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Swavesey Primary School |
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Sex
and Relationship Education
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Foundation
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Sex
and Relationship Education that begins at a young age and builds to meet the
needs of pupils as they grow older can contribute to fulfilling relationships
and positive experiences later in life. We
teach Sex and Relationships Education throughout all Key Stages. We follow
nationally agreed guidelines and use the Cambridgeshire Scheme of Work to
deliver these. In Reception the children will learn how they have changed
physically since they were very small and how they will continue to grow and
change all their lives. They will learn about the different parts of their
bodies including their different functions. In Years 1 and 2 we cover very
simple aspects relating to basic differences between males and females in a
short unit on growing up. Children are also introduced to the concept that
humans produce babies that grow into children and then adults. In Years 3 and
4 the children will learn to recognise the main external parts of their bodies
including the scientific names for the sexual parts. They will consider the
physical difference between males and females. We also make the children aware
of the need to keep their growing bodies clean and healthy. In Years 5 and 6
the children will identify the changes that take place in boys’ and girls’
bodies during puberty, the reasons for these changes and how to manage them.
They will learn about the facts of the human lifecycle including the links
between changes at puberty, sexual intercourse and the start of a baby. In
some of the lessons boys and girls will be taught separately. Parents
are advised when the programme is to commence so that they can be involved and
prepared for the issues and questions that may arise at home. The Sex and
Relationship policy was revised by the governing body in February 2008. Parents
have the right to withdraw their child from certain aspects of our Sex and
Relationships education programme if they so wish. Should you wish to exercise
that right, it is necessary to convey that wish to the Headteacher, in
writing.
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