Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)
Through the teaching of relationships and sex education (RSE) we aim to develop students’ understanding of the importance of healthy, respectful and nurturing relationships in all different aspects of life and of all kinds, including home, school, work and within the community.
We want students to be able to make well-informed decisions about the choices they make in their lives. Through relationships and sex education we aim to improve students’ self-confidence, self –esteem and emotional well-being in a safe and supportive environment.
We encourage pupils to develop their personal attributes of honesty, courage, trustworthiness, kindness, humility and integrity as well as understand the importance of self-worth and self-respect. We also will develop students’ knowledge about the facts surrounding the law to do with sex, sexuality, sexual health and gender-identity and we will support pupil’s knowledge and understanding of safe and healthy intimate relationships at the appropriate time.
The education we give students through RSE underpins our values of Respect for All, Achievement for All as well as ‘Love Your Neighbour’. It works with our anti-bullying policy, as well as our statement of pastoral intent to ensure students are well supported in their own life choices.
RSE is taught through one lesson per fortnight for Years 7 – 11.
RSE is taught through one lesson per fortnight for Years 7-9.
Year 7
Autumn Term
Relationships:
- Qualities of a healthy relationship
- Support in relationships
- Friendship problems
- Fake news
- Sexting
- Being assertive
Spring Term
Our emotions:
- What are emotions?
- Why are all emotions important?
- How do we perceive emotions?
- How do our emotions affect our lives?
Building skills:
- How to build confidence
- How to build resilience
Summer Term
Changing bodies:
- How does the teenage brain change?
- Changes in puberty
- Menstruation
- How is a baby made?
- Managing conflict in relationships
- Emotional first aid in our relationships
- Change
Year 8
Autumn Term
Our relationships with ourselves and the world around us:
- Body-image and the influence of social media
- Friendship
- Personal space
- Knife crime
- Staying safe online
- Taxes
Spring Term
Our changing emotions:
- What emotions develop during the teenage years
- How to support friends through this time
- How students’ emotions have developed through their lives
- What happens in puberty
- How emotions can have a positive or negative role in our lives
Relationships and sex education:
- Consent
- Sexual orientation
- FGM
Summer Term
Romantic relationships:
- What does a healthy romantic relationship look like?
- Love verses compliments
- Peer pressure
- Online relationships
- Dealing with breakups and rejections
- Divorce and the effects on a child
Year 9
Autumn Term
Relationships and sexual health:
- Equality
- Consent
- Pornography
- Contraception
- Consequences of sex
- STIs
- Choices around sex
- Sharing nudes
- Relationship abuse
Spring Term
Dreams and Goals
Your mental and physical health:
- Benefits of sleep
- Mental health
- Resilience
- Eating disorders
- Facing challenges
Summer Term
Gangs:
- Managing risks of gangs and staying safe
- Consequences of gang life
- Getting out of gangs
Looking after our bodies:
- Breast cancer
- Testicular health and cancer
