PSHE at key stage 2

Key Stage 2 (KS2) years 3-6 (children aged 8-11 years)

In PSHE at KS2, pupils work in the following areas of knowledge, skills and understanding:

• Developing confidence and responsibility and making the most of their abilities.
• Preparing to play an active role as citizens.
• Developing a healthy, safe lifestyle.
• Developing good relationships and respecting the differences between people.

During PSHE at KS2, pupils learn about themselves as growing and changing individuals with their own experiences and ideas, and as members of their communities. They become more mature, independent and self-confident. They learn about the wider world and the interdependence of communities within it. They develop their sense of social justice and moral responsibility and begin to understand that their own choices and behaviour can affect local, national or global issues and political and social institutions. They learn how to take part more fully in school and community activities. As they begin to develop into young adults they face the changes of puberty and transfer to secondary school with support and encouragement from their school. They learn how to make more confident and informed choices about their health and environment; to take more responsibility, individually and as a group, for their own learning; and to resist bullying.

The challenges listed under KS1 still apply but there are additional things to consider for children with:

• Autism spectrum disorder focussing on Asperger’s syndrome
• Physical impairment
• Visual impairment
• Hearing impairment
• Communication difficulties