At Whitemoor, Personal Development is not a collection of separate activities. It is one coherent entitlement that combines character and conduct, taught knowledge, understanding of the wider world, rich experiences and meaningful opportunities to contribute. From Nursery to Year 6, pupils revisit these elements with increasing depth, independence and responsibility.

 

BE	KNOW	UNDERSTAND	EXPERIENCE	CONTRIBUTE
The Whitemoor Way	SCARF / PSHE & RSHE	Picture News • British Values • Protected Characteristics • wider curriculum	Visits • visitors • clubs • sport • arts • music • events	Pupil leadership • pupil voice • community • debate
I know how to Be My Best Self.	I know how to be healthy, safe and build positive relationships.	I understand other people and the world around me.	I try new things and discover my interests and talents.	I have a voice and make a positive difference.

 

The progression from Nursery to Year 6

PHASE	PROGRESSIVE EMPHASIS	ENTITLEMENT IN PRACTICE	PUPIL-FRIENDLY OUTCOME
EYFS / Nursery & Reception	FOUNDATIONS	Be: learn and practise Whitemoor Way routines and expectations. Know: explore feelings, friendships, difference, safety, healthy choices and growing. Understand: notice similarities and differences; begin to understand fairness, rules, choices, inclusion and respect. Experience: take part in performances, visitors, physical activity, celebrations and wider experiences. Contribute: make choices, take turns, help others and begin to express views.	I can look after myself, be kind, join in and tell people what I think.
Years 1–2	BELONGING & RESPONSIBILITY	Be: apply the Whitemoor Way more consistently. Know: develop knowledge of relationships, safety, health, online safety and difference. Understand: explore fairness, community, British Values, difference, stereotypes and respectful behaviour. Experience: broaden horizons through clubs, performances, sport, visits and visitors. Contribute: participate in pupil voice, shared decisions and caring for others and the environment.	I belong at Whitemoor. I make safe choices, respect others and take responsibility.
Years 3–4	ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP	Be: show increasing independence, resilience and responsibility. Know: deepen knowledge of relationships, equality, safety, wellbeing, democracy and change. Understand: apply British Values and understanding of Protected Characteristics to real issues, prejudice and discrimination. Experience: access increasingly ambitious enrichment and encounters with different communities and perspectives. Contribute: represent others, take leadership and challenge unfairness respectfully.	I can explain my views, listen to others, take responsibility and make a positive contribution.
Years 5–6	LEADERSHIP & PREPARATION FOR LIFE	Be: model the Whitemoor Way with independence and maturity. Know: apply increasingly sophisticated knowledge to choices, relationships, safety, wellbeing and future life. Understand: consider complex issues and differing perspectives using British Values, equality and respect. Experience: take part in ambitious enrichment and experiences that broaden horizons and support transition. Contribute: lead, represent others, influence school life and challenge unfairness respectfully.	I am ready to lead, make informed choices, challenge respectfully and prepare for my next stage.

 

How the five strands work together

The Whitemoor Way establishes CHARACTER: Pupils explicitly learn and repeatedly practise how to Be Their Best Selves by behaving well, working hard, cooperating, persevering, showing respect and taking responsibility.

SCARF builds KNOWLEDGE: A progressive taught programme develops pupils’ knowledge of relationships, difference, safety, rights and responsibilities, physical and mental health, and growing and changing. This includes age-appropriate learning about diversity, families, stereotypes and the Protected Characteristics where relevant.

Picture News and the curriculum build UNDERSTANDING: Current affairs, Protected Characteristics, British Values and curriculum learning enable pupils to consider real issues, different perspectives, diversity and modern Britain.

Enrichment provides EXPERIENCE: Visits, visitors, clubs, sport, music, arts, performances and whole-school events broaden horizons and allow pupils to discover talents and interests.

Leadership enables pupils to CONTRIBUTE: School Council and other leadership and pupil-voice opportunities allow pupils to exercise responsibility, influence school life, support others and contribute positively.

 

What pupils are entitled to experience

• Explicit teaching, practice and revisiting of the Whitemoor Way from Nursery to Year 6.
• A progressive SCARF / PSHE and RSHE curriculum from EYFS to Year 6.
• Regular opportunities to explore British Values, Protected Characteristics, current affairs and different perspectives through Picture News and the wider curriculum. Learning progresses from early experiences of fairness, rules, choices, respect and difference to increasingly explicit understanding and application of British Values, the nine Protected Characteristics, equality and respectful challenge to stereotypes and discrimination.
• A broad range of clubs, educational visits, visitors, sport, music, arts, performances and whole-school experiences.
• Opportunities to develop talents, discover interests and experience life beyond the immediate school environment.
• Age-appropriate pupil voice and leadership, increasing in responsibility towards upper KS2.
• Inclusive access to the Personal Development offer, with reasonable adaptation according to pupils’ needs.

 

Whitemoor’s current wider opportunities in practice

Current school records evidence curriculum-linked and wider visits, university and college experiences, performances, sport, arts and music, visitors and workshops, whole-school cultural and wellbeing events, Primary Parliament and other pupil leadership opportunities. These opportunities sit within the entitlement above rather than operating as isolated activities.

 

In one sentence…

 

We BE our best selves → we KNOW how to look after ourselves and others → we UNDERSTAND our world → we EXPERIENCE more → we CONTRIBUTE and make a difference.