Year group

Term

Topic/theme details

Nursery

Autumn

To learn about themselves; what they like and dislike. To learn about how they feel.

To learn about why they are special and special people /  things in their lives.

To learn about looking after myself, others and my  environment.

Nursery

Spring

To learn about how we are similar and how we are  different.

To learn that our bodies need exercise and sleep.

To learn that to achieve and succeed we have to keep  trying.

Nursery

Summer

To recognise people who help to keep us safe. To learn how to stay safe indoors and outdoors. To learn what is safe to go into our bodies.

To learn how my body is growing and changing.

Reception

Autumn

To learn about what makes me happy and my friends  happy.

To recognise what is important to me.

To recognise special people in my life and to learn about  special people in other people’s lives.

To learn about looking after people.

To learn about how we can care for our environment

Reception

Spring

To learn about how each family is different and how they  are the same.

To learn about why we need to care for each other. To learn about not giving up when things go wrong.

To learn about the importance of healthy eating, exercise  and sleep.

Reception

Summer

To learn about what is safe to go into my body – including medicines.

To learn how to stay safe inside and outside.

To learn about keeping safe online and who I can go to if  I need help.

To learn about the life stages of plants, animals and  humans.

To learn about where babies come from.

To learn about main body parts and getting bigger.

Year 1

Autumn

To learn about why we have rules.

To learn about our feelings and other people’s feelings.

To learn that we all have special people in our lives.

To learn about basic hygiene routines and why these are  important.

To learn about the importance of money and what it is  used for.

To learn about basic first aid.

Year 1

Spring

To learn about how our behaviour affects other people.

To understand what is fair and unfair.

To learn about the importance of healthy eating.

To learn about basic hygiene rules.

To learn that we keep going even if we’re struggling.

Year 1

Summer

To learn why it is so important to be healthy, get exercise  and get enough sleep.

To learn about what happens inside of my body and how  we change and grow.

To learn about what makes me sad and happy,  comfortable and uncomfortable.

To learn about the importance of not keeping secrets that  make me feel uncomfortable, anxious or afraid.

To learn about certain parts of my body are private. To  use the correct biological words for these parts of the  body for boys and girls.

Year 2

Autumn

To recognise your own and other people’s feelings. To learn how to deal with feelings of conflict and anger.

To learn to listen to other people’s points of view and play co-operatively.

To understand what bullying is and why it is wrong.  

To learn about what to do if teasing or bullying is  

happening.

To learn the importance of saving money for something  

special; the importance of money.

Year 2

Spring

To learn to respect the needs of ourselves and of others. To learn about the importance of being kind to people.

To learn how to deal with issues if something goes  wrong.

To learn about the importance of hygiene and how to  keep different parts of our body clean.

To learn about what different parts of my body do.

Year 2

Summer

To learn about how to be safe and what to do if we don’t  feel safe.

To learn about what we like and what we don’t like. To  know how to say ’No’ if we don’t like something or  something makes me feel uncomfortable.

To learn that some secrets should never be kept and that  we must tell someone who we feel safe with.

To recognise changes in our bodies and understand what  parts of our body should remain private and how we keep  them private.

To learn about basic first aid.

Year 3

Autumn

To learn about the importance of rules.

To learn how to look after each other, animals, and our  environment.

To learn how to solve a problem / respect a difference of opinion between friends.

To learn about the importance of choosing the right thing  

to do even if friends tell us something different.

To learn how to keep each other safe as well as myself.

To learn about money and we earn money in order to buy things

Year 3

Spring

To learn about rules, rights and responsibilities.

To learn about the ways in which rules and laws keep  people safe.

To learn about our community and why it is important. To learn about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle.

To learn about and respect that each of us is different  and we have different relationships at home. We are all  different.

To learn how to respect that we may each have different  opinions.

Year 3

Summer

To learn about keeping safe online.

To learn about the dangers of takings drugs (alcohol and  cigarettes)

To learn about changes in my body.

To learn the concept of keeping something confidential or  secret.

