Relationship & Health Education
BackIn 2020, the government made Health Education and Relationships and Sex education (RSE) compulsory, which makes most of the Personal Social Health Education curriculum now mandatory for all students in all schools. This applies to all students including those with Special Educational Needs. We will ensure that our students are receiving age appropriate, useful RSE that ultimately enables them to live healthy, safe lives.
Today’s children and young people are growing up in an increasingly complex world and living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. Today children and young people need to know how to be safe and healthy, and how to manage their academic, personal and social lives in a positive way.
AIMS FOR OUR RSE PROGRAM
The aim of Relationships Sex and Health Education is to give our young people the information needed to develop healthy, nurturing relationships of all kinds, not just intimate relationships.
Students should be given opportunities to understand how healthy relationships can benefit their own mental wellbeing and self-respect. Effective Relationships and Sex Education does not encourage early sexual experimentation but teaches our students to understand human sexuality and respect themselves and others.
Knowledge about safe sex and sexual health remains important to ensure young people can make safe, informed and healthy choices as they progress to adult life (where our students have this level of understanding).
Overview of the RSE Curriculum
| Relationships and Sex Education | Physical Health and Mental wellbeing |
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Families (including different types of family units) |
Internet Safety |
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Being Safe (including public and private behaviours) |
Mental wellbeing |
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Respectful Relationships including friendships |
Physical Health and Fitness and Healthy Eating |
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Sexual Relationships and Sexual Health |
Physical changing body and puberty |
