Schools can of course adapt this content as they feel is appropriate for their pupils in line with the statutory guidance. We also provide leaflets and a parent presentation that schools can use as part of their parental engagement on RSE. Every Jigsaw Piece (lesson) contributes to this and our mapping grids clearly indicate which elements are enhanced in each lesson. Every lesson in Jigsaw has 2 learning intentions – one of which is always social and emotional. This ensures that not only are the social and emotional aspects of learning included in every lesson, but also that children are encouraged to recognise and value their own learning in these areas. Salford Health Improvement Service can support you if you want to stop smoking or manage your weight, as well as signposting you to other services. Volunteering Staff across the school have benefitted greatly from Jigsaw. Since the introduction of Jigsaw, staff feel more confident and better equipped to teach PSHE. As Jigsaw comes ready resourced, includes PowerPoints and assessment tools it has lifted some of the teacher workload contributing positively to staff wellbeing." Headteacher, West Yorkshire Also here you will find a Training Library which is a rich source of professional support containing staff training presentations and live events to boost your personal growth.

Children are able to see and value this and develop the skills to self-assess their learning. Additionally, everything that schools do in Jigsaw can be linked to positive behaviour policy (which is where the Learning Charter work in Being Me in My World is so useful). More intensive intervention work with more vulnerable children is needed, to ensure that all children’s needs are met – at a universal and a targeted level. For older year groups, the emphasis is more on jobs and careers, and also on supporting others with fundraising, etc. For example, in Year 5, there are lessons on children’s dream jobs and the steps they need to take to get there, what people in a variety of jobs earn and how everyone makes a contribution in society. Children are taught to know their own minds, to operate from a position of self-awareness and self-valuing, and to develop the capacity to empathise with others. Children develop the skills and confidence in Jigsaw to have respectful discussions around sensitive subjects, and in Key Stage 2 this includes lessons around topics such as belonging, peer pressure, changing relationships and gangs, which can be built upon in more specific lessons when they reach post-primary school. Children thoroughly enjoy the lessons and find the opportunity to talk through things such as celebrating differences, defining bullying, keeping mentally and physically healthy and how we change as we grow, amongst a variety of other thought-provoking topics." Deputy Headteacher & Pupil Premium Lead, West Oxfordshire

The ‘Changing Me’ Puzzle in Jigsaw 3-11 covers puberty and human reproduction in the context of coping positively with change. It does this in a sensitive and age-appropriate way which includes lessons on human reproduction, the coverage of which is at schools’ discretion. What was missing was a programme that had worked out the progression and the structure and what to teach and at which stage while making it fun, enjoyable and creative for the children and the teachers." Our school as a whole felt the need to inject some life into our Health & Well-being / PSHE curriculum and so, after a lot of research and an introduction meeting from Carol at Jigsaw, we were extremely excited to launch Jigsaw at our school at the start of last year. Learn more We do not have lessons that single out just one particular group in a lesson such as race, sexuality, disability or gender but these aspects are reflected in the lessons in an age-appropriate way with lessons explaining the importance of the Equality Act and Protected Characteristics in Upper Key Stage 2, when we find pupils are also naturally bringing more questions on these areas to the classroom. These Weekly Celebration Assemblies can be used as part of the Jigsaw scheme or stand-alone and are available now in the Jigsaw online store.

Jigsaw Homes Group is an approved Homes England partner and maintains an active development programme. We remain committed to providing more new homes every year and deliver sustainable mixed tenure developments that offer people the choice of homes available at affordable rent, market rent or for sale through shared ownership. Rather, Jigsaw makes a significant contribution towards ensuring that the curriculum and the learning environment that children experience lays down a grounding in which the ideological and emotional roots of extremist beliefs, attitudes and behaviours cannot flourish. Sex education in primary schools is not statutory like Relationships and Health Education is, but it is recommended by the DfE that all primary schools should deliver this.

Jigsaw is an integrated scheme of learning with particular emphasis on emotional literacy, mental health, social, moral, cultural and spiritual development as well as physical health education. It provides teachers with detailed, weekly lesson plans and all the resources needed to deliver an engaging and relevant, spiral Health and Well-being curriculum. Jigsaw is a very prominent part of our classroom, with the children often referring to the activities they have undertaken. These activities can permeate the whole curriculum and support each area of learning." Headteacher, Cardiff This 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle depicts Dave Thompson's splendid design of Salford Quays. The perfect gift for anyone who loves a challenging jigsaw puzzle. We do not believe it is controversial. It is flexible enough for a school to ensure that the material fits their ethos and values and there is a strong safeguarding element to the ‘Changing Me’ Puzzle (as there is throughout Jigsaw). There is a strong emphasis on emotional literacy and nurturing mental health as the necessary underpinnings for learning with a unique mindfulness approach in every lesson.

The expectations set out in the Curriculum for Excellence for Health and Wellbeing are comprehensively covered through Jigsaw’s spiral curriculum, with mindfulness philosophy and practice woven throughout making Jigsaw is a unique, progressive and effective scheme of work for this area of the curriculum. There are lots of Catholic schools using Jigsaw and some of these are implementing the Changing Me materials as they are, others have tweaked them to fit their requirements. For example, in Jigsaw we use specially-designed animations to help teach some of the elements of sex education: most schools use the animations, while some schools choose not to. It’s your choice – there is no obligation either way. You are looking for an inclusive, progressive, age-appropriate whole- school development tool that is comprehensive and completely original for building an impressive range of social and emotional skills and boosting the positive mental health of children. LinksA universal, core PSHE curriculum and programme for the whole Primary School including statutory Relationships and Health Education There are a large number of Jigsaw schools on a 2 year rolling cycle who are able to use the majority of the materials like this with only a handful of lessons needing some adaptation to ensure that the content is fully accessible for all. We also have some specific documents to further help you to support SEND children in the classroom relating to Autism, and also an alternative set of Connect Us activities for children with restricted mobility and/or limited language and communication skills.