RSHE audit toolkit: primary - the changing adolescent body
DfE: Statutory Relationships and Health Education guidance for KS1 and KS2
The changing adolescent body
Pupils should know:
- key facts about puberty and the changing adolescent body, particularly from age 9 through to age 11, including physical and emotional changes.
- about menstrual wellbeing including the key facts about the menstrual cycle.
FGM
National FGM Centre – Key Stage 1 lesson, PowerPoint and guidance
National FGM Centre - Key Stage 2 lesson, PowerPoint and guidance
Consent
PSHE Association- Teaching about consent - Guidance for KS1 and KS2
NSPCC: Learning PANTS resources
Free Talk PANTS resources, teaching children the Underwear Rule to help keep them safe from abuse.
Books
My underpants rule - Kate and Rod Power (for KS1)
Good Reads: My underpants rule
It's my body: a book about body privacy for young children - Louise Spilsbury (for KS1)
Let's talk about body boundaries, consent and respect: teach children about body ownership, respect, feelings, choices and recognizing bullying behaviors - Jayneen Sanders (for KS2)
My body belongs to me from my head to my toes - International Center for Assault Prevention and Pro Familia (for KS2). Simon and Schuster.
Books are available from Amazon and other online book suppliers.
Puberty
PSHE Association: Changing and growing up relationships education lesson pack KS2
BBC: Let's talk about periods Newsround special (video)
BBC: Operation ouch - how babies are made, puberty. KS2
This clip looks at puberty and why it happens, defining it as changing from a child to a reproductive adult. There is a description of the changes that happen in most bodies, what that may mean for female bodies and male bodies, when it might happen and that it is normal.
PSHE Association: City to sea. Rethink periods
Help pupils explore the full range of menstrual products available and the impact of product disposal on the environment. Consider different cultural myths, taboos and celebrations around menstruation, and how menstruation affects different groups of people.
FPA: Growing up with Yasmine and Tom
Growing up with Yasmine and Tom includes a series of flexible, age-appropriate lesson plans and, interactive whiteboard activities for children aged 5–11. It covers topics including the body, relationships, families, friendship, online and offline safety, and puberty.
Teacher training
DfE: Teacher training: changing adolescent body
This training module supports the physical health and mental wellbeing section of the statutory relationships, sex and health education curriculum.
The module contains key knowledge and facts to help teachers understand what they must teach. It includes information on the physical and emotional changes in puberty, including menstrual wellbeing.
Every care has been taken to ensure the information and any recommendations in the toolkit are accurate at the time of publishing. Schools must make their own judgements when using these resources and always risk assess with their pupils in mind.
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