Relationship and Sex Education (RSE)

Year 1 -

• What helps keep bodies healthy, hygiene routines

• Know there are different types of families

• Know which people they can ask for help

• To understand what friendship is. Be aware that their feelings and actions have an impact on others

• To develop strategies to stay safe

• To recognise what they like and dislike and how to make informed choices

• To recognise that they have choices they can make – develop assertiveness skills

• To recognise similarities and differences between themselves and others

• Know the importance of valuing themselves

• Develop skills for dealing with unwanted physical contact

Year 2 -

• Understand the difference between secrets and surprises

• About good and not so good feelings, a vocabulary to describe feelings to others and simple strategies for managing feelings

• To identify and respect the difference and similarities between people

• The importance of and how to maintain personal hygiene

• Describe the physical differences between male and females

• Name the male and female body parts including external genitalia

• Appropriate/inappropriate touch

• Understand that making a new life needs a male and female

• About people who look after them, their family networks, who to go to if they are worried and how to attract their attention, ways that pupils can help these people look after them

• About the process of growing from young to old and how people's needs change

Year 3 -

• Revisit naming body parts using agreed words

• To consider what kind of physical contact is acceptable or unacceptable and how to respond

• Understand that families are different and have different family members

• Identify who to go to for help and support

• To recognise and challenge stereotypes

• To recognise that they share a responsibility for keeping themselves and others safe, when to say ‘yes’ ‘no’, I’ll ask and ‘I’ll tell’

Year 4 -

• To recognise that images in the media do not always reflect reality and can affect how people feel about themselves

• That pressure to behave in an unacceptable, unhealthy or risky way can come from a variety of sources including people they know

• Describe the main stages of the human lifecycle

• Begin to learn about the physical changes that happen during puberty including the importance of personal hygiene

• Understand that children change into adults so that they are able to reproduce

• To deepen their understanding of good and not so good feelings

Year 5 -

• Explain the main emotional and physical changes that happen during puberty

• How to keep clean during puberty

• Understand how puberty affects the reproductive organs

• To recognise that they may experience conflicting emotions and when they might need to listen to their emotions or overcome them

• To identify and respect differences and similarities in people

• That civil partnerships and marriage are examples of stable, loving relationships and a public demonstration of the commitment made between two people who love and care for each other

• To be aware that marriage is a commitment freely entered into by both people

Year 6 -

• Different types of relationships

• Personal boundaries/acceptable touch

• Revise and further develop their understanding of puberty

• About human reproduction

• Understand how to keep safe using the internet and other technology – protecting personal information, including passwords, addresses and the distribution of images

• About taking care of their bodies, understanding they have autonomy and the right to protect their body from inappropriate and unwanted contact

• That bacteria and viruses can affect health and following simple routines can reduce their spread

• That differences and similarities between people arise from a number of factors, including family, cultural, ethnic, racial and religious diversity, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation and disability