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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. We fully expect teachers to adapt the materials in the classroom for the pupils in front of them, but by following the programme structure and learning intentions they can be confident that they are providing a broad and balanced curriculum across the school that will help prepare children for all the different aspects of life beyond the classroom, as well as within it. As well as the assembly for each Puzzle, we envisage schools will also hold Celebration/Golden Assemblies that will include reference to what children have been doing in Jigsaw that week. 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. If you want to restyle and overhaul your school culture and help create a positive environment where children are better able to learn, then Jigsaw PSHE are a magnificent foundation. It drives excellent behaviour, helps children be resilient and to grow in self-confidence and nurtures self-reflection. The verdict Founded by Jan Lever MBE in 2013, with the vision to support the wellbeing of the whole learning community, the Jigsaw Education Group has grown to be the preferred provider of PSHE (Personal, Social, Health Education) and RE (Religious Education) programmes in the UK and around the world.
A programme like Jigsaw can be so helpful to schools, because it sets out exactly how children learn best and how to teach skills that lead to better social, emotional and mental health. Each lesson plan includes a social and emotional learning intention so that the purpose of that lesson is clear in terms of children’s emotional development, not just their ‘knowledge learning’. Provides children with relevant learning experiences to help them navigate their world and to develop positive relationships with themselves and others 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. From ages 5-11 years, there are built-in assessment opportunities within every lesson, including baseline assessments for teachers to assess how to guide the discussions related to the topics and learning intentions across the whole unit of work. There are numerous lessons in every year group that explore the world of work and further study, most of which appear in the Dreams & Goals and Being Me in My World Puzzles (units).There are myriad ways in which Jigsaw helps children learn about mental health; and these lessons more than cover the requirements set out in the latest government guidance on teaching about mental health.
Yes. There are numerous opportunities in Jigsaw for teaching and learning about financial capability and economic well-being. The Puzzle ‘Dreams and Goals’ holds most of the explicit lessons on finances, where it looks at enterprise and fundraising, aspirations, jobs and careers. The practice of mindfulness, where children learn to be in the present moment without judgement, is taught in every Jigsaw lesson in 3 different ways: 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.
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The Department’s updated guidance on safeguarding from 2020 explained how safeguarding goes beyond child protection, and begins with, “preventative education and activities which enable children and young people to grow up safely and securely in circumstances where their development and wellbeing is promoted.” Put simply, Jigsaw helps to teach children about the keeping themselves safe and promotes an ethos in school that strongly supports keeping children safe in many diverse situations. Within this, there are also lessons looking at what bullying is, why it happens, and how we can all behave in a way that supports each other, including the pros and cons of peer influence, how to say no, where to go for help and how to support others. Alongside this, we have mapped the specific lesson planning in Jigsaw with the content that is relevant to the six sections of the PSHE Association’s Planning Framework for pupils with SEND. The Jigsaw PSHE programme provides well-researched lessons covering essential areas in a student’s life development. It helps them build self-esteem and resilience while encouraging them to recognise their own strengths. From Year 2 onwards, there are built in assessment opportunities within every lesson, including baseline assessments for teachers to assess how to guide the discussions related to the topics and learning intentions across the whole unit of work. These are not written tests, but activities such as continuums or discussions that encourage deeper thinking and reflection.
Loneliness can and does affect anyone, of any age. If you are feeling lonely and down, reaching out can be hard. Youcan become socially isolated for a variety of reasons, such as getting older or throughdisability or illness. Staying connected These lessons are mostly related to drug education in Healthy Me and puberty and sex education in Changing Me. Some schools choose to adapt these lessons, and some choose to split the classes into smaller groups for parts of them instead. The Jigsaw Pieces (lessons) in the Changing Me Puzzle (unit) aim to give children their entitlement to information about puberty and human reproduction, appropriate to their age and stage of development. It is treated in a matter-of-fact manner to allay embarrassment and fear. 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).The end of Puzzle outcomes also offer opportunities for enterprise and learning about money and finance e.g. building a garden of Dreams and Goals enables children to collaborate to raise money for charity. Jigsaw contributes significantly to all four areas of focus of the CIS Accreditation framework, particularly (but not exclusively) in the domains of: Purpose and direction, The Curriculum, Teaching and Assessing, and Well-being. The Jigsaw Families Programme enhances family relationships and supports parents with positive behaviour management, all through original stories. Teachers are free to enhance our resource, and as they become more confident with the programme, we encourage them to take greater ownership over the content. 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.
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