To recognise that some secrets makes us feel happy and  some secrets make us feel anxious or afraid.

To learn the concept of keeping something confidential or  secret.

To learn about the importance of keeping personal  boundaries and the right to privacy.

Year 4

Autumn

To recognise that different people can have different  feelings in the same situation.

To recognise when we may have to say ‘No’ to a friend.

To learn how to solve conflict amongst themselves and  their peers.

To learn about everyone has human rights (and that  children have their own set of human rights – UN  

declaration of the Rights of the Child)

To recognise that everyone can make a difference within a democratic process. 

To learn about taxes and which services they pay for.

Year 4

Spring

To learn that there are difference and similarities  between all of us but to understand that everyone is  equal.

To learn what is meant by ‘stereotypes’.

To learn about the impact of the choices we make both in  school and out of school.

To learn the importance of respecting others, even when  they are very different from them (for example, physically,  in character, personality or backgrounds), or make  different choices or have different preferences or beliefs.

Year 4

Summer

To recognise dangers, risks and hazards with regards to  medicines / drugs both to themselves and to other people  who may take them. 

To be able to recognise who to trust and who not to trust  and how to judge when a friendship is making them feel  unhappy or uncomfortable. 

To learn how to manage conflict including how to  manage these situations and how to seek help or advice  from others, if needed. 

To learn that different situations will make us feel  differently and we need to learn how to manage those  feelings. 

To know who to report concerns to regarding concerns at  home, at school, online and within their community.

Year 5

Autumn

To learn how to work collaboratively and cooperatively.

To be able to compromise and negotiate in order to find solutions to difficult situations.

To recognise their own emotions and how to look after themselves as well as being aware of other people’s emotions and that everyone is as important as each other.

To learn and explore how the media portray different information.

To know that there is fact and that there is  

an opinion.

To recognise the role of the volunteers in the community and how this makes people in the community feel.

To learn about money with regards to loans, debts and credits. 

To learn why people may struggle with money and paying for bills such as rent/mortgages. 

To underhand what local councils and councillors are and how they look after their community.

Year 5

Spring

To recognise the benefits of living in a diverse  community.

To recognise the importance of our school community.

To recognise the importance of respecting people of  different faiths, backgrounds and beliefs. To learn that  we are all equally important.

To appreciate difference and diversity across the  community, country and the world.

To recognise the consequences of positive and negative  behaviour on themselves and others.

To learn about the benefits of a balanced lifestyle on our  mental wellbeing, health and on our body.

To recognise that the media don’t always reflect real life,  reality and how people feel about themselves.

To learn about basic first aid.

Year 5

Summer

To recognise that all medicines are drugs but not all drugs are medicines.

To learn that pressure to behave in an unacceptable,  

unhealthy or risky way can come from a variety of sources, including people they know, friends and the media. 

To recognise and learn how to deal with online bullying and face to face bullying. (either with themselves or with someone they know) 

To learn about and recognise the changes in their body as they grow through puberty and that this may also result in changes in their emotions. 

To learn the correct biological names and terminology for their body parts and the changes in their body.

Year 6

Autumn

To learn the importance of self-respect and respecting  others.

To learn how to manage complex or conflicting emotions.  To develop strategies for managing risk.

To learn how to resist unhelpful pressure and ask for help.

To learn how to recognise and describe the range and  intensity of their feelings to others.

To learn about the benefits of saving money.

To understand the importance of having a job and how  finances play an important part in people’s lives.

To understand what elections are and how rules and  laws are made.

Year 6

Spring

To respect each other’s differences.

To learn how to deal with bullying.

To learn how to challenge stereotypes and the correct  use of the terms sex, gender identity and sexual  orientation.

To understand how to live a healthy lifestyle which  impacts positively on their health, body and well-being.

To recognise who can help us to live a healthy lifestyle           and how we can help others to do the same.

To learn about basic first aid.

Year 6

Summer

To learn about internet safety and to think before you  click. (regarding photos and information about yourself  and others)

To learn about how drugs are categorised in this country.

