The Primary School and Home School Guide

A handy, easy-to-use resource for parents and teachers

by Jessica Taylor and Jaimi Shrive

Packed full of advice, exercises, discussion ideas and tasks to work with your children ages 5-11 years old.

54 pages of session plans and advice.

This booklet has been developed specifically for parents who are home schooling and primary schools who would like to teach children about relationships, sex and abuse in an ethical and sensitive way.

It can be used by parents, teaching staff and other professionals to incorporate the topics below into RSE and PSHE sessions for the first time.

The aim of this resource is to help children as young as five years old to develop key understanding of their social world and learn helpful skills that can be practised in a safe environment during the sessions set out in this resource.

Throughout this booklet, there are a number of central topics and themes that we can utilise when teaching children about sex, relationships and abuse.

The following themes were identified and are covered in this handy resource:

• Bodies and growing up
• Consent
• Critical Thinking
• Power and Control
• Grooming
• Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships
• Online Safety
• Empowerment
• Assertiveness

*This resource is suitable for all KS1 and KS2 children aged 5-11 years old