RSE
Relationship and Sex Education at St Christopher’s School is recognsied as a priority learning area for all students. What could possibly be more essential than teaching students about their own bodies, the rights and wrongs of touches, actions and interactions, and what to do if they have a problem with these things? We recognise that there are many challenges in helping students with learning difficulties understand key concepts of RSE, and often we have to find creative and bespoke ways of supporting students in their understanding. We aim to work closely with parents and other professionals to ensure students at St Christopher’s School have the knowledge and skills to keep themselves safe, and to develop appropriate and healthy relationships into adulthood.
As a special school setting we utilise a number of specialist programmes across the school that have been created to meet the needs of students with additional needs. ‘The Sex Factor Programme’ and ‘So Safe!’ are delivered across the school, in addition to other reputable resources such as the NSPCC ‘Pants’ campaign, the ‘Speak Out Stay Safe SEND programme’ and The Brook ‘Healthy Lives for Young People’ Hub.
RSE provision and delivery looks different across each of the learning pathways at St Christopher’s School due to the differing needs of the students we cater for.
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| Keeping Healthy and Safe Healthy Body and Mind RSE focus – Terms 5 and 6 | Keeping Healthy and Safe Healthy Body and Mind RSE focus – Terms 5 and 6 | Keeping Healthy and Safe Healthy Body and Mind RSE focus– Terms 5 and 6 | Keeping Healthy and Safe Healthy Body and Mind RSE focus – Terms 5 and 6 |
Bespoke targeted lessons additional to classroom provision 1:1 lessons to meet a need / respond to a worry Girl group /boy group 2022 Response to Safeguarding concerns. Support from Well-being team
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SO SAFE! Program Some elements of The Sex Factor Programme to support lessons NSPCC campaigns ‘Pants’ and ‘Speak Out Stay Safe’ SEND Lessons using range of resources from reputable sources such as The FPA, The Brook ‘Healthy Lives for Young People’ RSE Hub Learning to be reinforced incidentally across all curriculum areas and provide learning in context – for example hygiene routines.
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Some elements of SO SAFE! Program The Sex Factor Programme EQUALS My Relationships and Sex Education NSPCC Pants Campaign Learning to be reinforced incidentally across all curriculum areas and provide learning in context – for example hygiene routines. | Personalised elements of SO SAFE! Program The Sex Factor Programme EQUALS My Relationships and Sex Education Learning to be reinforced incidentally across all curriculum areas and provide learning in context – for example hygiene routines. | The Sex Factor Programme EQUALS PRE-FORMAL SoW Learning to be reinforced incidentally across all curriculum areas and provide learning in context – for example hygiene routines | Personalised elements of SO SAFE! Program The SEX Factor Programme Lessons using range of resources from reputable sources such as The FPA, The Brook ‘Healthy Lives for Young People’ RSE Hub Opportunities for learning to be reinforced incidentally across all curriculum areas and provide learning in context – for example hygiene routines. |
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Tapestry RSE tracker ASDAN PSD Accreditation
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Tapestry Possible PLI’s if priority learning RSE Tracker
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Tapestry Possible PLI’s if priority learning RSE tracker
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Tapestry Possible PLI’s if priority learning RSE tracker
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Tapestry Possible PLI’s if priority learning RSE tracker
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It is vitally important that parents also develop their confidence reinforcing the RSE learning at home and in answering ‘tricky’ questions when they arise. For this reason we aim to share as much content as possible with parents and carers when it is being delivered to enable them to support with key learning. Parents are invited to attend workshops and coffee mornings to learn more about the programmes we use to deliver RSE content. These sessions are repeated throughout the school year. As lessons are delivered, content is shared on the Tapestry app, so you can see what and how the learning has been shared - enabling you to support your child further at home. We also provide an RSE newsletter to parents 3 times a year, which includes useful sources and resources to access.
See below to see the learning outcomes for our RSE lessons.
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