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In this section you will see a description of each lesson and the accompanying resources.
My Body: My Body is Changing
My Body: My Body is Changing
The children are working on the topic of my body. They are learning about how their body changes with puberty. To help the children understand puberty’s main changes, they have been learning about menstruation (a girl having their period) and about erections/wet dreams. We learn about these things now so that children understand that they do not need to worry about the changes that will happen. The children are being encouraged to speak to a trusted adult if they have any questions or worries.
If you would like to help your child continue their learning at home, you may find the following website and books useful.
Usborne Facts of Life: Growing Up ISBN-10: 0746031424
Usborne What’s Happening to Me (Girls Edition) Facts of Life ISBN-10: 0746069952
Usborne What’s Happening to Me (Boys Edition) Facts of Life ISBN-10: 0746076630
My Body: Feelings and Puberty
My Body: Feelings and Puberty
Understanding Human Sexuality
Understanding Human Sexuality
The children will be working together on an activity about human sexuality. Sexuality is described as being about what we feel, what we do and is something that exists within ourselves. The purpose of talking and learning about the idea of human sexuality is so that children develop an understanding that sexuality is not just about ‘having sex’ – of course this is something that adults can also do as part of their sexuality, but we would like children to think of themselves as unique individuals with feelings and relationships and opinions that matter. The more we can build a positive sense of self and of human sexuality as part of the person, the more we can build skills and resilience for personal relationships.
1. Our 5 senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. For example, you can smell your favourite food being cooked, listen to music that you love, hold hands with someone, feel the sunshine on your face. What do you like to see, hear, taste, smell or touch?
2. Our feelings. For example, feelings that are positive like happiness, love, pleasure, trust. And also, feelings that can be upsetting or feel negative like jealousy, anger or sadness. What have you been feeling today?
3. Spirituality: Some people say that your spirituality is about the human spirit or human soul. Spirituality is about love and respect for all living things, it is how you connect with nature. For some people this means believing in a God and being part of a religion. How can we, as humans, love and respect our world and look after it?
4. Our identity: Identity is about how we describe ourselves. Imagine you were meeting a person for the first time, what things would you want to tell them about you? How would you describe yourself?
5. How we feel about how we look: This is called self-image. When we think about self-image, we think about what size we are, what shape we are, how we feel about our bodies. We should try to have a good picture of ourselves and our bodies, this is called a positive self-image. What do you love about how you look and your body?
6. Our relationships with other people. You can have all sorts of human relationships. You can be part of a family, part of your class at school, part of a friendship group. Adults can live independently, with housemates, with a partner or in a marriage. Who are the important people in your life?
Menstruation
Menstruation
The children will explore the topic of Menstruation in more detail. This will include watching and discussing the following videos:
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