As you may be aware, Relationship Education is statutory for all primary schools.
As agreed by the Diocese of Cardiff and Menevia, our school uses a carefully planned combination of two Relationship Education programmes. Both A Fertile Heart and Life to the Full have been developed in line with statutory requirements, specifically for Catholic primary schools.
You may hear your child coming home talking about these sessions and we want to give you a brief overview of the programmes below.
A Fertile Heart is a faith-inspired program designed to shape the future of young people. It does so through the delivery of relationships and sexual health education (RSHE).
The resources provide age-appropriate videos and animations as their focus. They help students relate to the subject, encouraging engagement and participation.
A Fertile Heart provides faith-based RSHE to Catholic schools and ensures the quality of content aligns with Catholic teachings.
The Life to the Full programme is based on ‘A Model Catholic RSE Curriculum’ by the Catholic Education Service which was highlighted as a work of good practice by the Department of Education. Therefore, we have confidence that the programme will be fit for purpose in supporting the growth and development of your child.
Life to the Full is much more than a series of lessons. It is an entire platform of creative resources that will engage, inform and inspire our children and, indeed, you as parents. This includes interactive video content, story-based activities, employing a wide range of teaching tools, original worship music and an accompanying programme of classroom prayers.
In addition there will be an online parent platform so that you, as parent and carers, can engage with the teaching and deepen the experience for your child. To access the online parent platform please visit: www.tentenresources.co.uk/parent-portal
If you do not have the portal user name and password please ask in school
Life to the Full is intended to be partnership between home, school and church. We know that you already do a fantastic job and we see our new programme, Life to the Full, as a means to further develop, support and enrich the partnership between home, school and church so that your child is fully supported.