PSHE 

Early years and Primary schools

Enhance children’s spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development and provide a sense of awe and wonder about the world around them

A specialised program to cover the PSHE curriculum for schools. PSHE stands for Personal, Social, Health and Economic. This is a compulsory part of children’s education, to teach them about the wider world, and ultimately how to conduct themselves as good citizens within our society.

PSHE education is a school curriculum subject through which pupils develop the knowledge, skills and attributes

 they need to keep themselves healthy, safe and prepared for life and work. When delivered well, PSHE education has an impact on both academic and non-academic outcomes for pupils, particularly the most vulnerable and disadvantaged.

The many foundations and values which we teach and instill inside our classes stem from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali which refers to the 8 limbs of yoga, each of which offers guidance on how to live a meaningful and purposeful life.  Part of this journey and pathway means knowing how to grow relationships with ourselves and others.  Yoga can teach us many of these…in fact we would go as far to say ALL of these which is why this program has been devised!

primary aged child cross legged in a meditative yoga pose
Primary school yoga class with kids sat on their mats listening to the yoga teacher

Kalma Life’s Relationship Education Program provides every child with a moral, spiritual and cultural outlook on life whilst promoting positive mental and physical development.

A huge part of the underpinning values we strive for at Kalma Life is looking out for our future generations Mental and emotional wellbeing.  Not only this but ensuring that we are teaching our children whilst equipping them with the tools that they will need at some points in their lives.  The Kalma Life PSHE program delivers 5 of the 6 areas of the wellbeing framework the wheel of wellness which supports childrens mental health.  

This includes, body (being active), mind (ongoing learning), spirit (giving/altruism), people (connecting with others), Place (being present and mindful).

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Kalma Minds Accreditation

We are launching our Kalma Minds Accreditation for all schools to complete to implement our Kalma ethos into the lives of all children.

Our Kalma minds accreditation has 3 awarding levels – Bronze, Silver & Gold.

The Kalma Minds Accreditations will ensure that mental health and wellbeing sit at the heart of your school life.

Read more about our accreditation or sign up now.

The Kalma Life PSHE Program

kids standing on their mats with arms in the air

A program that looks looks after wellbeing

Children who take part in yoga classes, from an early age children develop important inter and intrapersonal skills. Classes will bring awareness to the external environment and to the internal experience of the body and mind. 

A regular yoga practice offers a healthy head start in life which, is especially important in our fast paced and stressful world.  We will teach techniques which can easily be used as lifelong tools effective help for learning disorders, hyperactivity, stress and lack of exercise.  

Yoga also increases self-confidence and most important it is fun.

Develop Community Cohesion

Each lesson plan delivered has a vision of focus whereby children will belong to our yoga group and take away what they learn to their wider circles of the community.  Through the eight limbs of yoga children will be taught that we are fully inclusive, that each of them have similar opportunities to achieve poses and to be respectful to others and themselves this is the first and second limb.

Each of the above will be included through our carefully devised strand to cover the new elements of Relationship Education supported with a workbook for every child.

After school yoga with kids playing a game picking up pom poms with their feet
two girls practicing yoga together during lunchtime at school

The Benefits of our Program

  • Teaching PSHE, an important and necessary part of all pupil’s education, it can be used as the sole teaching resource or it can be used alongside the school’s current lessons.
  • Our program delivers the messages of the PSHE curriculum in a fun, active, and mindful way.
  • Our program ticks various boxes for your school – PE, PSHE, CPD, PPA cover, Mental health and Wellbeing.
  • Leaves children feeling empowered, boosts confidence
  • Full school scheme which shows progression through year groups covering NEW PSHE relationship education guidance
  • All resources included
  • Work book which stays with each child through whole scheme
  • Fully differentiated, inclusive lessons plans 
  • Optional assessment support 
  • Instills a sense of awe and wonder in the world around them (a curriculum demand that’s very difficult to evidence otherwise) 
  • Encompasses growth mindset principles including determination, focus, resilience, risk taking, perseverance 
  • Supports rights respecting goals (UNICEF scheme reaching children the rights of the child)

 

 

Our program also:

  • Activities can be used as small group intervention tasks for children requiring wellbeing support (e.g. pupil premium/looked after children/young carers…)
  • Contributes to requirements for daily physical activity for healthy schools targets 
  • Continues in the classroom, supporting behaviour management
  • Opportunity to work towards school achieving “Kalma Life child wellbeing accreditation” (coming soon)
  • Written in conjunction with mental health specialist 
  • Supports physical and emotional well-being 

children lying on the floor passing a ball to each other from hand to foot
children lying on the floor on mats learning relaxation

GET IN TOUCH

If you would like to bring our exclusive PSHE program to your early years and primary school settings get in touch!
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Don’t just take our word for it – here’s what our schools are saying…

“We had our school sports week with Kalma Life and our children took so much out of doing yoga for the week.  Children have been able to use their imagination whilst learning to understand the way in which the body moves.  Learning to use breathing to exercise their minds has been fascinating for them!”  PE coordinator South Shields

“Our key stage one children look forward to yoga each week.  We have it during lunch break so that the children can feel energised after the morning sessions.  You can always notice a difference in the morning and after lunch time!” Key stage one teacher 

“Nursery children relaxing is a wonderful thing to see.  They lead such busy activities all day and to give them 15 minutes of relaxing and teaching them to be still is a gift itself.  We look forward to it each week.” Busy bees

“SATS week comes so quickly!  It can be super stressful for the children and we have genuinely found a way for them to manage the emotions of the weeks leading up to test.  Breathing, stretching and relaxing-teaching the lots of self regulation tools.”

“Absolutely loving Kalma Life classes for our secondary school.  You can really see the students unwind and get some real internal nourishment.  Teens face so many stressful situations and pressures as they grow and its rewarding to know as a school we are giving them essesntial tools”