Relationships – Families and People Who Care For Me

Pupils should know:

• 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.

• Wellington had chosen to follow Tower Hamlets recommendations
• Wellington would teach about LGBT relationships, specifically that some families have two mums and some families have two dads, in the context of different family types in KS1
• Wellington would take additional time to ensure parents were clear about how teaching is delivered and the resources used

• There are vastly different views about when to teach this, ranging from Nursery to Y2
• Teaching should be factual
• We should not promote any one type of family unit
• That teaching must not be sexualised
• That they were worried about lessons going against their faith

• Train staff to use factual language and not give opinions or express preference for any family type
• Include families with two mums and families with two dads amongst a list of other family types in Y1
• Not teach about transgender diversity or bisexuality
• Not teach this as part of sex education

Relationships – Being Safe

Pupils should know:

• how to report concerns or abuse and the vocabulary and confidence needed to do so

• Wellington would teach children to name public and private body parts in KS1
• The words taught would be:
  • penis and testicles
  • vagina and vulva
  • breast and nipples
  • bottom and anus

• Pictures should be scientific diagrams and illustrations
• They do not like the Christopher Winter resources
• They like the NSPCC Pants resource
• They want lessons to be age appropriate

• Use Jigsaw in Y2
• Use NSPCC Pants from Reception
• Use scientific illustrations and diagrams
• Teach public and private body parts at the same time to normalise the language in Y2
• Not use Christopher Winter

Health – Changing Adolescent Body

Pupils should know:

• key facts about puberty and the changing adolescent body, particularly from age 9 through to age 11, including physical and emotional changes
• about menstrual wellbeing including the key facts about the menstrual cycle

• Lessons about puberty begin in Year 4
• Taught in single sex groups
• Resources would be Jigsaw and Christopher Winter diagrams

• They do not like the Christopher Winter resources
• They want boys and girls taught separately
• They want this taught to an older year group than Tower Hamlets recommends
• They do not want videos or photographs used for teaching

• Use Jigsaw
• Use scientific illustrations and diagrams
• Not use videos or photographs
• Teach boys and girls separately
• Teach puberty in Y5 (with an opt in lesson about periods for girls in Y4)
• Not use Christopher Winter resources

DFE states:

• Not compulsory
• Primary schools should have a sex education programme
• Sex education at primary draws on scientific knowledge about the human life cycle
• Sex education at primary is about how a baby is conceived and born

• Parents have the right to withdraw
• Sex education lessons about how an egg is fertilised and babies are born take place in Year 5/6

• They want to be able to opt their child out of these lessons
• They want consent to be included in the lessons
• They want boys and girls taught separately
• They want these lessons taught in Y6
• They do not like Christopher Winter resources

• Give parents the opportunity to opt their child out
• Include a discussion about consent in the lessons
• Use Jigsaw, not Christopher Winter resources
• Use scientific illustrations and diagrams
• Teach boys and girls separately
• Teach in Y6