On 11th March 2025, Oak Cottage Primary school became a Beacon School, which is the highest recognition Jigsaw PSHE offers. Beacon Schools are not only champions of the Jigsaw programme but also go the extra mile in sharing their expertise

and experiences with others.

Jigsaw said, “We are delighted to present you with the Beacon Certificate for your school and are truly honoured to have you join us as a Beacon School. This recognition reflects the outstanding work you’ve been doing, and we are proud to celebrate this

achievement with you.”

“After visiting your school, it was wonderful to see how your school have embraced and embedded Jigsaw throughout and it was wonderful to see this first hand.”

There are up to 100 flagship schools and of those, a maximum of ten Beacon schools will be across the United Kingdom and further afield.

https://jigsaweducationgroup.com/who-we-work-with/copy-flagships-beacons/

Jigsaw overview

The Jigsaw curriculum is split into six different units for each year group. Please follow the link below to find out more about these individual units.

What is Jigsaw?

Jigsaw, is a primary Scheme of Work for PSHE education, including 288 lesson plans and supporting teaching materials. The whole school engages in one theme at a time across all year groups, with 6 themes over the course of a year, one per half term. Each unit is launched with an assembly and each Puzzle works towards a whole school piece of work each term.

• The teaching strategies outlined are varied and are mindful of preferred learning styles and the need for differentiation. All teaching resources - such as Powerpoint presentations, interactive games and activities are provided.
• The included ‘Jigsaw friends’ characters are unique to each year group and integral to each lesson. They are valuable teaching aides, especially for issues some pupils may consider sensitive.
• The Scheme of Work also focuses on developing mindfulness techniques and enhancing pupils’ learning and personal development, therefore supporting the self- regulation of emotion, building of emotional resilience and enhancement of pupil focus and concentration, while building the capacity to learn.
• Taken from: www.PSHEassociation.co.uk

Relationships!

This half term we are learning from the unit

Relationships.

Relationships starts with building a respectful relationship with self and covers topics including families, friendships, pets and animals, and love and loss. A vital part of this

Puzzle is about safeguarding and keeping children safe; this links to online safety and social networking. Children learn how to deal with conflict, build assertiveness skills, and identify their own strengths and strategies for building self-esteem and resilience. They explore roles and responsibilities in families and friendship groups, and consider stereotypes.

We create lots of lovely work and show our ideas in our good work assemblies!

Our Jigsaw Success Story