RSHE

Relationship, Sex and Health education

Relationship, sex and health (RSHE) education focuses on helping pupils make informed choices about their relationships, physical and mental health. Our RSHE programme runs alongside our PSHE and Science programmes and is tailored to our pupils to ensure it is both beneficial and appropriate. We endeavour to ensure that our RSHE programme is inclusive of all pupils, regardless of background, sexuality, race or gender.  RSHE at Oaklands is delivered in a sensitive manner by experienced teachers. Content will include information and learning about:

  • Characteristics of a healthy relationship, including friendships
  • Different types of long-term relationships, including marriage and civil partnerships
  • Growing up and the changing adolescent body
  • Strategies to resist sexual pressure, peer pressure and pressure from the media
  • Acceptable and unacceptable behaviour in relationships
  • Safer sex, contraceptives and sexual health
  • Benefits of healthy relationships to pupils' mental wellbeing and self-respect
  • Facts and the law about sex, sexuality, sexual health and gender identity in an age-appropriate and inclusive way
  • Unsafe relationships including; grooming, sexual exploitation, domestic abuse, coercive and controlling behaviour
  • Internet safety and harmful online behaviours
  • Reproductive health, pregnancy and parenting

At Oaklands, RSHE is taught across all year groups in both KS3 and KS4. Our RSHE education is grouped into 3 themes:

  • Respectful Relationships
  • Feelings and Attitudes
  • Families and Growing Up

RSHE Curriculum Overview

KS3

 

Autumn Term

Respectful Relationships

Spring Term

Feelings & Attitudes

Summer Term

Families & Growing Up

Year 7

Characteristics of positive relationships

Changing feelings

Changing body

Year 8

Online relationships

 

Equality and diversity

Long term relationships

Year 9

Sexual pressure and consent

Contraceptives and safer sex

Break ups and conflict

KS4

 

Autumn Term

Feelings & Attitudes

Spring Term

Respectful Relationships

Summer Term

Families & Growing Up

Year 10

Risky behaviours & STI’s

Unsafe relationships

 

Online and media

Year 11

Reproductive health and pregnancy

Unsafe relationships

 

Parenting

For further information, please read our RSHE school policy.