Nursery

Autumn 1

In this term children will:

• Select and use activities and resources, with help when needed.
• Talk about their feelings using words such as happy, sad, worried, angry and begin to explain why.
• Settle and engage in activities for a longer period.
• Develop early learnt skills of turn taking.

Reception 

Autumn 1

In this term, the children will mainly focus on the following:-

• Know how to manage their own needs - personal hygiene
• Know and talk about the different factors that support their overall health and wellbeing e.g. healthy eating, toothbrushing.  

Autumn 2

Year 1

Autumn 1

In this term, the unit of work is 'What is the same and different about us?'.

The children will mainly focus on the following:-

• Know the names of external body parts
• Know what privacy means, and which body parts are private.
• Know who to tell if a relationship, or the actions of someone I don't know, has made me feel uncomfortable, upset or unsafe.
• Know how I am the same and different to other people, and how to treat myself and other people with respect.
• Know something that makes me special and unique, what I am good at or proud of, and how these help me feel good about myself.  

In the No Outsiders lesson the children will focus on 'knowing that they are the same and different to other people and how to treat themselves and other people with respect'.

Year 1

Autumn 2

In this term, the unit of work is 'What helps us to stay healthy?'.

The children will mainly focus on the following:-

• Know how to follow simple hygiene and dental health routines.
• Know some rules that keep us safe and decide if a choice is safe or unsafe for our health, including at home, online, when travelling, and in the sun. 
• Know how different things people put on or in their bodies can affect them and discuss the risks and benefits of this. 
• Know some ways to keep healthy and explain why they are important.
• Know some people who help children stay safe and healthy, say how or when they can help and why it is important to ask for help.

Year 2 

Autumn 1

In this term, the unit of work is 'What makes a friend?'.

The children will mainly focus on the following:-

• Know the different types of relationships, for example, family, friendship, online.
• Know what makes a good friend, what loneliness is, how to include others, and suggest some ways to resolve disagreements.  
• Know who to tell if a relationship, or the actions of someone I don't know, has made me feel uncomfortable, upset or unsafe.
• Know ways to manage when finding something difficult.

Autumn 2

In this term, the unit of work is 'How do we recognise our feelings?'.

The children will mainly focus on the following:-

• Know and name different feelings and describe what to do if I, or others, have not-so-good feelings.
• Know ways to help myself and other people feel good, or feel better if not feeling good, such as sleep, regular exercise and balancing time on and offline.  
• Know who to tell if a relationship, or the actions of someone I don't know, has made me feel uncomfortable, upset or unsafe.

Year 3

Autumn 1

In this term, the unit of work is '`How can we be a good friend?'.

The children will mainly focus on the following:-

• Know things that make me who I am, that I am proud of and recognise how building personal strengths contribute to self-worth.  
• Know how to express and discuss my views on topical issues, and listen respectfully to others.
• Know what makes a healthy, positive friendship and ways to avoid or resolve arguments and other friendship issues.  
• Know the importance of getting help if I feel lonely or excluded, and can describe how to help others to feel included. 
• Know the name of different types of bullying, explain the effects of bullying and hurtful behaviour, including online, and how to respond if it is experienced or witnessed.   

Autumn 2

In this term, the unit of work is 'What keeps us safe?'.

The children will mainly focus on the following:-

• Know the difference between appropriate and inapproprite touch, including appropriate boundaries with people we do or do't know, and who to tell if concerned about any contact.  
• Know about peer influence or pressure in a range of situations and suggest strategies to manage and respond to it.
• Know about how different substances, including legal and illegal drugs, can affect health positively and negatively; identify a range of associated risks and influence, and suggest ways to manage these. 
• Know how to respond in emergency situation, including basic first aid skills.
• Know ways of reducing and managing risk at home, online, on the road and elsewhere.

Year 4

Autumn 1

In this term, the unit of work is 'How do we treat each other with respect?'.

The children will mainly focus on the following:-

• Know when, where and how to get help or support if worried about relationships of any sort.
• Know how to express and discuss my views on topical issues, and listen respectfully to others. 
• Know what discrimination is, recognise that everyone deserves to be treated with respect, and how discrimination can be challenged.
• Know when it is right to break a confidence or share a secret, and who to tell.

Autumn 2

In this term, the unit of work is 'How can we manage our feelings?'.

The children will mainly focus on the following:-

• Know a wide vocabulary to describe different emotion in myself and others, and can explain how feelings change and ways to manage difficult feelings, including those related to change and loss.
• Know the link between physical and mental health and describe strategies that promote mental health for myself or others. 
• Know ways to manage setbacks and unhelpful thinking.  
• Know when, where and how to get help or support if worried about relationships of any sort. 

Year 5

Autumn 1

In this term, the unit of work is 'How can friends communicate safely?'.

The children will mainly focus on the following:-

• Know the different types of relationships, including loving and intimate relationships, and explain that people can experience emotional, romantic and sexual attraction with people of different or the same sex.  
• Know how online communication is different from face to face communication, including how people might behave online; and suggest ways to keep online relationships and communication safe and respectful.
• Know when, where and how to get help or support if worried about relationships of any sort.

Autumn 2

In this term, the unit of work is 'How will we grow and change?'.

The children will mainly focus on the following:-

• Know the names of external genitalia and internal reproductive organs, and describe how and why bodies change as we grow, including duirng puberty and suggest strategies to manage these.
• Know a wide vocabulary to describe different emotions in myself and others, and know how feelings change and ways to manage difficult feelings, including those related to change and loss. 

Year 6

Autumn 1

In this term, the unit of work is 'What will we change as we become more independent?'.

The children will mainly focus on the following:-

• Know different types of relationships, including loving and intimate relationships, and explain that people can experience emotional, romantic and sexual attraction with people of different or the same sex.

In No Outsiders, the story called The Flower, the children discussed why it is good to ask questions when there is something that we don't understand.  

Autumn 2

In this term, the unit of work is 'How do friendships change as we grow?'.

The children will mainly focus on the following:-

• Know how babies are conceived and born as part of the human life cycle.
• Know ways to prepare for and manage transitions positively between important stages in life or school.

In the No Outsiders session this half term, the children looked at the story of Rose Blanche who was a young girl who lived during the time of World War II.  The book helped the children to understand that sometimes in life we have to make difficult decisions.  The children took part in role play activities to explore the themes of the book.