RSHE
Children need the knowledge and skills that will enable them to make informed and ethical decisions about their well-being, health and relationships. High quality, evidence-based teaching of relationships, sex and health education, (RSHE) can help prepare children for the opportunities and responsibilities of adulthood. RSHE can also promote their moral, social, mental and physical development. High-quality RSHE teaching will enable children to develop positive characteristics including resilience, self-worth, self-respect, honesty, integrity, courage, kindness and trustworthiness, The effective delivery of the RSHE curriculum will support the prevention of harms by helping children to understand and identify when things are not right.
At The Lanes, we believe that every young person has the right to receive high-quality Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education that enables them to:
- Understand the skills and knowledge that form building blocks of all positive relationships, supporting children from the start of their education to grow into kind, caring adults who have respect for others and know how to keep themselves safe.
- Be prepared for more complex RSHE curriculum content at secondary school.
- Understand that families of many forms provide a nurturing environment for children.
- Understand how to keep themselves and others safe and to recognise how to recognise and report risks and abuse, including online.
- Understand that bullying can include the use of derogatory terms relating to sex, race, disability or sexual orientation.
- Know how to seek advice and raise concerns.
- Understand that being a victim of abuse is never the fault of the child.
Our curriculum is rooted in dignity, inclusion, safeguarding and evidence-informed practice. It reflects our commitment to ensuring every child leaves our schools equipped not only with academic success but with the knowledge, character and confidence to lead healthy, safe and fulfilling lives.
Delivery of RSHE
RSHE will be taught through a whole school approach to wellbeing and positive relationships. The curriculum will be supported by other school policies including behaviour and safeguarding.
Sex education is not compulsory in primary schools, but it is recommended that children in years 5 and 6 are taught sex education, in line with content about conception and birth, which forms the national curriculum for science. The Lanes teaches sex education at an age appropriate level throughout the school during the Summer Term. Parents will be informed of the content, the dates and times of the teaching sessions and an opportunity to discuss the content with the teachers.
Parents have the right to withdraw their child from sex education. The Headteacher will automatically grant a request to withdraw a pupil from it, other than the content taught as part of the science curriculum.
Headteachers and leaders in schools will discuss the request to withdraw with parents and carers, and if appropriate, with the child, to understand the request.
The school will provide appropriate education during the period of withdrawal.
The latest policy, which contains an outline of the areas taught, can be found in the link below.
