RelationshiP and Sex Education
As a Catholic School within Salford Diocese, St. Michael’s Primary School have adopted ‘Life to the Full’, a programme which supports the statutory teaching of Relationship and Sex Education [RSE]. As the first educators, parents/ carers are the key people who will teach children about relationships.
As you may be aware, Relationship Education becomes statutory for all primary schools from Summer Term 2021 (The Life to the Full programme is based on ‘A Model Catholic RSE Curriculum’ by the Catholic Education Service which was highlighted as a work of good practice by the Department of Education. Therefore, we have confidence that the programme will be fit for purpose in supporting the growth and development of your child.
Life to the Full is much more than a series of lessons. It is an entire platform of creative resources that will engage, inform and inspire our children and, indeed, you as parents. This includes interactive video content, story-based activities, employing a wide range of teaching tools, original worship music and an accompanying programme of classroom prayers.
In addition there will be an online parent platform so that you, as parent and carers, can engage with the teaching and deepen the experience for your child. To access the online parent platform please visit:
www.tentenresources.co.uk/parent-portal
Please ask your child's class teach for the log in details.
Programme Structure
In Life to the Full, we will be following a three-stage structure which is repeated across the different learning stages:
- Pre School and Reception
- Key Stage One is aimed at Years 1 and 2
- Lower Key Stage Two is aimed at Years 3 and 4
- Upper Key Stage Two is aimed at Years 5 and 6
Within each learning stage, there are three modules which are based on the Model Catholic RSE Curriculum:
- Created and Loved by God
- Created to Love Others
- Created to Live in Community
Each Module is then broken down into Units of Work.
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Module 1 |
Created and Loved by God |
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Units |
Religious Understanding Me, My Body, My Health Emotional Well-Being Life Cycles |
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Module 2 |
Created to Love Others |
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Units |
Religious Understanding Personal Relationship Keeping Safe |
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Module 3 |
Created to Live in Community |
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Units |
Religious Understanding Living in the Wider World |
Life to the Full is intended to be partnership between home, school and church. We know that you already do a fantastic job and we see our new programme, Life to the Full, as a means to further develop, support and enrich the partnership between home, school and church so that your child is fully supported.
Please get in touch with Mrs Camilleri if there is anything that you wish discuss further.
