The Health and Well-being of pupils and staff is firmly positioned at the very core of our beliefs, ethos and actions at Cyfarthfa Park Primary School.

We wholeheartedly agreed with Curriculum Wales when it stated that,

‘The Health and Well-being Area of Learning and Experience (Area) provides a holistic structure for understanding health and well-being. It is concerned with developing the capacity of learners to navigate life's opportunities and challenges. The fundamental components of this Area are physical health and development, mental health, and emotional and social well-being. It will support learners to understand and appreciate how the different components of health and well-being are interconnected, and it recognises that good health and well-being are important to enable successful learning.

Engagement with this Area will help to foster a whole-school approach that enables health and well-being to permeate all aspects of school life.

What matters in this Area has been expressed in five statements which support and complement one another and should not be viewed in isolation. In order to achieve this holistic approach, teachers should seek to draw across all five statements when planning activities. Together they contribute to realising the four purposes of the curriculum.’

As a result we designed our own curriculum, which was unique and most purposeful for our own pupils.

To aid in the delivery of our curriculum, staff use Jigsaw and Real PE. These help influence practice, provide guidance, expertise and resources, many of which are easily accessible and online.

Below are links to both websites, with details of both products and schemes included.

We also place great value on what children and young people tell us about their experiences. Without question our pupils need to be provided with meaningful opportunities to share their experiences, views and hopes about their school and in this they help shape their curriculum.

Through this combination we are able to provide a robust, purposeful and ideal curriculum for our pupils, and because of this our pupils live healthier and happier lives.