During summer term, in our RSHE lessons across the school, our main focus is on relationships. RSE (relationship, sex education) lessons are included in our summer relationships lessons. 

  

Relationships lessons are statutory and are taught in an age appropriate and respectful way. Pupils in Years 4-6 will be split by gender for some concepts for example puberty and menstruation to enable them to feel confident when asking questions. The content for each year group will be communicated on year group noticeboards. 

  

There are two non-statutory elements of our RSE teaching: 

  

•Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), which is covered in Year 4. 

•The human reproduction system and conception, which are taught in Year 6. 

  

As these are non-statutory lessons, parents have the option to view the lesson resources before they are taught and can speak to class teachers if they have concerns about their children being part of the lessons. 

  

In Year 4, FGM will be taught in an age-appropriate way in a singular lesson. This lesson will be taught in the week beginning the 10th June. This important lesson has been planned with considerable research and thought and we encourage parents who are concerned about this, to look at the lesson resources and speak to class teachers. Resources for this lesson will be added to the year group noticeboard the week beginning the 20th May. 

  

Year 6 lessons on RSE will start from the week beginning the 3rd June and the 10th June The first few lessons will cover puberty and menstruation. Then the last lesson will be the non-statutory lesson. Resources for this lesson will be added to the year group noticeboard the week beginning the 13th May. 

 
Find out more about our RSHE curriculum and lessons here.