At NET, we are committed to providing a high-quality, comprehensive approach to Relationships and Sex Education (RSE). We do this by combining the My Happy Mind and Jigsaw programmes.
My Happy Mind is an NHS-backed programme which focuses on science-based, preventative habits that support and promote good mental health in all children. My Happy Mind is delivered over 5 modules; each child shall experience all the modules below over the course of an academic year. Each module builds progressively, year on year, as the children continue throughout their primary school journey.
- Meet Your Brain: Understanding how your brain works and how to ensure we look after it so that we can manage our emotions and be at our best.
- Celebrate: Understanding your unique Character Strengths and learning to celebrate them.
- Appreciate: Understanding why gratitude matters and how you can develop gratitude as a habit.
- Relate: Understanding why positive relationships matter and how to build them.
- Engage: Understanding how to set meaningful goals that matter and how to stay resilient in times of challenge.
Throughout the year, the children shall also cover 3 of the Jigsaw PSHE units, which again build progressively year on year. These units are:
- Healthy Me: Understanding about physical health and mental wellbeing through lessons on topics like healthy eating, personal hygiene, exercise and staying safe (on and offline).
- Relationships: This focuses on teaching children how to form and maintain healthy, respectful relationships with themselves and others, covering topics such as friendships and families.
- Changing Me: The unit teaches children about the physical, emotional, and social changes that occur as they grow from babyhood to adulthood. It covers topics such as consent, puberty, body image and positive self-esteem.
We also recognise the current and ever-changing risks to children online. Along with the e-safety lessons, which the children cover in our RSE curriculum, the school also supplements this with further e-safety lessons using the platform ProjectEvolve. These e-safety lessons are delivered in an age appropriate manner and start from Nursery right through to Year 6.
| Nursery | Reception | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn 1 |
My Happy Mind – Meet Your Brain Consent lesson – learning.nspcc.org.uk/.../pants-teaching Online Safety – Circle Time – youtube.com/watch?v=X0ORbbSUb-A |
My Happy Mind – Meet Your Brain Consent lesson – learning.nspcc.org.uk/.../pants-teaching Online Safety – Online Bullying – LQ1: How can people be unkind online? projectevolve.co.uk/…/i-can-describe-ways-that-some-people-can-be-unkind-online |
My Happy Mind – Meet Your Brain Consent lesson – learning.nspcc.org.uk/.../pants-teaching Online Safety – Online Bullying – LQ1: What is bullying? |
My Happy Mind – Meet Your Brain Consent lesson – learning.nspcc.org.uk/.../pants-teaching Online Safety – Online Bullying – LQ1: How should I behave towards others online? |
My Happy Mind – Meet Your Brain Consent lesson – learning.nspcc.org.uk/.../pants-teaching Online Safety – Online Relationships – LQ1: What does it mean to know someone online? projectevolve.co.uk/…/i-can-explain-what-it-means-to-know-someone-online |
My Happy Mind – Meet Your Brain Consent lesson – learning.nspcc.org.uk/.../pants-teaching Online Safety – Online Bullying – LQ1: How is online bullying different to physical bullying? |
My Happy Mind – Meet Your Brain Consent lesson – learning.nspcc.org.uk/.../pants-teaching Online Safety – Online Bullying – LQ1: How can I report concerns and access support? |
My Happy Mind – Meet Your Brain Consent lesson – learning.nspcc.org.uk/.../pants-teaching Online Safety – Online Bullying – LQ1: How can I capture bullying content as evidence? projectevolve.co.uk/…/i-can-describe-how-to-capture-bullying-content |
| Autumn 2 |
My Happy Mind – Celebrate Jigsaw – Healthy Me L1 – What are parts of my body called? youtube.com/watch?v=BwHMMZQGFoM L2 – Why is exercise important? youtube.com/watch?v=-y5yuLuw7KQ L3 – What foods are healthy for me? L4 – Why is sleep important? L5 – Why is it important to keep clean? L6 – What to do if I get lost or someone talks to me who I do not know? |
My Happy Mind – Celebrate Jigsaw – Healthy Me L1 – How can I keep my body healthy? L2 – Which foods are healthy and unhealthy? L3 – What does it mean to be healthy? L4 – Why is sleep important? L5 – Why keep clean? L6 – What is a stranger and how do I stay safe? |
My Happy Mind – Celebrate Jigsaw – Healthy Me L1 – How do I keep myself healthy? L2 – How can we stay clean, healthy and safe at home? L3 – How can I help myself when I feel poorly? L4 – How can I stay safe when crossing the road? |
My Happy Mind – Celebrate Jigsaw – Healthy Me L1 – What do I need to keep my body healthy? L2 – How do medicines work and how can I use them safely? L3&4 – Which foods does my body need every day? |
My Happy Mind – Celebrate Jigsaw – Healthy Me L1 – How does exercise affect my body? L2 – How do calories, sugar and fat affect my body? L3 – What is my attitude towards drugs? L4&5 – How can I keep myself safe? |
My Happy Mind – Celebrate Jigsaw – Healthy Me L1 – What are the effects of smoking? L2 – What are the effects of alcohol? L3 – How do I resist peer pressure? |
