St John The Evangelist RCP
Sex ,Relationship and
Spiritual Education
A Presentation to Parents
Agenda
 Place
of SRE in the curriculum
 Journey
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Introduction
Structure and content
 All
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in Love
that I am
Introduction
Structure and content
What is SRE?
SRE is the life long learning about
physical, moral and emotional
development. It is the understanding of the
importance of marriage for family life,
stable and loving relationships, respect,
love and care. It is also about the teaching
of sex, sexuality and sexual health.
Sex and Relationship Education
 SRE
forms a part of the whole PSHE
Programme
 There is a lot of overlap between the
different areas
 The key message is the well-being of the
child
 Parents have the right to withdraw
their child from elements of SRE
Partnership
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Important to remember
that parents are the first
educators of the child.
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Partnership is essential
and our role as a school
is to support you not
replace you.
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Other key player is the
Church
Church
School
Home
A Journey in LOVE
The central message of the Christian
faith is love.
“My
commandment is this: love one
another, just as I love you.”
John 15:12
A Journey in LOVE
 The
journey begins right from the moment of
our conception God is at the heart of love
 Puberty
can be a very confusing time, but even
in the confusion, God is there.
 The
Sacrament of Marriage declares the
commitment of each spouse to the other
permanently in the acknowledgement that it is
God-given.
Structure of Journey in LOVE
PHYSICAL
Each area is
broken down into
SOCIAL
ACTIVITIES
EMOTIONAL
INTELLECTUAL
SPIRITUAL
PAUSE and REFLECT
PRAYER
REFLECTION and
PRAYER
Reception
Children know and
understand that God has
made them unique and that
although we are all different
we are all special to him.
Examples of Reception Activities
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A graph of eye colours
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Why was I given my name?
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Who are my friends
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I grew for 9 months in my mummy’s tummy
Jesus grew for 9 months in Mary’s womb
Year One
Children know and
understand that they are
growing and developing as
members of their own family
and God’s family.
Examples of Year One Activities
 Draw
a picture of my family
 How
old was I when I learned to crawl,
speak etc.
 How
 We
can I help at home?
are members of God’s family
Year Two
Children know and
understand that they are
growing and developing in a
God-given community.
Examples of Year Two Activities
 What
is community?
 Explore
 How
 As
school as community
can we contribute to the community?
children of God how should we help
each other?
Year Three
Children know and understand the
virtues essential to friendship e.g.
loyalty, responsibility… and
experience the importance both of
forgiving and being forgiven and
of celebrating God’s forgiveness.
Examples of Year Three Activities
 Who
cares for me at home, school, parish,
community?
 How do you keep safe?
 How do you take care of others?
 How do you feel if a friend is not there for
you or you are not there for them?
 How can I forgive and include others as
Jesus did?
Year Four
Children know and understand
that they are all different and
celebrate these differences as
they appreciate that God’s
love accepts us as we are and
as we change.
Examples of Year Four Activities
 Recognise
all pupils grow and develop at
a different rate
 Name male and female body parts
 Identify the development of the baby in the
womb
 How do I appreciate my own and others
gifts, talents, achievements and all that
makes us unique
 St. Paul’s teaching on love
Year 5 and 6
All that I am scheme
Archdiocese Birmingham
Diocesan Department of Religious education
Don Bosco House
Coventry Road
Coleshill
Warwickshire
Year 5
Individual
 What
children will learn:
 that they are made in the image of God
 That physical and emotional growth is
common to all of us and a normal part of
becoming an adult
 To accept and respect themselves
Year 5
Physical
 What
children will learn:
 That the difference between boys and girls
is part of God’s creative and loving work
 Vocabulary to describe menstruation
 To celebrate the differences between boys
and girls
This will be built on in Y6 when male
maturation will be treated in more depth
Year 5
Social
 What
they will learn:
 What the Church teaches in relation to
personal responsibility and dignity of the
person
 To take responsibility for their personal
hygiene
 How to manage socially awkward
situations
Year 5
Emotional
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What they will learn:
How the church recognises the importance of
our emotions and how they can shape our
actions
To identify a wide range of feelings in
themselves and others
To take responsibility and manage feelings
appropriately
An awareness of the responsibility we have for
each other
Year 5
Spiritual
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What they will learn:
That our spiritual relationship with God links
together and transforms all aspects of our
person
The basics of authentic friendship with others
and God
When they do and do not feel comfortable with
themselves
To identify when confidentiality is and is not
appropriate
Year six
Recap and reprise
 What
they will learn:
 To recap on year 5
 To reprise female development
Year six
Your changing bodies- boys
 What
they will learn:
 To have knowledge and understanding of
male physical development
Year six
Personal behaviour
 What
they will learn:
 To have self confidence and skills
 To translate these into personal behaviour
in a range of situations such as making
new friends
Journey of love
For each of us, life is like a journey.
Birth is the beginning of this journey,
And death is not the end; but the destination.
It is a journey that takes us
From youth to age,
From innocence to awareness
From ignorance to knowledge
From foolishness to wisdom
From weakness to strength and often back again
From offence to forgiveness
From pain to compassion,
From fear to faith,
From defeat to victory and from victory to defeat,
Until, looking backward or ahead,
We see that victory does not lie
At some high point along the way,
But in having made the journey,
Stage by stage
Adapted from an old Hebrew Prayer