To recognise that the media can reinforce stereotypes, including gender stereotypes.

To learn that human rights overrule any beliefs, ideas or  practices that harm others.

Harmful practices (such as FGM and forced marriage)  are against British law (illegal) and in contradiction to  human rights.

To learn about the changes which puberty brings to allow  sexual reproduction to occur.

To know that there are a variety of ways in which sperm can  fertilise the egg to create a baby.

To know how a baby is made and grows. Roles and  responsibilities of parents and carers.

To know the legal age of consent and what it means.

To recognise that viruses and bacteria can be spread  unless hygiene and safety rules are followed, such as HIV.

Topic

Pupils should know:

Families and  people who  

care about me

· That families are important for children growing up because they  can give love, security and stability.

· The characteristics of healthy family life, commitment to each  other, including in times of difficulty, protection and care for children  and other family members, the importance of spending time together  and sharing each other’s lives.

· That others’ families, either in school or in the wider world,  sometimes look different from their family, but that they should respect  those differences and know that other children’s families are also  characterised by love and care.

· That stable, caring relationships, which may be of different types,  are at the heart of happy families, and are important for children’s  security as they grow up.

· How to recognise if family relationships are making them feel  unhappy or unsafe, and how to seek help or advice from others if  needed.

Caring  

friendships

· How important friendships are in making us feel happy and  secure, and how people choose and make friends.

· The characteristics of friendships, including mutual respect,  truthfulness, trustworthiness, loyalty, kindness, generosity, trust,  sharing interests and experiences and support with problems and  difficulties.

· That healthy friendships are positive and welcoming towards  others, and do not make others feel lonely or excluded.

· That most friendships have ups and downs, and that these can  often be worked through so that the friendship is repaired or even  strengthened, and that resorting to violence is never right.

· How to recognise who to trust and who not to trust, how to judge  when a friendship is making them feel unhappy or uncomfortable, managing conflict, how to manage these situations and how to seek  help or advice from others, if needed.

Respectful  

relationships

· The importance of respecting others, even when they are very  different from them (for example, physically, in character, personality  or backgrounds), or make different choices or have different  preferences or beliefs.

· Practical steps they can take in a range of different contexts to  improve or support respectful relationships.

· The conventions of courtesy and manners.

· The importance of self-worth and how this links to their own  happiness.

· That in school and in wider society they can expect to be treated  with respect by others, and that in turn they should show due respect  to others, including those in positions of authority.

· About different types of bullying (including cyberbullying), the  impact of bullying, responsibilities of bystanders (primarily reporting  bullying to an adult) and how to get help.

· What a stereotype is, and how stereotypes can be unfair, negative  or destructive.

· The importance of permission-seeking and giving in relationships  with friends, peers and adults.

Online relationships

· That people sometimes behave differently online, including by  pretending to be someone they are not.

· That the same principles apply to online relationships as to face-to  face relationships, including the importance of respect for others online including when we are anonymous.

· The rules and principles for keeping safe online, how to recognise  risks, harmful content and contact, and how to report them.

· How to critically consider their online friendships and sources of  information including awareness of the risks associated with people  they have never met.

· How information and data is shared and used online.

Being safe

· What sorts of boundaries are appropriate in friendships with peers  and others (including in a digital context).

· About the concept of privacy and the implications of it for both  children and adults; including that it is not always right to keep secrets  if they relate to being safe.

· That each person’s body belongs to them, and the differences  between appropriate and inappropriate or unsafe physical, and other,  contact.

· How to respond safely and appropriately to adults they may  encounter (in all contexts, including online) whom they do not know.

· How to recognise and report feelings of being unsafe or feeling  bad about any adult.

· How to ask for advice or help for themselves or others, and to  keep trying until they are heard.

· Where to get advice e.g. family, school and/or other sources.

To be completed by parents

Name of child

Class

Name of parent

Date

Reason for withdrawing from sex education within relationships and sex education

Any other information you would like the school to consider

To be completed by the school

Agreed actions  from discussion  with parents