Year Group

Learning Objectives

FS

D4 - Seek out others to share experiences. Show affection and concern for people who are special to them

D6 - Explain own knowledge and understanding, and ask

appropriate questions of others

ELG - Show sensitivity to others’ needs and feelings

1

Identify the parts of the body that make boys different to girls and use the correct names for these

Respect my body and understand which parts are private

2

Recognise the physical differences between boys and girls, use the correct names for parts of the body and appreciate that some parts of my body are private

Tell you what I like/don’t like about being a boy/girl

3

Understand that in animals and humans lots of changes happen between conception and growing up, and that usually it is the female who has the baby

Express how I feel when I see babies or baby animals

Understand how babies grow and develop in the mother’s uterus and understand what a baby needs to live and grow

Express how I might feel if I had a new baby in my family

Understand that boys’ and girls’ bodies need to change so that when they grow up their bodies can make babies

Identify how boys’ and girls’ bodies change on the outside during this growing up process

Recognise how I feel about these changes happening to me and know how to cope with these feelings

Identify how boys’ and girls’ bodies change on the inside during the growing up process and why these changes are necessary so that their bodies can make babies when they grow up

Recognise how I feel about these changes happening to me and how to cope with these feelings

4

Correctly label the internal and external parts of male and female bodies that are necessary for making a baby

Understand that having a baby is a personal choice and express how I feel about having children when I am an adult

Describe how a girl’s body changes in order for her to be able to have babies when she is an adult, and that menstruation (having periods) is a natural part of this

Know that I have strategies to help me cope with the physical and emotional changes I will experience during puberty

5

Explain how a girl’s body changes during puberty and understand the importance of looking after myself physically and emotionally

Understand that puberty is a natural process that happens to everybody and that it will be OK for me

Describe how boys’ and girls’ bodies change during puberty

Express how I feel about the changes that will happen to me during puberty

Understand that sexual intercourse can lead to conception and that is how babies are usually made

Understand that sometimes people need IVF to help them have a baby

Appreciate how amazing it is that human bodies can reproduce in these ways

6

Explain how girls’ and boys’ bodies change during puberty and understand the importance of looking after myself physically and emotionally

Express how I feel about the changes that will happen to me during puberty

Ask the questions I need answered about changes during puberty

Reflect on how I feel about asking the questions and about the answers I receive

Describe how a baby develops from conception through the nine months of pregnancy, and how it is born

Recognise how I feel when I reflect on the development and birth of a baby

Understand how being physically attracted to someone changes the nature of the relationship

Express how I feel about the growing independence of becoming a teenager and am confident that I can cope with this