Personal Development - PD

Comprehensive Guide To Personal Development TrainingWhat is personal development at our school?

Personal Development (PD) focusses on “preparing pupils for their adult lives, teaching them to understand how to engage with society and providing them with plentiful opportunities to do so.” (Ofsted Inspection Handbook July 2022 paragraph 292)

 

Personal Development at Stockham Primary School  is focussed on developing the whole child in order that they reach their full potential academically, socially, emotionally and spiritually. We aim for all pupils to grow into well- educated, respectful, responsible adults who are:

  • Comfortable with who they are and have a deep sense of belonging
  • Respectful of others and see difference as positive and not a threat
  • Able to make a positive contribution to school life, the wider community and society in general
  • Happy, safe, confident and resilient
  • Financially secure
  • Model citizens prepared for life in modern Britain
PD underpins all areas of the curriculum and is therefore taught daily through a variety of lessons and Circle Time sessions. Some aspects are taught in personal, social, health, citizenship and economic education (PSHCE), a comprehensive programme of Relationship and Health Education (RHE), science, computing (online safety) and PE.
 

Other aspects are delivered through a comprehensive enrichment programme including:

  • Trips (day and residential),
  • Visiting speakers
  • Assemblies
  • Sports clubs
  • Performing arts
  • Music performance and events
  • Forest school
  • After school clubs
  • Subject learning clubs.
  • Mentoring programmes (Reading Buddies)
  • Leadership programmes e.g. School Council, Play Leaders
  • Join Your Child@School sessions
  • Showcasing Stockham sessions 
  • Organising charity events 
  • Special Events: religious and cultural