Activities

Families may change

Year 1
Health Literacy
Respectful Relationships
Students consider the ways that a family may change and identify ways to cope with changes.

Managing family change

Year 2
Health Literacy
Respectful Relationships
Students discuss the changes that take place in families and identify independent activities that they can do to help and cope with these changes.

Messages about body image

Year 4
Growing Bodies
Health Literacy
Students explore different messages they get from a range of sources about ideal bodies and the impact these messages have on their own body image.

Puberty kits

Year 6
Growing Bodies
Health Literacy
Students investigate body care products required when reaching puberty. They develop an understanding of why they are used, how they should be used and how advertising can influence our purchases.

Analysing health related websites and apps

Year 6
Health Literacy
Students investigate ways to access community resources to seek help about health, safety and wellbeing. They then determine criteria for the credibility of a website and evaluate a range of websites and apps.

Introduction to STIs and BBVs

Year 7
Health Literacy
Staying Safe
Students develop an understanding of STIs and BBVs through a role play simulation and researching reliable and trustworthy websites for suitable prevention strategies.

Issues with online communication

Year 7
Health Literacy
Staying Safe
Students discuss the positives and challenges of using technology to communicate. They also reflect on their own and other people’s online behaviour.

**External resources**

Year 7
Year 8
Diversity
Emotional Wellbeing
Growing Bodies
Health Literacy
Respectful Relationships
Staying Safe
The practical guide to love, sex and relationships

Dealing with challenging times

Year 8
Emotional Wellbeing
Health Literacy
Students investigate a range of health information from a variety of sources and decide on which would be most appropriate in dealing with challenging situations.

HPV vaccine

Year 8
Health Literacy
Staying Safe
Videos and short activities to show students who will be receiving their HPV vaccine at school.

Health campaigns - sexual health

Year 10
Health Literacy
Students explore the purpose of health campaigns and identify the components of a successful campaign. In groups, they develop their own campaign with a sexual health theme.

Influence of the media

Year 10
Health Literacy
Students explore the impact of sexualised imagery on young people’s sexual identities and sexual behaviours through the use of music clips and newspaper articles.