Relationships & Sex Education

RSE is taught as a component of our Fantastic Futures curriculum. All students study one hour per week of Fantastic Futures.  

In Year 7 students study the following topics:

• The features of identity, including diversity and stereotypes, sexuality and gender identity. 
• The importance of respecting others.
• The characteristics of positive and healthy relationships (in all contexts, including online) and how these relationships might contribute to human happiness.
• How to recognise who to trust and who not to trust, how to judge when a friendship is making them feel unhappy or uncomfortable, managing conflict and how to manage these situations and how to seek help or advice from others, if needed.
• What sorts of boundaries are appropriate in friendships with peers and others (including in a digital context) and that each person’s body belongs to them, and the differences between appropriate and inappropriate contact
• How to talk about emotions accurately and sensitively, using appropriate vocabulary.
• Rights and responsibilities relating to relationships with others.
• How aspects of health can be affected by choices they make, both positively and negatively.
• Ways to recognise, manage and respond to social pressures, including peer pressure and how to recognise the early signs of mental wellbeing concerns.
• Different types of bullying (including cyberbullying), the impact of bullying, responsibilities of bystanders to report bullying and how and where to get help for themselves or others.
• How to manage conflict within friendships and other types of relationships, including with others online and offline.
• How to identify harmful behaviours online (including bullying, abuse or harassment) and how to report, or find support, if they have been affected by those behaviours.
• Understanding what consent is, including coercion and manipulation and ways to obtain help and support for themselves and others.
• The changing adolescent body, including the physical and emotional changes which occur during puberty and menstrual wellbeing and facts about the menstrual cycle.
• Consent, including the age of consent.
• Recogonising risky behaviour online and offline and developing resilience towards these.
• An understanding of the legal, social and physical impact of smoking, drugs and alcohol misuse, including the physical and psychological consequences of addiction.
• Developing an understanding of what wellbeing and healthy lifestyles are, including the importance of all aspects of health, including stress, sleep, diet and exercise.
• How to maintain healthy eating and the links between a poor diet and health risks.

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