Meet our Personal Development and RSHE Lead

Hello, I'm Mr Weaver.  I am incredibly proud and enthusiastic to take on the role of Personal Development and RSHE Lead at our school. This is a curriculum area I am deeply passionate about, as it sits at the heart of supporting our pupils to become confident, reflective and well‑rounded young people.

Through a strong and thoughtfully sequenced RSHE curriculum, we have the opportunity to empower students with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive - academically, socially, and emotionally. I am committed to ensuring that our provision champions mental health, promotes inclusivity and equips our pupils with a secure understanding of relationships, health, personal safety, citizenship, and their place in the wider world.

My aim is to create an environment where every child feels valued, respected and confident to express themselves. By working closely with staff, families and our wider community, I hope to further strengthen our whole‑school approach to wellbeing and personal development, ensuring that all pupils are supported to make positive choices both now and in the future.

I am excited for the year ahead and look forward to celebrating the growth, resilience and achievements of all our pupils as we continue to build a curriculum that truly prepares them for life.

Jigsaw RSHE

At Joseph Turner, RSHE is at the core of all we do and enables our children to become independent, confident, healthy and responsible members of society, as well as developing the ‘whole child’ intellectually, morally and socially.    

RSHE is taught across the school from Year 1 to Year 6 on a weekly basis and the whole school follows and adapts the Jigsaw RSHE scheme. Our RSHE curriculum adheres to the statutory guidance and equips children with relevant and meaningful content, which is supported through a strong emphasis on emotional literacy, building resilience and nurturing mental and physical health.  At the heart of our RSHE teaching, we have a commitment to promoting and enhancing our core values: being ready, being respectful and being safe.

Jigsaw is a progressive and spiral scheme of learning, which ensures that learning from previous years is revisited and extended, adding new concepts, knowledge and skills, year-on-year as appropriate. The Map below shows the six Puzzles (units of work) which are visited in each of the 6 half-terms in each year group.

Jigsaw is sequential, the six puzzles (units) starting with 'Being Me in My World' (BM) at the beginning of the school year and working through to the end of the year:

1. BM (Being Me in My World) Autumn 1
   'Who am I and how do I fit?'

2. CD (Celebrating Difference) Autumn 2
   Respect for similarity and difference. Anti-bullying and being unique

3. DG (Dreams and Goals) Spring 1
   Aspirations, how to achieve goals and understanding the emotions that go with this

4. HM (Healthy Me) Spring 2
   Being and keeping safe and healthy

5. RL (Relationships) Summer 1
   Building positive, healthy relationships

6. CM (Changing Me) Summer 2
   Coping positively with change

Each puzzle has six lesson plans accompanied by all of the teaching and learning materials needed to deliver them.