Personal Development

Personal Development is at the heart of Sharlston.

Our entire school ethos of Support and Challenge to Succeed and SHINE is built upon a far-reaching and inclusive PD offer. 

We believe that every child who walks through our doors should have access to not only the best academic offer, but also the best personal development offer that meets the needs of our children and community. Our PD offer is highly-personalised, highly inclusive and provides our children with the skills, knowledge, support and opportunities to become well-rounded members of our local community, and the wider world. Personal Development is a golden thread through school, interwoven into all curriculum areas of daily life via our SHINE approach. We aim for every child to leave Sharlston with the skillset to make a positive contribution and value everyone, and themselves.

Our aim, at Sharlston Community School, is to offer a broad and balanced SHINE curriculum, providing opportunities for our children to gain the essential knowledge, skills and understanding which will enable them to flourish and reach their full potential in life. Each child will be supported and challenged to experience success. The curriculum is interwoven with developing the key attributes embodied within our AT SHARLSTON WE SHINE message.

 S how Respect -Respect ourselves, others, property and our surroundings

Intent: to develop confident, responsible and compassionate global citizens who demonstrate an appreciation of the world we live in  

 H ave ambition -Have high aspirations to succeed in life

Intent: to inspire pride, aspirations and high expectations of what can be achieved both during lesson and in the future

 I nvolve every one -Enjoy being together, and celebrate differences

Intent: to develop kind, fair members of a multi-cultural society who use empathy and can communicate effectively, celebrate diversity and uniqueness, tackle discrimination and promote equity.

 N ever give up -Be resilient and determined to do your very best

Intent: to develop resilient learners who persevere, take risks, are open to feedback, self reflect and embrace challenge with a growth mindset

 E njoy learning –Engage with learning new things in and out of school

Intent: to provide rich learning experiences which develop language both within and beyond the classroom, linking and recapping prior learning and motivating and engaging learners

Our wider curriculum offer supports the growth and development of children and encourages them to build their resilience, confidence and independence as well as helping them to understand how to keep themselves physically and mentally healthy. We offer after school activities that support this offer and an enrichment programme that broadens the children’s experiences and understanding of the world.

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Kapow Primary Curriculum is used to support the teaching of lessons in Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education and covers all statutory guidance. The details of the scheme can be found below. Please visit our separate Relationships and Sex Education page for information about this aspect of our PSHE curriculum.

We enhance our PSHE Curriculum by taking part in annual events such as My Money Matters Week, Charity Days (Red Nose Day/Children in Need), Anti Bullying Week and No Pens Day. We also  provide opportunities for children to apply for and be trained to carry out pupil jobs in school such as Buddy Readers, Playground Helpers and Wellbeing Workers.