Childhood Matters 1-1 Relationships, Sex, and Health Education

Why Childhood Matters Alternative Provision?

Above all else, our ethos and approach to delivering relationships, sex and health education is routed in wellbeing and preparation for adulthood and it is delivered with a focus on empathy towards our children and young people!

We listen to their story, their thoughts, needs and interests; and aim to provide them with bespoke and contextual learning centred around content that supports and speaks to them directly.

We recognise that many of our children and young people will have experienced difficulties and challenges in the educational environments from which they have come, and so we have designed our relationships, sex and health education learning package with wellbeing, trusted relationships and engagement at its core.

We pledge to provide trained staff who are committed to building supportive, enabling relationships that encourage children and young people to engage with the learning offered.

We pledge to design bespoke 1-1 learning sessions aligned with DFE statutory guidance and the PSHE Association framework, to ensure content and learning supports engagement and reflects the real world, with skills for life and personal growth considered at all times.

Please download our RSHE & PSHE Information Leaflet

Our Ethos and Intent

Vision

To provide outstanding provision through a creative, therapeutic and individualised approach to re-engagement with learning, centred around well-being, in order to build self-belief and skills for independence.

’’Developing confidence, resilience and independence and encouraging intrinsic motivation through caring, connection, communication and creativity.”

Aims

To help students to overcome their individual challenges and barriers to learning and the world
around them, in order that they develop self-belief, feel a greater sense of wellbeing and achieve personal growth.

This means that from the time a student arrives, we work with them to identify a longer-term goal for themselves, and we then build activities within an agreed framework of provision that ensures that they are making clear steps towards being able to achieve and succeed in reaching this goal.

Approach

To utilise animal assisted therapeutic interactions, together with PACE, therapeutic thinking and trauma informed approaches and resources to ensure both personal and collaborative progress and achievement for each student.

Our Approach and Curriculum Implementation

Our provision centres around an individual student’s identified outcomes or needs and we carefully work to construct and combine layers that support individual development in a flexible and holistic way in order to maximise their engagement, progress, and achievement.

Engage

Wellbeing and Engagement:

We support each student’s social, emotional and physical wellbeing to ensure that they re-engage with people, life and learning.

Students work collaboratively, recognising, celebrating, and encouraging diversity
Students discover about, and become educated citizens of, their world, and are encouraged to engage with and positively contribute to local, national, and global issues
Students participate in activities designed to increase their awareness and develop their sense of responsibility

Ignite and Inspire

Knowledge, Skills, Metacognition, and Independence:

With students re-engaged, we then equip them with the confidence, knowledge and skills to allow them to successfully transition back into an educational setting where possible.

We ensure that they understand how to learn, develop independence in their learning and lives and are able to explore the different pathways available to them.

Students develop their self-belief and confidence and are prepared and assisted into the next step in their educational journey
Students understand how to learn and how learning applies to all aspects of their lives
Students are supported and empowered to develop their commitment, intrinsic motivation, and independence

Influence

Collaboration, Community and Responsibility:

As students develop in confidence and independence, we encourage and support more collaborative learning, to expand their understanding of community and responsibility and to engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement.

Students develop their self-belief and confidence and are prepared and assisted into the next step in their educational journey
Students understand how to learn and how learning applies to all aspects of their lives
Students are supported and empowered to develop their commitment, intrinsic motivation, and independence

Our Provision

Our student mentors adapt approaches, activities and resources considering the engagement and social, emotional needs of each student, and any provision or specific outcomes identified.

Accurate baselining and effective formative assessment, together with a reflective and adaptive approach ensures progress throughout each student’s journey towards re-engagement and in preparation for adulthood with us.

Relationships, Sex, Health Education Provision

Our 1:1 RSHE and PSHE sessions are designed to help children and young people build confidence, resilience, wellbeing and positive engagement with learning. Sessions provide supportive, pro-social opportunities to explore topics such as healthy relationships, personal safety, emotional wellbeing and decision-making in a way that is accessible and relevant to each individual.

Provision is flexible and tailored to the child or young person, with a strong focus on relationship-building, trust and interest-led learning to ensure meaningful engagement. Activities may take place in school, at home or at an agreed off-site location.

Each session is documented through our mentor reporting process, ensuring those commissioning receive regular updates on engagement, themes covered and progress. Refreshments can be included where required to support participation.

Please download our RSHE & PSHE Information Leaflet