At Hanslope Primary School, our curriculum is built from the National Curriculum and sequenced through a two-year rolling programme. This ensures that all pupils experience a broad, balanced and carefully planned curriculum, regardless of whether they begin a phase in Cycle A or Cycle B.
Our curriculum is organised around clear golden threads. These golden threads help pupils make meaningful links across units, subjects and year groups. In PSHE/RSE, pupils revisit important historical concepts over time so that their knowledge becomes deeper, more connected and more secure.
Across the school, pupils develop both substantive and disciplinary knowledge within PSHE. Substantive knowledge refers to the key content pupils learn, such as healthy relationships, physical and mental wellbeing, safety, and living in the wider world. Disciplinary knowledge focuses on how pupils apply and develop their understanding, including decision-making, managing emotions, recognising risks, communicating effectively and reflecting on personal choices.
Vocabulary is carefully planned across KS1 and KS2 so that pupils can talk confidently and accurately about PSHE themes, with language that is revisited and built upon as they progress through the school.
Subject Leader: Mrs Kathryn Curtis
