Personal Social Health Education (PSHE)

Exploration and Investigation

• Explain own knowledge and understanding, and ask appropriate questions of others.
• Look closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.
• Asks "Why?" frequently and considers replies.

 Communities

• Begin to know about their own cultures and beliefs and those of other people.
• Feel a sense of belonging to own community and place.
• Gain an awareness of the cultures and beliefs of others.

Topic Overview

Term 1

• New beginnings
• Getting on and falling out

Term2

• Going for goals
• Relationships

Term 3

• Good to be me
• Changes

Religious Education (RE)

Is aware of own strengths and weaknesses

• Practices good self-care, often without prompting.
• Can describe self in positive terms and talk about abilities.
• Has strong sense of fun and humour; is able to engage others in pleasurable interaction.
• Approaches new challenges with assurance in own ability.
• Enjoys taking part in family routines and chores.
• Identifies with own immediate family, relations and family friends.
• Can express wishes and needs clearly and understands when not immediately met.
• Enjoys talking about past experiences, the present and future plans.
• Approaches adults with a degree of social skill.
• Is able to negotiate, argue point of view and accept others' perspectives.
• Shows compliance with social expectations. 

Making relationships

• Value and contribute to own well-being and self-control.
• Form good relationships with adults and peers.
• Work as part of a group or class, taking turns and sharing fairly, understanding that there needs to be agreed values and codes of behaviour for groups of people, including adults and children, to work together harmoniously.
• Understands that own actions affect other people, for example, becomes upset or tries to comfort another child when they realise they have upset them.
• Gets satisfaction from doing things with other children and adults.
• Joins in imaginative play, for example, in the home corner.
• Knows cannot always have what they want when they want it.
• Generally more cooperative and amenable to rules and routines, has fewer tantrums.
• Monitors other children's behaviour with a sense of right and wrong.
• Is conscious of and curious about sex differences.
• More confident in new social situations, for example, playgroup, but may be anxious at first. 

Behaviour and self-control

• Understand what is right, what is wrong, and why.
• Have an awareness of the boundaries set, and of behavioural expectations in the setting.
• Show confidence and the ability to stand up for own rights.
• Consider the consequences of their words and actions for themselves and others.   

Sense of Community

• Have a positive self-image, and show that they are comfortable with themselves.
• Understand that people have different needs, views, cultures and beliefs, that need to be treated with respect.
• Understand that they can expect others to treat their needs, views, cultures and beliefs with respect.
• Enjoy joining in with family customs and routines.
• Have an awareness of, and an interest in, cultural and religious differences.

Topic Overview

Term 1

• Ramadan
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 

Term 2

• Mosques around Bahrain – inside and outside

Term 3

• Friends – Who were the friends of Jesus?
• Rainbows – Who was Noah?