PSHE Association Case study -West Hatch School

PSHE Education (Personal wellbeing) - empowering, enabling, and engaging young people in learning (West Hatch School, Essex)

In this video clip the Headteacher offers a rationale for putting PSHE education at the centre of school improvement arguing that the dialogue that takes place between the learner and the teacher offers intelligence to support the school in addressing the needs of their students. PSHE educations key contribution to community cohesion is also made explicit. A group of young people talk about the value of PSHE education and an older student reflects on how PSHE education supported pupil involvement in policy review.

A trainee teacher teaches the lesson illustrated, and the PSHE coordinator makes the case for requiring trainee teachers to teach PSHE education to extend and refine the range of their teaching skills. The student teacher acknowledges the part that teaching PSHE education has played in widening her teaching practice and relationship with young people. The lesson illustrates the importance of active learning and the high level of engagement this engenders. The lesson illustrates the importance of respecting and building on the knowledge and understanding that the learners bring to the classroom. The school uses visitors to the classroom to support the programme but the importance of the teacher retaining management of the learning is emphasised. There is also an example of peer assessment in action.

This video was recorded at Sweyne Park School, the Rayleigh, and West Hatch High School, Chigwell.

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