Relationships and sexuality Education / Religion values and ethics

• Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) is a statutory aspect of the new curriculum and is included within the Health and Wellbeing AoLE as well as being part of the cross cutting themes across all learning. Areas to consider is the use of the correct terminology and earlier introduction for some aspect of learning.

• RSE will be introduced to our pupils through:-

• Circle time activities

• Jigsaw Health and Wellbeing weekly whole school lessons (Online Resource)

• Story books

• Curriculum areas and across topic related sessions e.g. Science, RE ….

• SEAL PSE activities

• Values Education discussions

• Time to Talk sessions available to all pupils

• Additional support groups e.g. ELSA, Nurture etc

• Informally as opportunities arise in the classroom

• Local Authority Guidance notes on SRE

RVE enables pupils to experience and understand their rights, opinions, viewpoints and reflect on those of others.

At St Athan Primary school we teach RVE through:-

• Explicit teaching of World beliefs

• Exploring ideas through Big Questions

• Discussions raised through Picture News weekly

• Authentic learning experiences linked to real life and World Wide events

• Reflection on our world and how we can make a difference

• Opportunities to study local, and global contexts in all topic areas

• Develop critical thinking and considering our RUCSAC approach

• Assemblies and reflection time

• Thought provoking resources including

• Stories, School Events and Visitors to our school

• Visits to a wide variety of religious settings and being exposed to the diverse community