Year 6 PSHE - Growing and Changing

 

 

Shortly, the children in Y6 at Broadford Primary School will all be focusing on ‘Growing and Changing’. This part of the programme is designed to help children make healthy choices and keep themselves safe during their school years and beyond.

From September 2020 relationships education became a legal requirement; parts of sex education were already legal requirements before this time, within the National Curriculum. The design of the programme has taken into account the requirements of the statutory guidance, up-to-date best practice guidance, and the needs of our children.

The workshops will focus on body changes and keeping safe. Your Year 6 child will be exploring these themes through examining the following questions:

• How can I keep safe online?

• Why do I need to protect personal information including passwords, addresses and photos of myself and others online?

• How can I manage any requests for photos of myself or peers I may receive?

• What is and is not appropriate to ask for or share online?

• Who can I talk to if I feel uncomfortable or are concerned by such a request?

• What are personal boundaries?

• Who can I talk to if I feel uncomfortable or if someone isn’t respecting my personal boundaries?

• What is personal and private information?

• What kind of physical contact is unacceptable and how should I respond?

• How will my body and emotions change as they approach and move through puberty?

• How do I feel about growing up and changing?

• How do humans reproduce?

• Can people of the same sex love each other? Is this ok?

• What do I do if someone wants me to do something I know is wrong or makes me feel uncomfortable?

• How can I say ‘no’ to someone and keep myself safe but without hurting their feelings?

• Who can I talk to if I want help and advice or am worried about someone else?

Appropriate questions that children might ask during the workshops will be answered honestly, factually and in the context of safe, supportive, loving, and caring relationships. Each pupil's privacy will be respected, and no one will be asked to reveal personal information. All resources that will be used have been reviewed by the school for their suitability, and tailored to suit our children’s needs.

There is sometimes concern that RSE in school might promote sexual experimentation or cause confusion about an individual’s sexuality. The research on quality RSE in the UK by the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles team over several years consistently shows that adults who reported that lessons at school were their main source of information about sex were more likely to have started having sex at a later age than those for whom parents or other sources were their main source.

We recognise that parents and carers play a vital part in their child’s RSE, and we encourage you to explore these questions with your child at home as well.

If you have any further questions or would like to see the resources being used in this unit of learning, please do not hesitate to contact your child's class teacher or email via year6@broadford.havering.sch.uk.

Year 6
Lesson plan exemplar 1 and 2 (opt out possible)  Y6 withdrawal form
Useful links and documents Vocabulary List Book List Puberty Glossary Information for Parents