Autumn 1

My healthy self

How can we look after our emotions?

• L1: What emotions can we recognise?
• L2: When and why do people show different emotions?
• L3: How can emotions change?
• L4: What helps us to feel calm or excited?
• L5: What might make us feel worried, annoyed or upset?
• L6: What can we do when our feelings get tricky?

Autumn 2

Connecting with others

How can I help myself and others feel happy and safe?

• L1: What makes me special?
• L2: How do families show love and care for each other?
• L3: What helps me feel safe and cared for?
• L4: What is a friend?
• L5: How can we have a kind and friendly class?
• L6: How should people behave towards others?

Spring 1

The online world

How do we spend time online?

• L1: When am I online?
• L2: What can I do online and what can I do in person?
• L3: How should I behave when I use a device?
• L4: How can I balance screen time with in-person activities?
• L5: What should I do if I see something online that worries me?
• L6: How can I stay safe online?

Spring 2

Citizenship

How can I help others and the environment?

• L1: What do babies and toddlers need?
• L2: What do animals need?
• L3: How can we look after our school environment?
• L4: How can I share my ideas respectfully?
• L5: Who helps look after our local environment?
• L6: How do rules help everyone?

Summer 1

Health protection

How can I protect myself and others in daily life?

• L1: How and why do we wash our hands?
• L2: How can I protect myself in any weather?
• L3: Who helps us stay healthy?
• L4: What should I do if I feel unwell?
• L5: How serious are different injuries?
• L6: How can we get help for serious illnesses and injuries?

Summer 2

Staying safe

How can I stay safe?

• L1: How can I stay safe at home?
• L2: What is safe for our bodies?
• L3: What rules can keep me safe?
• L4: How can I stay safe near roads?
• L5: How might my body feel when something is unsafe?
• L6: Who can keep me safe?

Autumn 1

My healthy self

How can we look after our bodies?

• L1: How does moving my body make me feel?
• L2: Why is sleep important?
• L3: What foods can help me stay healthy?
• L4: How can I make some healthy food and drink choices?
• L5: What can I do to keep my teeth clean and healthy?
• L6: How can I make healthy choices every day?

Autumn 2

Connecting with others

How can I build safe, kind and caring relationships?

• L1: How are we all different and the same?
• L2: How are families different and the same?
• L3: How can I show my feelings kindly and calmly?
• L4: How can I let others know what is okay or not okay for me?
• L5: Who can I talk to if something does not feel right?
• L6: What should I do if someone is being unkind again and again?

Spring 1

The online world

How can we stay safe online?

• L1: What can we do online and how can we do it safely?
• L2: Who can see information shared online?
• L3: What is private information?
• L4: How do I know if private information has been shared online?
• L5: Is everything we see online real?
• L6: What should I do if something online worries me?

Spring 2

Citizenship

How do people belong to a community and earn money?

• L1: Where do we belong?
• L2: How can different people contribute to my community?
• L3: What jobs help in our local community?
• L4: What other jobs might people do?
• L5: What is money?
• L6: Where does money come from?

Summer 1

Growing up

How can we look after and respect our bodies as we grow?

• L1: How do we grow and change?
• L2: How will I change as I grow up?
• L3: Do I make the rules about my own body?
• L4: How can I talk about my body?
• L5: How can we show respect for each other’s bodies?
• L6: Who can I talk to if I do not feel safe?

Summer 2

Staying safe

How can I make safe choices in different places?

• L1: What makes my body special?
• L2: How can I keep my body safe?
• L3: How can I make safe choices at home?
• L4: How can I stay safe in different places?
• L5: What can I do if I cannot find my trusted adult?
• L6: How can I stay safe around water?

Autumn 1

My healthy self

How can I take care of my mind and body?

• L1: How do emotions affect my body?
• L2: How can I tell how someone else might be feeling?
• L3: How are my mind and body connected?
• L4: How does sleep help my mind and body?
• L5: What can I do when I experience strong emotions?
• L6: When should I ask an adult for support?

Autumn 2

Connecting with others

What helps us feel safe and included?

• L1: How can I respect myself?
• L2: What are personal boundaries?
• L3: What makes a family?
• L4: How can I be a good friend?
• L5: How can we repair a friendship after falling out?
• L6: What are the different types of bullying?

Spring 1

The online world

How should we communicate online?

• L1: How do we communicate online?
• L2: How can we be respectful when we communicate online?
• L3: How can communication online sometimes be misunderstood?
• L4: How should I respond to online bullying?
• L5: Why do we need to be careful when communicating online?
• L6: How can I keep myself safe online?

Spring 2

Citizenship 1

What rights and responsibilities do we have?

• L1: What are human rights?
• L2: What rights should children have?
• L3: How can we help the environment by reducing what we use?
• L4: How can reusing items help the environment?
• L5: Why is recycling important?
• L6: How do local councils help look after their communities?

Summer 1

Health protection

How can we prevent illness and injury and respond if they happen?

Covers healthy habits, medicines, hygiene, sun safety, vaccines, basic first aid for common injuries, and how to seek medical help including calling 999.

Summer 2

Citizenship 2

What careers do people choose and why?

• L1: What careers do people have?
• L2: Should your gender affect what job you do?
• L3: What influences career choices?
• L4: What job might be for me?
• L5: Why make a career change?
• L6: How can workplace stereotypes be challenged?

Autumn 1

My healthy self

How can I make healthy choices?

• L1: What is a balanced diet and why does having one matter?
• L2: How can being active help my mind and body?
• L3: How can I keep my energy up throughout the day?
• L4: How can I get support for others or myself?
• L5: How can I respond when things feel hard?
• L6: Why is helping others good for me too?

Autumn 2

Connecting with others

How can we respect each other?

