BODILY CHANGES 

 

Aims:

 

To present the basic biology of puberty, reproductive or sexual body parts, pregnancy, hormones, menstruation and menopause, arousal and pleasure.

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To discuss the importance of self-examination and cervical screening

 

To provide young people with accurate, non-judgemental information on pregnancy choices, so they can make their own informed and empowered decisions

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This can include: 

• Puberty

• Menstruation

• Anatomy

• Self examination

• Cervical screening

• Pregnancy and pregnancy choices

• Menopause

• Gillick Competence

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CONTRACEPTION AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STIs)

 

Aims:

 

To empower students to make individual, informed decisions about what precautions to take if they become or are sexually active.

 

To make young people aware of the sexual health services available to them.

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This can include:

• Different methods of contraception

• Emergency contraception

• STIs and testing

• HIV

• Available services

• The concept of virginity and ‘first time’

• Sex and pleasure

• Gillick Competence

 

SEX AND CONSENT (Ages 13-14+)

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Aims:

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To empower students to make informed decisions about whether to have or not have different kinds of sex and to do so while reducing the risk of hurting themselves or others physically or emotionally.

 

To emphasise the importance of kindness, care and ethical behaviour, alongside consent.

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This can include:

• Legal definitions of consent

• Sexual consent and sexual ethics

• Sexual harassment and violence

• Sexual activity and its potential impacts on health

• Being an active bystander

 

RELATIONSHIPS AND ABUSE

 

Aims:

 

To empower students to build healthy relationships, and keep themselves safe from abuse and exploitation.

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This can include:

• Relationship skills - forming and maintaining healthy relationships of all kinds, handling rejection and ending relationships safely

• Skills for identifying healthy, unhealthy and abusive relationships, and how to seek help for abuse

• What grooming and exploitation are, skills for identifying and keeping themselves safe from these

 

LGBTQ+ EQUALITY

 

Aims:

 

To provide students with a basic understanding of LGBT+ identities, issues and equality, including their rights to equality under the law. 

 

To signpost to trusted sources for both further information and support for LGBT+ students.

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This can include:

• Different types of attraction

• LGBTQ+ terminology and definitions

• Equality and the law

• LGBTQ+ discrimination and stereotypes

• Coming out and allyship

• Resources for LGBTQ+ youth

 

SEX AND THE MEDIA

 

Aim:

 

To empower students to think critically about issues relating to sex and the media in order to make informed decisions. 

 

To ensure students are aware of the law and safety precautions they can take when using different forms of media. 

 

To make young people aware of misogyny in online content and encourage them to think critically in order to combat this.

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This can include:

• Nudes, revenge porn, deepfakes and the laws around this

• Pornography, its potential harms and risks, and the law about porn

• Media vs reality - staying safe online

• Misogyny Online​​​​​