PHASE 3 | YEAR 7 -SEXUAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING |
Understanding how fertility, sexual function and menstrual health and well-being can change across the life course and how to find information and support when needed. | Health & Wellbeing – L15-16 – stages of life & puberty/periods/hygiene |
The knowledge and understanding of how hormones continue to affect emotional and physical health throughout adulthood. | Pastoral lesson L10 – PubertyHealth & Wellbeing – L15-16 – stages of life & puberty/periods/hygiene |
Understanding how contraception can assist with reproductive choices, including awareness of abortion. | |
Understanding of good sexual and reproductive health, including the range of risks and outcomes from sexual experiences and the knowledge needed to support informed decisions about sexual activity and about reproductive choices. | |
The knowledge and understanding of the causes, symptoms and impact of conditions connected to sexual and reproductive health and to fertility, including sexually transmitted infections, HIV and reproductive cancers. Understanding and skills needed to minimise risks and seek help. | |
Critically engaging with positive and negative representations of a diversity of bodies, including through various forms of media and understanding that these can be unrealistic and harmful. | Health & Wellbeing – L10 – Social Media and Body Image |
Understanding how all are entitled to safe and pleasurable relationships and recognising the role consensual sexual activity plays within healthy relationships. Understanding the legal age of consent. | |
Recognise and be able to use a range of support services to access information and support around relationships, health and well-being and safety | Registration Activities – Puberty |
PHASE 3 | YEAR 7 – EMPOWERMENT, SAFETY AND RESPECT |
Understanding the importance of inclusivity, including for LGBTQ+ people, non-discrimination and the value of diversity in our interpersonal behaviours and relationships. | Health & Wellbeing – L5 - LGBTCymraeg- Fi, Hunaniaeth & contemporary diverse people |
Developing a sense of individual and social responsibility to others, including consideration of how we respond to behaviours that are discriminatory, disrespectful and harmful, offline and online. | Humanities –WK 8 -11 People on the Move, The Dark Side of The Empires, Trade within the Empire, The Commonwealth |
Recognising harmful, abusive or coercive behaviour in personal relationships including control, violence and sexual violence and how to respond and seek help for self and others. This includes all forms of violence based on sex, gender and sexuality | Cymraeg- Ffrindiaa da and ffrindiau drwg |
Understanding of the importance of consent for safe and healthy relationships and in particular sexual relationships.Understanding of how consent can be communicated in different social contexts and relationships, including online. | Registration Activities – Safer Internet Day |
A critical understanding of how consent is impacted by perception and social context and the factors that influence and impair people’s ability to engage in consensual behaviour, for example, substances, violence, coercion and relationship norms | |
Understand the ethical and legal issues relating to the consensual and non-consensual sharing of self-generated imagery, and rights to safety, support wellbeing and protection. | Registration Activities – Safer Internet Day |
Understanding the impacts associated with sexual material and intimacy online, including the ethical and legal implications. | Registration Activities – Safer Internet Day |
An awareness of how sexual material and media often represents gender, sexual activity, bodily appearance, and relationships in unrealistic and harmful ways. | Health & Wellbeing – L10 – Social Media and Body Image |
An understanding of laws around RSE issues that are in place to protect us from all forms of discrimination, violence, abuse, neglect and harassment, and that laws are intended to protect not criminalise young people. | Registration Activities on Stop Child Exploitation Day |
An understanding of how to advocate for safe environments and the rights and understanding of everyone on a range of RSE issues. | Registration Activities on Black History Month, LGBT history month, International Women’s Day, Deaf Awareness Week, Human Rights Week, International Day of Disability, Pride Month, International Migrants Day, International Day for the elimination of racial discrimination, Anti-Bullying Week |
Appreciate the importance of safely speaking out against sex and gender based and sexual violence. | Registration activities on Sexism |