Fifth and Sixth class

          Self-identity

Walk Tall: The Walk Tall resource aims to give children the confidence, skills, attitudes and knowledge to make healthy choices in their lives. This resource was updated in 2016 and now provides a comprehensive set of lessons to teach SPHE. 

5th Class Manual Unit 1 / 8 

We Are All Individuals

 I Like Me Just the Way I Am

Personal Opinions 

6^th Class Manual Unit 1 / 4 / 6

We are all Unique

Affirming and Accepting Myself

Different Views

Busy Bodies: The Busy Bodies resource was updated in 2020 with a new booklet. The resource provides useful and supportive information about the physical and emotional changes that children will experience during puberty, the basics of reproduction, and how young people can look after themselves as they grow up. Teachers can use the booklet to support preparation for teaching and learning while the resource can be shared with parents/guardians as a support and source of information for themselves and their child during puberty. 

Introducing Adolescence - Gender Identity

Me, You and Everyone: The Me, You and Everyone resource supports teaching about rights and responsibilities that includes key topics and issues related to RSE. The content is mapped across the Primary Curriculum and SPHE. 

Identity

Gender

We All Belong: The We All Belong resource suggests the use of picture books that include the wide variety and backgrounds of children and families in our school communities. Each suggested picture book includes activities and key questions for teaching. 

Picture book suggestion and lesson ideas for Gender Expression

GEM-Gender Equality Matters: The GEM resource aims to tackle gender stereotyping, gender-based bullying and gender-based violence using an equality and rights-based approach. The classroom materials have been developed for use in upper primary, are age-appropriate, and are grounded in the SPHE curriculum and school policies such as anti-bullying, wellbeing and child protection.

Gender Stereotyping

 Making decisions

GEM-Gender Equality Matters: The GEM resource aims to tackle gender stereotyping, gender-based bullying and gender-based violence using an equality and rights-based approach. The classroom materials have been developed for use in upper primary, are age-appropriate, and are grounded in the SPHE curriculum and school policies such as anti-bullying, wellbeing and child protection.

Rights and Equality

The Stay Safe Programme: The Stay Safe Programme should be taught in its entirety over one school year with topics taught consecutively. The Stay Safe Programme is a personal safety skills programme for primary schools. The aim of the programme is to reduce vulnerability to child abuse and bullying through the provision of personal safety education for children and training for teachers, school management boards and parents.

The Stay Safe Programme 

     Taking care of my body

Busy Bodies: The Busy Bodies resource was updated in 2020 with a new booklet. The resource provides useful and supportive information about the physical and emotional changes that children will experience during puberty, the basics of reproduction, and how young people can look after themselves as they grow up. Teachers can use the booklet to support preparation for teaching and learning while the resource can be shared with parents/guardians as a support and source of information for themselves and their child during puberty. 

Why Does Puberty Happen?

What Happens to the Male Body?

What Happens to the Female Body?

Walk Tall: The Walk Tall resource aims to give children the confidence, skills, attitudes and knowledge to make healthy choices in their lives. This resource was updated in 2016 and now provides a comprehensive set of lessons to teach SPHE. 

5^th Class Manual Unit 7

My Amazing Body

6^th Class Manual Unit 1

The Ever Changing Ideals of Beauty

The Stay Safe Programme: The Stay Safe Programme should be taught in its entirety over one school year with topics taught consecutively. The Stay Safe Programme is a personal safety skills programme for primary schools. The aim of the programme is to reduce vulnerability to child abuse and bullying through the provision of personal safety education for children and training for teachers, school management boards and parents.

The Stay Safe Programme 

   Growing and changing 

Busy Bodies: The Busy Bodies resource was updated in 2020 with a new booklet. The resource provides useful and supportive information about the physical and emotional changes that children will experience during puberty, the basics of reproduction, and how young people can look after themselves as they grow up. Teachers can use the booklet to support preparation for teaching and learning while the resource can be shared with parents/guardians as a support and source of information for themselves and their child during puberty. 

Looking after yourself - Healthy Realtionships 

Introducing Adolescence -Attraction and Sexual Orientation

The Professional Development Service for Teachers, Health and Wellbeing : The PDST Health and Wellbeing Team have created this resource to support RSE. 

Puberty Sorting Resource

Busy Bodies: The Busy Bodies resource was updated in 2020 with a new booklet. The resource provides useful and supportive information about the physical and emotional changes that children will experience during puberty, the basics of reproduction, and how young people can look after themselves as they grow up. Teachers can use the booklet to support preparation for teaching and learning while the resource can be shared with parents/guardians as a support and source of information for themselves and their child during puberty. 

Conception and Birth

Walk Tall: The Walk Tall resource aims to give children the confidence, skills, attitudes and knowledge to make healthy choices in their lives. This resource was updated in 2016 and now provides a comprehensive set of lessons to teach SPHE. 

5^th Class Manual Unit 3

Talking about Feelings

Being Positive about Myself

6^th Class Manual Unit 4

Identifying and Exploring Feelings

Managing Feelings 1

Managing Feelings 2

Affirming and Accepting Myself

Busy Bodies: The Busy Bodies resource was updated in 2020 with a new booklet. The resource provides useful and supportive information about the physical and emotional changes that children will experience during puberty, the basics of reproduction, and how young people can look after themselves as they grow up. Teachers can use the booklet to support preparation for teaching and learning while the resource can be shared with parents/guardians as a support and source of information for themselves and their child during puberty. 