• L1: How can I show self-respect?
• L2: How can I show respect to others?
• L3: How can I build trusting friendships?
• L4: How can we solve friendship challenges?
• L5: How should I respond to bullying?
• L6: What is a stereotype?

Spring 1

The online world

How can we decide what to trust online?

• L1: How can the internet be helpful and challenging?
• L2: Is all online content appropriate for me?
• L3: Why should we be careful what we trust online?
• L4: How can we check if online information is reliable?
• L5: How can we use multiple sources to check online information?
• L6: Why should we question what we see online?

Spring 2

Citizenship

How can I spend money responsibly?

• L1: How do people pay for things?
• L2: Why keep track of my money?
• L3: What does budgeting mean?
• L4: What is value for money?
• L5: What happens when people spend money?
• L6: How do people feel about money?

Summer 1

Growing up

How will my body and emotions change as I grow up?

• L1: What are body boundaries?
• L2: How will I grow and change during puberty?
• L3: Which emotional changes could I experience when growing up?
• L4: What is a period?
• L5: How can we show kindness and understanding about body changes?
• L6: Who can I talk to about growing up and changes?

Summer 2

Staying safe

What signs help me recognise what is safe or unsafe?

• L1: How can I tell if a situation is unsafe?
• L2: What do I do if a situation feels unsafe?
• L3: How can I stay safe around traffic?
• L4: Why can water be dangerous?
• L5: What drugs are safe and unsafe?
• L6: How can I prevent accidents?

Autumn 1

My healthy self

How can I support my mind and body as I grow?

• L1: What do food labels really tell us?
• L2: How active am I and how can I move more?
• L3: What are the different types of physical activity and how do they affect us?
• L4: How can I recognise complex feelings?
• L5: How can I respond to strong and complex feelings?
• L6: How can we tell when someone might need support?

Autumn 2

Connecting with others

Why are healthy relationships important?

• L1: What makes me who I am?
• L2: How do families show commitment to each other?
• L3: How can families support and protect each other?
• L4: What helps us make and maintain healthy friendships?
• L5: How can we manage challenges in friendships?
• L6: How can I be assertive and respectful?

Spring 1

The online world

How am I influenced by what I see online?

• L1: How do adverts try to influence us online?
• L2: How are adverts chosen for me online?
• L3: How else am I influenced online?
• L4: How do online trends shape our choices offline?
• L5: How does what we see online influence our viewpoints?
• L6: How can some online messages be misleading?

Spring 2

Citizenship 1

How can we make a difference in our communities and beyond?

• L1: How can we show care for others?
• L2: How do people contribute to the community?
• L3: How does the UK government work?
• L4: What is the role of a local councillor?
• L5: What are pressure groups?
• L6: How can people influence the decisions made by the government?

Summer 1

Growing up

How can I manage the changes to my body and emotions as I grow up?

• L1: How will my body grow during puberty?
• L2: How can I keep myself clean and hygienic?
• L3: How can we treat others with kindness during puberty?
• L4: How can I manage my emotions and feelings during puberty?
• L5: What happens during a period?
• L6: How can I challenge behaviour which crosses personal boundaries?

Summer 2

Citizenship 2

How can we be in control of our money?

• L1: Why should people prioritise needs over wants?
• L2: What is borrowing and loaning?
• L3: What is a weekly budget?
• L4: What are the risks of handling money online?
• L5: How do people keep money safe?
• L6: What are the risks of gambling?

Autumn 1

My healthy self

How do my choices today shape my future wellbeing?

• L1: Why do healthy teeth matter for the future?
• L2: How can I eat for a healthier future?
• L3: What habits might support my future health?
• L4: How can I recognise and regulate complex feelings?
• L5: How does my mindset affect my personal growth?
• L6: How can I support self-esteem for myself and others?

Autumn 2

Connecting with others

What does it mean to stand up for myself and others?

• L1: How does self-esteem help me?
• L2: How can I be respectful in different situations?
• L3: How can I set and respect boundaries?
• L4: How can we challenge unfairness?
• L5: How can we work together to stop bullying?
• L6: When and how should I seek help?

Spring 1

The online world

How do I feel about the things I see online?

• L1: How do online platforms keep users engaged?
• L2: How can I make safe choices if I am gaming online?
• L3: Is online content always realistic?
• L4: What is harmful online behaviour?
• L5: Does what we post online matter?
• L6: How does being online make me feel?

Spring 2

Citizenship

How can we protect everyone’s rights?

• L1: How do rights and responsibilities work together?
• L2: How can I balance my rights and responsibilities?
• L3: Why should children have a right to education?
• L4: How are our rights protected?
• L5: Why is it important to challenge prejudice and discrimination?
• L6: How can stereotypes limit people’s choices?

Summer 1

Staying safe

How can I stay safe as I grow up?

• L1: How can I stay safe on my own at home?
• L2: How can I stay safe outside on my own?
• L3: How can I travel safely on my own?
• L4: How can I stay safe in, on and around water?
• L5: How can I stay safe when I feel peer pressure?
• L6: How can I stay safe around drugs?

Summer 2

Option 1: Sex education

How do people become parents and carers?

Sex education is non-statutory — schools can decide whether to teach it. Parents have the right to withdraw their child.

• L1: Which words can we use to describe our private body parts?
• L2: How are babies made?
• L3: What happens in pregnancy and how are babies born?
• L4: How are families formed?
• L5: How does life change after having a baby?
• L6: What is consent?

Summer 2

Option 2: Further first aid

Further first aid is non-statutory — schools can decide whether to teach it. Unlike sex education, parents do not have the right to withdraw their child.

Statutory first aid content is covered in Health protection and Staying safe units. This unit will cover: basic first aid skills through learning how to stay calm, assessing a situation and responding to common emergencies, how to make an effective 999 call and identify when emergency services are needed.