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When your child is in P2, P3 or P4 we say that they are learning at First Level.
For some children learning at this Level can also be earlier or later.
How do we learn at school?
Children at this age are curious. They are really interested in how people get on, learning about their bodies and about babies. While learning at school is important they are also very dependent on their parents and carers to look after them, love and care for them and help them learn behaviours and values for life. For children at this age a lot of our learning together is about talking and playing. At school we will use conversations, games, drawing and story books to support learning about this aspect of health and wellbeing.
Learning is divided into 4 organisers.
Click on the year groups to view more information about the content of lessons at each stage.
Positive Relationships
Children will learn about:
Families, and how all our families are different.
The different adults who might care for children – like teachers, support staff in school or medical staff.
Making and having friends.
Feeling safe and what to do if something worries or upsets them.
Respect for others and the importance of being kind.
Physical Changes
Children will learn about:
What makes them unique.
How their bodies change as they grow.
What makes people alike and what makes us different (diversity).
Being a boy and a girl and that they can be any kind of boy or girl they want to be.
Sexual Health and Sexuality
Children will learn about:
Looking after their body and keeping clean.
Names of parts of their body and names for private body parts.
Parts of their body are private.
Other people should not touch the private parts of their body.
What behaviour is okay in public and what is okay in private (for example pulling pants up before leaving the bathroom).
Role of the Parent and Carer
Children will learn about:
The life cycles of plants and animals.
Looking after pets.
What a baby needs and how to care for a baby.
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