ChloeBumfordAOLE2 2019

Well-being within the classroom and throughout the school is becoming a massive part of primary school’s curriculum especially with the new Donaldson curriculum. In the new curriculum there are six key areas of learning and one of them is health and well-being. Children and young people need to experience social, emotional and physical well-being to ensure that they engage fully with their education. This area of learning should help them to build on the knowledge and skills that they may already have but it will enable them to develop appropriate and positive relationships and to deal with tough decisions and issues that they will face in the real world (Donaldson, 2015).   White (2011) says that education for well-being involves preparing the children for a life of autonomous, whole-hearted and successful engagement in activities and relationships. White (2011) states that well-being education is built around gathering personal qualities on one hand and understanding on th...

What does PSHE stand for? PSHE stands for Personal, Social, Health and Economic and it is extremely important that all children have a PSHE education. It is currently a non-statutory subject however all schools should teach PSHE which will be outlined in the new curriculum. (Department of Education, 2013) PSHE is a school subject which children develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to keep themselves safe and healthy, and also to prepare them for work and life in the real world. PSHE lessons can be proven to have had academic and non-academic outcomes for pupils when it is well delivered. (PSHE Association, 2018) PSHE is thought of and delivered to the children differently in each school. Some schools make it part of a Religious Education lesson or some integrate it into other lessons as a cross-curricular approach. While others deliver discrete PSHE lessons or use circle time. (Goddard, 2013) Goddard (2013) states that teaching and learning methods to teach PSH...

The outdoors has many benefits to everyone but especially children, and nowadays we are trying to get children outside during school time as much as possible. There is a massive drive for children to be outdoors and connected to nature. This can be seen through ‘Forest Schools’ which has now become a well-known approach in primary schools to get children outdoors. Louv (2005, p.34) has described “Nature Deficit Disorder” as ‘the human costs of alienation from nature, among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, and higher rates of physical and emotional illnesses.’ Many children may suffer from “Nature Deficit Disorder” because they do not get enough time to spend in nature or that when they are at home they do not get a chance to go outdoors and play. School is more than likely the only place some children spend time outdoors and Forest Schools has a massive impact on children getting outdoors and having fun.  Forest schools are providers of outdoor ed...