1. Relationships and Sex Education
Year One

2. We meet God’s love in our family
Year One
We meet God’s love in our family
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3. Objectives Know that as we grow we are Loved by our family.
grow we are also
loved by
God’s family.
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4. Keywords God Unique Important Special Friend Different
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5. PHYSICAL
I am growing up
in a family.
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6. Who is in my family?
Mother?
Father?
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7. Brothers?
Sisters?
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8. Grandparents?
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9. Babies come in different shapes
and sizes!
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10. They grow and change quickly
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11. Activities that may be covered:
Draw your family. If time permits show each family picture to each other.
Draw you as a baby in your family.
Turn to the child next to you and name the thing you can do now that you couldn’t do as a baby.
Find out what age you learned to crawl, take first steps, speak first words etc.

12. Prayer
Loving Father,
thank you for my mum, dad, brothers, sisters and all who love and care for me.
Amen.
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13. SOCIAL
I grow up in a family
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14. They share the wonder of new things I can do
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15. Now I can help my family at home…
Set the
table
I can
wash up
Take out
the rubbish
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16. Activities that may be covered:
How do we help and care for others at home eg help with the baby, tidy room, lay the table, wash up
Talk about safe and realistic ways of helping at home.

17. for all who love and care for us.
Prayer
Thank you Lord,
for all who love and care for us.
Amen.
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18. EMOTIONAL What are the happy moments in your family?
Birthdays
Weddings
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19. What are the sad moments in your family?
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20. Activities that may be covered:
Divide children into four groups to create ...
Two happy experiences of family and
Two sad experiences of family
Share each role play with class.
Talk about the ideas expressed in each role play.

21. for all the happy moments we share in our families.
Prayer
Thank you Lord,
for all the happy moments we share in our families.
Amen.
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22. INTELLECTUAL Why do we need to grow up in families?
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23. What would it be like without a family?
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24. What other family do you belong to? We all belong to God’s family
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25. Activities that may be covered:
Read or show a relevant clip from Jungle Book by Rudyad Kipling ... the need for family as exemplified in this story.
Need for family – who takes the place of mum and dad for Mowgli?
What other family do you belong to besides your personal family.
Bring in reminders of Baptism eg candle, photograph and talk about it.

26. Prayer Our Father… Loving Father,
we thank you that we are growing and developing as members of our own family and your family – and so we pray our family prayer:
Our Father…
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27. We are members of God’s Family
SPIRITUAL
We are members of God’s Family
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28. How were we born
into God’s family?
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29. As members of God’s family,
what do we call God?
Our Father,
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30. Jesus Christ
(our brother),
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31. Holy Spirit
(our friend and guide).
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32. From my shoulder to my shoulder,
Prayer
From my head to my heart,
From my shoulder to my shoulder,
I believe in you my God,
My Father.
Amen.
End of presentation
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