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Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE)

(Y5 and 6)

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Why is Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) important?

Natural curiosity.

Prepares children for puberty and beyond.

Helps keep children safe.

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Helps keep children safe

Proper names of body parts
Gives permission to talk and ask questions about sexual body parts.
Explains the qualities of respectful relationships.
Identifies a safety network.
Helps students understand personal safety.

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What will my child be learning?

Key Concepts
Relationships	Gender, Values, and Sexuality	Staying Safe: Skills for Health and Wellbeing	The Human Body and Development	Sexual Behaviour and Reproductive Health

Only for Year 7

and up

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Key Concepts
Relationships	Gender, Values, and Sexuality	Staying Safe:	The Human Body and Development

Year 5	Year 6
Friendship and Relationships	Friendship, Love and Romantic Relationships
Key Idea: There are healthy and unhealthy relationships.	Key Idea: Friendship and love help people feel positive about themselves.
examine characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships	list the benefits of friendships and love understand that a range of relationships including friendships happen throughout life and these may become more intimate as you get older

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Key Concepts
Relationships	Gender, Values, and Sexuality	Staying Safe:	The Human Body and Development

Year 5	Year 5
Culture, Society and Sexuality	Body Image
Key Idea: There are many sources of information that help us understand more about our feelings and our bodies.	Key Idea: A person’s physical appearance is determined by a range of factors.
find sources of information to help us better understand feelings and our bodies (e.g. families, individuals, peers, communities, media - including social media)	explain that physical appearance is determined by heredity, environment, and health habits

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Key Concepts
Relationships	Gender, Values, and Sexuality	Staying Safe:	The Human Body and Development

Year 6
Culture, Society and Sexuality
Key Idea: It is important to know your rights and that human rights are outlined in national laws and international agreements.
recall the definition of human rights and how they apply to everyone name national laws and international agreements that identify universal human rights and the rights of children recognize children’s rights that are outlined in national laws and international agreements (e.g. Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child)

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Key Concepts
Relationships	Gender, Values, and Sexuality	Staying Safe:	The Human Body and Development

Year 5 and 6
Online Safety
Key idea: Digital citizenship agreements are designed to keep us safe.
describe examples of the benefits and possible dangers of online behaviours demonstrate how to decide what information to share with whom online

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The Agreement

RESPECT FOR SELF

- Be principled (viewing appropriate content/using technology to help us learn)

- Keep private information, private

RESPECT FOR OTHERS

- Use technology to be caring and helpful

RESPECT FOR PROPERTY

- Protect the device from damage/theft

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Key Concepts
Relationships	Gender, Values, and Sexuality	Staying Safe:	The Human Body and Development

Year 5 and 6
Staying Safe	Consent, Privacy and Bodily Integrity
Key Idea: Abuse is harmful and it is important to seek help if you or someone else is experiencing this.	Key Idea: It is important to understand safe/unsafe and wanted/unwanted touching
explore ways of being hurt in hearts, in heads and on bodies demonstrate effective ways to respond or seek help when they know someone who is being hurt	reinforce/revisit what is a ‘safe touch/unsafe touch’ and ‘wanted/unwanted touch’ identify trusted adults and describe how they would talk to a parent/guardian or trusted adult if they are feeling uncomfortable about being touched

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Year 5

Year 6

Year 5

Year 6

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No Means No!, Jayneen Saunders

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No Means No!, Jayneen Saunders

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I Said No!, Sue Rowe

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I Said No!, Sue Rowe

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Ways to communicate if you need help

Be direct: say “I have something to tell you but I don’t know how to say it.”
Draw a picture
Text or email
Write a note that tells the whole story
Close your eyes or turn your back and tell
Use a stuffed animal to do the telling

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Key Concepts
Relationships	Gender, Values, and Sexuality	Staying Safe:	The Human Body and Development

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Helps keep children safe

Proper names of body parts
Gives permission to talk and ask questions about sexual body parts.
Explains the qualities of respectful relationships.
Identifies a safety network.
Helps students understand personal safety.

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Agree/ disagree continuums

Boys and girls should be separate for these lessons
Discussing puberty in class is embarrassing
Students our age are too young to learn this

We are going to talk about things that might be embarrassing, including our bodies and our private parts. Write down one thing we could agree to that might make you feel more comfortable about this.

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Setting up a safe environment - ground rules

Right to pass
“Someone I know”
There are no stupid questions
No put-downs

We listen to each other
It’s OK to feel embarrassed
Use agreed , scientific language

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Key Concepts
Relationships	Gender, Values, and Sexuality	Staying Safe:	The Human Body and Development

Year 5 and 6
Sexual and Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
Key Idea: Males and females have sexual parts which help them make a baby and it is common for children to have questions about them
describe the body parts involved with sexual health and reproduction, specifically including clitoris, vulva, vagina, ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, penis, scrotum, testicles. understand the differences between male and female sexual parts.

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male

female

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male

female

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penis

testicles

scrotum

urethra

ovaries

vagina

uterus

vulva

clitoris

urethra

vagina

fallopian tubes

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Key Concepts
Relationships	Gender, Values, and Sexuality	Staying Safe:	The Human Body and Development

Year 5 and 6
Puberty
Sexual and Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
Reproduction

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Key Idea: Puberty is a time of change on our way to becoming a young adult. examine changes you can control and changes you can’t control identify the major physical and emotional changes that take place during puberty explain that, as we grow, privacy about one’s body and private space become more important manage personal hygiene and sanitation practices recall that some adolescents may experience arousal and release of fluids at night, often called a wet dream, and that this is normal
Key Idea: Menstruation is a normal and natural part of a girls’ physical development. describe the menstrual cycle and identify the various physical symptoms and feelings that girls may experience during this time describe how to access, use and dispose of sanitary pads and tampons

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Year 5 - Puberty

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Year 5

Acne (pimples)
Breasts develop
Mood swings
Pubic hair grows on genitals
Sexual thoughts
Stronger feelings of wanting to fit in

Voice changes
Erections (penis gets hard)
Hair grows on face
Hips get wider
Menstruation (periods) begins

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Hair in Funny Places, Babette Cole

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Hair in Funny Places, Babette Cole

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Year 6

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Year 6

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Year 6

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Year 6

Physical changes

Emotional changes

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Key Idea: Women’s bodies release eggs during the menstrual cycle Men’s bodies make and ejaculate sperm, both of which are needed for reproduction recap the key functions of the body that contribute to reproduction (e.g. menstrual cycle, sperm production and ejaculation of semen)
Key Idea: A pregnancy begins when an egg and sperm unite and implant in the uterus the process of conception – specifically how sexual intercourse results in a sperm and egg joining and then implanting in the uterus for a pregnancy to begin. describe the signs of pregnancy and stages of foetal development

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