My body now: How my body changes as I grow I understand my own body’s uniqueness, my developing sexuality, and that of others. HWB 3-47a rshp.scot

Puberty definition Puberty is the process of physical changes that sees a child's body mature into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction. It starts with hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads: these are the ovaries in a girl, the testes in a boy. Then, the gonads produce hormones that stimulate sexual feelings and bring about changes in the brain, bones, muscle, blood, skin, hair, breasts, and sex organs. Young people grow in height and weight. rshp.scot

How my body changes as I grow rshp.scot

Changes with puberty Facial hair Body hair – genitals, arm pits and body generally Change sin skin – possibly spots/acne Girls breasts grow – some boys develop breasts too Increase in size of nipples (both boys and girls) Sweating and change of smell Body shape – boys across the shoulders or girls rounding of hips or thighs Girls start their period Boys voices might get deeper Boys penis and testicles grow Boys get erections Boys produce sperm – if it happens at night when they are asleep it’s called a wet dream Stronger feelings of being attracted to another person rshp.scot

Film: Going through puberty changes youtu.be/reC8CV8NF5Q rshp.scot

Personal hygiene Personal hygiene is about keeping yourself clean so that you can keep healthy. If you don’t keep yourself and your things clean, then bacteria can grow. This can affect your oral hygiene (that’s your mouth, gums and teeth) and because we sweat this can mean your body or clothes can smell bad, this is called body odour. rshp.scot

Body hygiene Oral hygiene Hand hygiene Hair care Feet & shoes Clothes hygiene rshp.scot

Childline https://www.childline.org.uk/info- advice/you-your-body/puberty/ rshp.scot