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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Understand what is safe to share online and what to do before sending a message.
- Identify possible dangers online, suggesting ways to stay safe, using the web to research relevant information.
- Accurately name all the relevant parts of the body.
- Understand the changes their own gender will go through during puberty.
- List the range of changes they will go through during puberty.
- Assess a casualty’s condition; calmly, comfort and reassure a casualty who is bleeding; and seek medical help if required.
- Understand that other people can influence our decisions but we have the right to make our own choices.
Suggested prior learning
Y4 Safety and the changing body
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Online friendships
Lesson 2: Staying safe online
Lesson 3: Puberty
Lesson 4: Menstruation
Lesson 5: Emotional changes in puberty
Lesson 6: First Aid: Bleeding and head injuries
Lesson 7: Alcohol, drugs and tobacco: Making decisions
Key skills
- Developing an understanding of
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Key knowledge
- To know the steps
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Key vocabulary
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: RSE & PSHE – Y5 Safety and the changing body
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit "Year 5 Safety and the…
Vocabulary display – RSE & PSHE Y5: Safety and the changing body
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Year 5: Safety and the changing body unit.
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Computing
- Use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; recognise acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact.
- Select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information.
Education for a Connected World
- I can describe positive ways for someone to interact with others online and understand how this will positively impact on how others perceive them.
- I can explain that others online can pretend to be someone else, including my friends, and can suggest reasons why they might do this.
Science
Pupils should be taught to:
- Describe the changes as humans develop to old age
- Pupils should learn about the changes experienced in puberty (Non-statutory).
British values
- Individual liberty.
Suggested next steps
Y6 Safety and the changing body
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