As a Catholic school, our mission is to support all of our pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, rooted in the wisdom and teaching of the Church. The Church teaches us that this is very much a partnership with parents, in which parents are the first educators of their children on these matters; ultimately, you confer on us the right to co-educate your children with you.
Life to the Full has been approved by the Arundel and Brighton Catholic Diocese. Furthermore, Ten Ten have entered into a partnership with the Catholic Education Service and the Department for Education to provide training for teachers in Catholic schools on the new statutory curriculum. Through their programme, Ten Ten understand the foundational role parents have in educating and nurturing their children on these matters. Within the programme, they have built-in resources that will keep you informed about what is being taught in school and allow you to engage your children in discussion, activity, and prayer.
Please see the link for further information Ten Ten Resources | Catholic / Christian resources
At St Robert Southwell, we will be using the Ten:Ten Programme for Catholic Primary Schools called Life to the Full, to teach Relationships Education and Health Education within the context of Christian understanding of human sexuality rooted in the wisdom and teaching of the Catholic Church.
We will deliver this teaching through the prism of Catholic RSHE. The framework of our programme is taken from the Model catholic RSE Programme by the Catholic Education Service, which has been highlighted by the DfE as a work demonstrating good practice.
Life to the Full is a fully resourced Scheme of work in Relationships and Health Education for Catholic Primary Schools which embraces and fulfills the new statutory curriculum. Taught with a spiral approach to learning, in which pupils will revisit the same topics at an age-appropriate stage through their school life. The programme includes teaching about personal health, physical and emotional well-being, strong emotions, private parts of the body, personal relationships, family structures, trusted adults, growing bodies, puberty, periods, life cycles, the dangers of social media, where babies come from, an understanding of the Common Good and living in the wider world. the entire teaching is underpinned with a religious understanding that our deepest identity is as a child of God – created, chosen and loved by God. The programme is fully inclusive of all pupils and their families.
Parents can access the content being taught via the online parent platform. This allows you to engage with the teaching and deepen the experience for your child. The log in for the parent portal (below) is as follows:
Username: robert-southwell-rh12
Password: door-glass
St Robert Southwell is part of the Bosco Catholic Education Trust.
The Bosco Catholic Education Trust is a company limited by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales with company number 10573272. The registered office is at Elm Grove South, Barnham, West Sussex, PO22 0EN
