Personal Development

At Sutton Manor Community Primary School, we believe education should develop the whole child.

Our vision: A school where children SHINE
Our values: Service, Humility, Integrity, Nurture, Excellence
Our expectations: Ready, Respectful, Safe

Our personal development curriculum is designed to help children become confident, respectful, resilient and responsible individuals who are prepared for the next stage of education and life beyond school. Through our Strong Foundations approach, we place great importance on relationships, wellbeing, communication, personal safety, emotional development and positive character. We aim to ensure every child feels safe, valued, included and able to thrive within our school community.

We are committed to helping children:

understand and celebrate difference
develop positive relationships
build resilience and independence
stay physically and mentally healthy
contribute positively to society
understand how to stay safe
develop aspirations for the future
become active and respectful citizens.

Our Assembly Structure

Monday

Birthday and Attendance

Tuesday

Showcase (families invited)

PSHE

Wednesday

Singing and Performance

Friday

Over & Above (families invited)

The last Friday of each half-term is our Star Awards assembly (families invited)
In the last week of each half-term, it is our Poetry Performance assembly, and every class performs their poem to the rest of the school.

SHINE Awards evening

We celebrate all children who have been exceptional examples of our SHINE values at the end of each year.

Direct Teaching

Our PSHE, RSHE, and citizenship curriculum has three key strands: Values, Health & Relationships, and Life Skills. To view the full PSHE curriculum, please visit our PSHE curriculum page.

The Values we teach:

Expectations: Ready, Respectful, Safe
School Values: SHINE
British Values: Democracy, Rule of Law, Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance.

The core strands we follow each half-term:

Coping with Change
Healthy and Happy Relationships
Similarities and Differences
Caring and Responsibility
Families and Committed Relationships
Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds

Life Skills
This strand covers essential life skills each half-term. In each year group, we cover the following themes:

Road Safety
Money and Finance
Healthy Eating
Time management
Online Safety and AI
Effective Communication
First Aid

Woven through our three elements of PSHE, we use resources and receive teaching sessions from:

Baronados - PATHS programme (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies)
HSBC - UK Smart Money
The Peace Curriculum

These complement our annual workshops, which are listed below.

As part of the Life Skills strand, years 4, 5, and 6, have an additional weekly workshops which cover the following themes:

Protected Characteristics
Celebrating Differences
Meaningful Connections
Are We The Same?
Celebrating Differences
Meaningful Connections
Anti-Bullying Awareness
Power of Words
Misogyny
Are We The Same?
Click or Quit?
Knife Crime Awareness
Supporting Our Mental Health
Know Yourself, Grow Yourself

As part of the Life Skills strand, year 6 complete some additional units:

secondary school transition
harassment
sexual violence
touch/ language/ behaviours
boundaries and consent
power and control

Trips and Visits

During your child's time at our school, these are the core visits they will make. There will be other trips and visits; however, these are the minimum offer.

Tinies & Nursery

Fire Service visit
PCSO visit
Ambulance Service visit

Reception

Fire Service Visit
PCSO visit
Local library visit

Year 1

The Dream
Local library visit

Year 2

Manchester Airport
Martin Mere
Llandudno
The Dream
Local library visit

Year 3

Young Voices - Manchester
World Museum - Liverpool
The Dream
Local library visit

Year 4

PGL: 1-day visit
The Dream
Local library visit

Year 5

PGL: 2-day residential
Crucial Crew
Saints Tour
Edge Hill University
The Dream
Local library visit

Year 6

London: 3-day residential
Lancashire Mining Museum
The Dream
Local library visit

Annual Workshops

EYFS

Author visit
Pantomime
Lunar New Year: Dance

KS1

Y2: British Sign Language Workshop
NSPCC: Pants Rule
Dogs Trust
Author visit

KS2

Y6: British Sign Language course
Stop the Block
Electricity / Renewables project
Pantomime
Knife Crime: Debate
Y6: Royal Navy Workshop
Y5&6: Shakespeare Workshop

Clubs & SHINE time

SHINE time is every Friday from 14:15-15:00. During SHINE time, children can attend a club of their choice each half-term. Currently, our SHINE time clubs are:

Cooking
Gardening
Photography
Drumming
Choir
Chess
Sewing and Textiles
Construction
Games
Boccia

After-School Clubs

All children are welcome at the breakfast and after-school club. Please see our extended care page for details. In addition, the following clubs run from 15:20 to 16:15, unless otherwise stated.

EYFS and KS1 (15:20-16:15)

Story Club
Funky Fingers
Forest Tots

KS2 (15:20-16:15)

Art
Drama
Dance
Gamew
Rotating sports clubs

Other Clubs

Brownies meet every Thursday (17:00)
Youth Club

Other opportunities include:

Piano and guitar 1:1 lessons provided by
Rocksteady Rock Band

Sports Competitions

Tinies & Nursery

Reception

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

School Curriculum Days

There are three whole-school sports days in 2026-2027:
Autumn Sports Day - Gymnastics
Spring Sports Day - Athletics
Summer Sports Day - Traditional/Games

During curriculum days, we pause all usual lessons for the day and have the whole school focus on a theme. We plan to teach elements of all subjects through the theme. These days help us teach about the diversity of beliefs, traditions, and cultures, and mark important days and events in British life. On these days, children will take part in lessons, activities, and workshops.