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When your child is in P5, P6 or P7 we say that they are learning at Second 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 will have questions about sex. 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. At school we will use conversations, games, drawing, videos and books to support learning about these aspects 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:
Making and having friends.
Being a boy and a girl, and that they can be any kind of boy or girl they want to be.
Loving relationships and being attracted to others.
Respect for others and the importance of being kind – in our face-to-face relationships and online.
Social media and being safe and smart online.
Physical Changes
Children will learn about:
Looking after their body and keeping clean.
Puberty and how the bodies and emotions of both girls and boys change as they grow.
Sexual Health and Sexuality
Children will learn about:
Feeling safe and unsafe.
Who they can go to for help and support.
Different kinds of abuse and neglect that can happen to a child.
What we mean by consent.
Making choices and decisions.
What ‘having sex’ is.
Role of the Parent and Carer
Children will learn about:
Being a parent and thinking about what kind of parent they would be.
How a baby is made (conception).
Pregnancy and how a baby is born.
Contraception and condoms.
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