My Happy Mind – Celebrate Jigsaw – Healthy Me L1&2 – What are the health risks of smoking and alcohol? L3 – What are basic emergency aid procedures? L4 – How does media promote certain body types? L5 – What roles can food play in people’s lives? |
My Happy Mind – Celebrate Jigsaw – Healthy Me L1&2 – How can I take responsibility for my health? L3&4 – How can people be exploited and why do people join gangs? L5 – What are the triggers that can cause stress? |
| Nursery | Reception | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 1 |
My Happy Mind – Appreciate Online Safety – Circle Time |
My Happy Mind – Appreciate Online Safety – Online Relationships LQ2: How can I use the internet to communicate with people I know? Resource Link |
My Happy Mind – Appreciate Online Safety – Online Bullying LQ: How can anyone experiencing bullying get help? Resource Link |
My Happy Mind – Appreciate Online Safety – Online Bullying LQ2: How can bullying appear online and how can someone get support? Resource Link |
My Happy Mind – Appreciate Online Safety – Online Relationships LQ2: What is the difference between trusting and liking someone online? Resource Link |
My Happy Mind – Appreciate Online Safety – Online Relationships LQ2: Why is it important to give and gain permission before sharing things online? Resource Link |
My Happy Mind – Appreciate Online Safety – Online Bullying LQ2: How do I block abusive users? Resource Link |
My Happy Mind – Appreciate Online Safety – Online Relationships LQ2: How can things shared privately online have unintended consequences for others? Resource Link |
| Spring 2 |
My Happy Mind – Relate Jigsaw – Relationships L1: What does my family look like? L2: How can I make friends? L3: What makes a good friend? L4: What can I do if someone is unkind to me? |
My Happy Mind – Relate Jigsaw – Relationships L1: How can I be a good friend? L2: How can unkind words hurt people’s feelings? L3: What can I do if I feel lonely? L4: What jobs do people have in my family? |
My Happy Mind – Relate Jigsaw – Relationships L1: What are different types of families? L2: What makes a good friend for me? L3: What are appropriate ways to greet friends? |
My Happy Mind – Relate Jigsaw – Relationships L1: Who are the different members of my family? L2: What physical contact is acceptable in a family? L3: What causes conflict between friends? L4: When is it good or not good to keep a secret? |
My Happy Mind – Relate Jigsaw – Relationships L1: What are the roles and responsibilities in my family? L2: What skills help build friendships? L3: How can I keep myself safe online? |
My Happy Mind – Relate Jigsaw – Relationships L1: What is jealousy? L2: Who is special to me? L3: How do friendships change? L4: What is the meaning of boyfriend/girlfriend? |
My Happy Mind – Relate Jigsaw – Relationships L1: What are the consequences of being in an online community? L2: What rights/responsibilities do I have in online gaming? L3: What is too much screen time? |
My Happy Mind – Relate Jigsaw – Relationships L1: What are types of loss and grief? L2: When might people gain power/control? L3: How can I judge if something online is helpful? |
| Nursery | Reception | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 1 |
My Happy Mind – Engage Online Safety – Circle Time – Book – This is How we Stay Safe |
My Happy Mind – Engage Online Safety – Online Relationships - LQ3: When should I ask for permission to do something online? |
My Happy Mind – Engage Online Safety – Online Relationships - LQ3: Why is it important to be kind online? |
My Happy Mind – Engage Online Safety – Health, Wellbeing and Lifestyle LQ3: Why do some online activities have age restrictions? |
My Happy Mind – Engage Online Safety – Health, Wellbeing and Lifestyle LQ3: When might someone need to limit screen time? |
My Happy Mind – Engage Online Safety – Online Relationships LQ3: How might some online communication be harmful? |
My Happy Mind – Engage Online Safety – Health, Wellbeing and Lifestyle LQ3: How and why do apps request payments? |
My Happy Mind – Engage Online Safety – Online Relationships LQ3: What impact may sharing inappropriate images have? |
| Summer 2 |
Finish any My Happy Mind lessons Jigsaw – Changing Me L1: How can I respect my body? L2: How will I change? L3: Feelings about moving classes L4: Favourite memories |
Finish any My Happy Mind lessons Jigsaw – Changing Me L1: Names of body parts L2: Respecting my body L3: How I will change L4–L5: Moving to Year 1 L6: Favourite Reception memories |
Finish any My Happy Mind lessons Jigsaw – Changing Me L1: What happens as humans age? L2: How my body changed since babyhood L3: Boys’ & girls’ body parts |
Finish any My Happy Mind lessons Jigsaw – Changing Me L1: How I changed since babyhood L2: Differences between boys & girls L3: Types of touch |
Finish any My Happy Mind lessons Jigsaw – Changing Me L1: Needs of a baby L2: Why boys’ & girls’ bodies change L3: Internal bodily changes |
Finish any My Happy Mind lessons Jigsaw – Changing Me L1: What makes me, me? L2: Responsibilities of having a baby L3: Girls' puberty |
Finish any My Happy Mind lessons Jigsaw – Changing Me L1: Self-image L2–L3: Puberty (boys & girls) L4: How babies are made |
Finish any My Happy Mind lessons Jigsaw – Changing Me L1: Puberty (boys & girls) L2: Conception & pregnancy L3: Physical attraction & relationships |