Dear parents/carers,
I am writing to inform you that we will be teaching Yr5 and 6 pupils about puberty and ‘growing up’ as part of our Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) programme. We have been teaching these lessons for many years now, they were previously called the ‘growth and change’ programme.
Our lessons are in line with government statutory requirements and members of school staff are trained to lead the lessons. They will be taught in single sex groups (boys and girls taught separately). The programme teaches pupils about growing up and the physical and emotional changes they will experience as they go through puberty. Pupils WILL NOT be taught about sex.
Starting puberty can be a very anxious experience for many pupils and this programme aims to teach them about the changes their bodies will go through and reassure them that these changes are perfectly normal aspects of growing up. For your information, I have attached an overview of the content of the lessons.
We believe that it is important that pupils understand the changes that they are going through. As this is a statutory element of the curriculum, you are not able to withdraw your child from these lessons.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to speak to myself or a member of the SLT
Yours sincerely
Mrs Z Thewlis
Head of School