Having choices and making decisions about my health
Taking care of my environment
My skills and interests
Identify ways in which everyone is unique;
Appreciate their own uniqueness;
Recognise that there are times when they will make the same choices as their friends and times when they will choose differently.
Give examples of choices they make for themselves and choices others make for them;
Recognise that there are times when they will make the same choices as their friends and times when they will choose differently.
Understand that the body gets energy from food, water and oxygen and that exercise and sleep are important to our health;
Plan a menu which gives a healthy balanced of foods from across the food groups on the Eatwell Guide (formerly Eatwell Plate).
Understand the ways in which they can contribute to the care of the environment (using some or all of the seven Rs);
Suggest ways the Seven Rs recycling methods can be applied to different scenarios.
Define what is meant by the word 'community';
Suggest ways in which different people support the school community;
Identify qualities and attributes of people who support the school community.
Define what a volunteer is;
Use the Five Ways to Wellbeing theory to suggest some of the reasons why people volunteer.
Body changes during puberty
Managing difficult feelings
Relationships including marriage
Recognise that babies come from the joining of an egg and sperm;
Explain what happens when an egg doesn’t meet a sperm;
Understand that for girls, periods are a normal part of puberty.
Describe some of the changes that happen to people during their lives;
Explain how the Learning Line can be used as a tool to help them manage change more easily;
Suggest people who may be able to help them deal with change.
Name some positive and negative feelings;
Understand how the onset of puberty can have emotional as well as physical impact
Suggest reasons why young people sometimes fall out with their parents;
Take part in a role play practising how to compromise.
Identify parts of the body that males and females have in common and those that are different;
Know the correct terminology for their genitalia;
Understand and explain why puberty happens.
Know the key facts of the menstrual cycle;
Understand that periods are a normal part of puberty for girls;
Identify some of the ways to cope better with periods.
Define the terms 'secret' and 'surprise' and know the difference between a safe and an unsafe secret;
Recognise how different surprises and secrets might make them feel;
Know who they could ask for help if a secret made them feel uncomfortable or unsafe.
Understand that marriage is a commitment to be entered into freely and not against someone's will;
Recognise that marriage includes same sex and opposite sex partners;
Know the legal age for marriage in England or Scotland;
Discuss the reasons why a person would want to be married, or live together, or have a civil ceremony. LGBT also mentioned. Forced marriages mentioned.