1. Primary 4-7 Parent Information Talk Relationships, Sexual Health & Parenthood Education Keeping Myself Safe Programme August 2016

2. What factors influence young peoples’ attitudes
Pause for thought
What factors influence
young peoples’ attitudes
to relationships and
sexual health?

3. Why is Sexual Health a Priority?
They will become aware of how thoughts, feelings, attitudes, values and beliefs can influence decisions about relationships, and sexual health.
The sexual health of young people in Scotland is poor
High teenage pregnancy rate
Sexually transmitted infections rising
Attitudes to violence
Unwanted sex and regret

4. First and foremost, it’s about relationships
helping your children to be resilient to the messages they will be exposed to and
being ready to make healthy choices at a time that is right for them

5. Curriculum for Excellence: Key themes
Early and First Stages
Defined by basic knowledge and awareness
Friendship
Boundaries
Appropriate behaviour
Babies’ needs
Getting help
Personal space
How life begins
Being cared for
Body parts & names
Difference & diversity
Second Stage
Defined by knowledge and enhanced self awareness of oneself and the impact of relationships
Different relationships
Puberty
Human reproduction
Impact of relationships
Abuse is wrong
How we are born
Skills in relationships
Roles of a parent/carer
Third and Fourth Stages
Defined by understanding, articulation and demonstration
Mutual care
Media literacy
Safe choices
Skills to sustain relations
Verbal/Non Verbal comm.
Pressure
Services
Power dynamics
Impact of values/beliefs
Difficult situations
The law
Complexity of parenthood
Needs of a child

6. First level outcomes (P2 – P4)
I am aware of how friendships are formed and that likes, dislikes, special qualities and needs can influence relationships
I understand positive things about friendships and relationships but when something worries or upsets me I know who I should talk to
I know that there are people in our lives who care for and look after us and I am aware that people may be cared for by parents, carers or other adults.
I am aware of the need to respect personal space and boundaries and can recognise and respond appropriately to verbal and non-verbal communication.
I recognise that we have similarities and differences but are all unique.

7. First level outcomes (P2 – P4)
I am aware of my growing body and I am learning the correct names for its different parts and how they work.
I am learning what I can do to look after my body and who can help me.
I am learning about where living things come from and about how they grow, develop and are nurtured.
I am able to show an awareness of the tasks required to look after a baby

8. Second level outcomes (P5 – P7)
I understand that a wide range of different friendships and relationships exist
I am aware that positive friendships and relationships can promote health and the wellbeing of others
I am identifying and practising skills to manage changing relationships and I understand the positive impact this can have on my emotional wellbeing.
I am aware of the need to respect personal space and boundaries and can recognise and respond appropriately to verbal and non-verbal communication
I recognise that how my body changes can affect how I feel about myself and how I may behave

9. Second level outcomes (P5 – P7)
I can describe the physical and emotional changes during puberty, understand why they are taking place and the importance of personal hygiene
I know that all forms of abuse are wrong and I am developing skills to keep myself safe and how to get help if I need it
I am able to describe how human life begins and how a baby is born
I can describe the role of a parent/carer and the skills, commitment and qualities the role requires

10. RESOURCES Creating Confident Kids (P1-P7) Emotion Talks
Living and Growing (P4 - P7)
Keeping Myself Safe (Nursery - P7)

11. Living and Growing progression
Primary 4
Differences
Primary 5
How did I get here?
Growing up
Primary 6
Changes
Girl Talk
Boy Talk
Primary 7
How a baby is made
How a baby is born
Lets talk about sex

12. Primary 4 – Differences Children are introduced to life cycles
Explores the difference between male and female (physical and other)
Correct names for male and female body parts

13. Primary 5 – How did I get here and growing up
Explains that a baby develops inside a mother’s womb and that both the male and female sex parts are needed to make a baby
Children reflect upon their development from babies
Informs children about conception and the growth of the baby in the womb
We discuss the fact that we all grow and change, as do all living things
To show that some changes are social, that we become more independent and able to think about others as well as ourselves
To look at identify and self-esteem, and reinforce the belief that we are all special

14. Primary 6 – Changes
Explores physical & emotional changes that take place during puberty
Considers how some of these changes are outside our control but that they will make choices and decisions about how they live their life
Reaffirms that puberty is a normal and natural process

15. Primary 6 – Girl Talk & Boy Talk
Reviews the physical and emotional changes that take place for girls and boys and the onset of puberty
It deals with the information from the point of view of girls/boys but also in terms of what boys/girls need to know
The importance of good hygiene for health and self esteem

16. Primary 7 – How a baby is made
Life cycles and reproduction
What does a new baby need?
Emphasises the importance of loving, caring relationships between couples and the value of family

17. Primary 7 – How a baby is born
Review of relationships and feelings and investigates roles and responsibilities
The development of the baby in the womb and the needs of the mother before the baby
The inheritance of physical characteristics

18. Primary 7 – Lets talk about sex
The development of relationships
Considers images of sex created by the media and popular culture
Conception and contraception are explored along with stereotypical attitudes towards sex and relationships
Love and marriage

19. Keeping Myself Safe Personal Safety Programme
The programme builds on the work carried out within Keeping Myself Safe programme Nursery to P5, where they focus on one scenario in each year group
Main focus is in Primary 6 and 7
Is taught with a gap of at least 4 weeks between sex education (Living and Growing) programme
Individual scenarios

20. Format of scenarios Computer based scenario Discussion tasks
Homework tasks
School based worksheets
Personal safety toolkit strategies

21. Primary 6 scenarios
The Town – keeping secrets, peer group pressure, trust between adults/children
The Skate park – safety issues when out by themselves, mobile phones, reverse charge calls
The Swimming pool – inappropriate touch by a known adult, assertiveness
My House – physical abuse, telling a trusted adult, right to feel safe
The Chat Room – dangers using the internet, self esteem, vulnerability, possible abduction

22. Primary 7 scenarios
The Bus – inappropriate touch by a stranger, peer group pressure, trust between adults and children
The Park – peer pressure, alcohol, strategies to say ‘no’
The School Concert – sexual abuse by a sibling, personal space, inappropriate touch
The Youth Club – trusted adults, physical signs that warn a situation may be dangerous
The Woods – sexual abuse by another young person, keeping going when you are not believed