzzle and every piece of the Jigsaw Programme.
- Democracy
- Rule of Law
- Individual Liberty
- Mutual Respect
- Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs
See mapping document for coverage across the school.
Democracy
Democracy is an everyday part of life at Swansfield Park and we promote fairness by ensuring that everyone can share their viewpoints without fear. All pupils regularly vote on various issues and events. They take on the responsibility of being leaders in many different ways including organising their own lunchtime monitors, libarians, sports leaders Our Year 6 pupils all have school responsibilities including, being castle captains, head boy/girl and having monitor jobs which they have to apply for in an interview to prepare them for getting a job in the future.
Democracy is taught discreetly during assemblies, Jigsaw lessons and through current events.
Rule of Law
We teach children that rules are there to protect everyone, keep people safe and enable them to learn along with the responsibilities that come with having rights. At Swansfield Park we follow our 3 C's, to be caring, curious and courageous individuals. Our older pupils discuss what to do if something does happen to give them the knowledge about who they can turn to for advice.
We use our Jigsaw lessons and assemblies to discuss rights including the ‘Pants’ rule to help keep children safe from abuse. Our EYFS children have a visit from parent police officers. This includes talking about their role and helping them to solve an investigation by taking finger prints, following clues, creating posters, acting out news reports and finishing with them solving the investigation by using the evidence that they have collected.
Individual Liberty
Pupils are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and freedom to make choices whilst in a safe environment. It empowers the children to understand the choices they make have an impact on others and their liberty must not be at the expense of someone else’s well-being. It makes connection between school and the world of work, enabling them to develop the knowledge and attitudes they need to succeed, building on key skills including; communication, confidence, financial capability, initiative, organization, problem-solving, teamwork & resilience.
Mutual Respect
Respect is a theme which is regularly taught through our Jigsaw lessons and class assemblies with the emphasis being that we are all unique and that difference is to be celebrated. We aim to ensure that all pupils treat everyone with respect regardless of their gender, faith, culture, belief or difference. The staff act as role models and praise pupils for showing respect along with good manners and being a good citizen.
Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs
Pupils at Swansfield Park reflect the diverse culture of the local community. We try to harness cultural links by visiting a place of worship or welcoming people of differnt faiths into school to talk to pupils about their faith experiences. Through assemblies, Picture News and class Jigsaw lessons we discuss issues that are happening in the world around us today and try to explore and discuss all points of view with lots of debate and hot seating.
We have hosted and welcomed the Pearl of Africa into school, where children can expereince culture and find out about similarities and differences between the cultures.
SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural) development opportunities are mapped throughout the Jigsaw Scheme. Jigsaw is designed to nurture the ‘whole child’ and increase learning capacity, underpinned by mindfulness philosophy and practice. All of these pieces of learning are brought together to form a cohesive picture, helping children to know and value who they are and understand how they relate to other people in the world.
See mapping document for coverage across the school.