Feelings

The Stay Safe Programme: The Stay Safe Programme should be taught in its entirety over one school year with topics taught consecutively. The Stay Safe Programme is a personal safety skills programme for primary schools. The aim of the programme is to reduce vulnerability to child abuse and bullying through the provision of personal safety education for children and training for teachers, school management boards and parents.

The Stay Safe Programme 

           Myself and my family

Walk Tall: The Walk Tall resource aims to give children the confidence, skills, attitudes and knowledge to make healthy choices in their lives. This resource was updated in 2016 and now provides a comprehensive set of lessons to teach SPHE. 

5^th Class Manual Unit 7

My Family

Changing Families

Different Kinds of Families

We All Belong: The We All Belong resource suggests the use of picture books that include the wide variety and backgrounds of children and families in our school communities. Each suggested picture book includes activities and key questions for teaching. 

Picture books and lesson ideas for all families 

Picture books and lesson ideas for LGBT families

     Myself and other people

Different Families Same Love: The Different Families Same Love resource aims to support teachers to effectively implement the Anti-Bullying Procedures, with strategies to address homophobic and transphobic bullying. The resource includes good practice guidelines for inclusive schools, advice on class-appropriate use of language, and lesson ideas for all classes in primary school.

Poster

Lesson ideas

All Together Now: The All Together Now resource is aimed at addressing and preventing bullying, in particular LGBT bullying. 

Human Rights

All Together Now!

            Relating to others

Busy Bodies: The Busy Bodies resource was updated in 2020 with a new booklet. The resource provides useful and supportive information about the physical and emotional changes that children will experience during puberty, the basics of reproduction, and how young people can look after themselves as they grow up. Teachers can use the booklet to support preparation for teaching and learning while the resource can be shared with parents/guardians as a support and source of information for themselves and their child during puberty. 

Introducing Adolescence – Healthy Relationships

GEM-Gender Equality Matters: The GEM resource aims to tackle gender stereotyping, gender-based bullying and gender-based violence using an equality and rights-based approach. The classroom materials have been developed for use in upper primary, are age-appropriate, and are grounded in the SPHE curriculum and school policies such as anti-bullying, wellbeing and child protection.

Gender-based bullying and GBV

The Stay Safe Programme: The Stay Safe Programme should be taught in its entirety over one school year with topics taught consecutively. The Stay Safe Programme is a personal safety skills programme for primary schools. The aim of the programme is to reduce vulnerability to child abuse and bullying through the provision of personal safety education for children and training for teachers, school management boards and parents.

The Stay Safe Programme 

      Developing citizenship

Walk Tall: The Walk Tall resource aims to give children the confidence, skills, attitudes and knowledge to make healthy choices in their lives. This resource was updated in 2016 and now provides a comprehensive set of lessons to teach SPHE. 

5^th Class Manual Unit 9

Are All People Equal?

6th Class Manual Unit 10

Between Cultures, Bridging the Gap?

Me, You and Everyone: The Me, You and Everyone resource supports teaching about rights and responsibilities that includes key topics and issues related to RSE. The content is mapped across the Primary Curriculum and linked to SPHE. 

Me and You

Responsibility

Valuing Difference 

GEM-Gender Equality Matters: The GEM resource aims to tackle gender stereotyping, gender-based bullying and gender-based violence using an equality and rights-based approach. The classroom materials have been developed for use in upper primary, are age-appropriate, and are grounded in the SPHE curriculum and school policies such as anti-bullying, wellbeing and child protection.

Making a Difference 

  Media education

Busy Bodies: The Busy Bodies resource was updated in 2020 with a new booklet. The resource provides useful and supportive information about the physical and emotional changes that children will experience during puberty, the basics of reproduction, and how young people can look after themselves as they grow up. Teachers can use the booklet to support preparation for teaching and learning while the resource can be shared with parents/guardians as a support and source of information for themselves and their child during puberty. 

Introducing Adolescence - Social Media and Taking Care of Yourself

Myselfie and the Wider World: The Myselfie and the Wider World is a resource that addresses cyberbullying.

Lesson 4: You’ve been framed (digital photo sharing)

GEM-Gender Equality Matters: The GEM resource aims to tackle gender stereotyping, gender-based bullying and gender-based violence using an equality and rights-based approach. The classroom materials have been developed for use in upper primary, are age-appropriate, and are grounded in the SPHE curriculum and school policies such as anti-bullying, wellbeing and child protection.

Gender Stereotyping and the Media

The Stay Safe Programme: The Stay Safe Programme should be taught in its entirety over one school year with topics taught consecutively. The Stay Safe Programme is a personal safety skills programme for primary schools. The aim of the programme is to reduce vulnerability to child abuse and bullying through the provision of personal safety education for children and training for teachers, school management boards and parents.

The Stay Safe Programme 

Professional Development Services for Teachers (PDST)

Tips for parents on how to support teaching of RSE 

Making the 'Big Talk' many small talks: A resource to support parents have conversations with their children aged 8 to 12 about relationships and healthy sexuality development.​

Making the 'Big Talk' many small talks

Busy Bodies: The Busy Bodies resource was updated in 2020 with a new booklet. The resource provides useful and supportive information about the physical and emotional changes that children will experience during puberty, the basics of reproduction, and how young people can look after themselves as they grow up. Teachers can use the booklet to support preparation for teaching and learning while the resource can be shared with parents/guardians as a support and source of information for themselves and their child during puberty. 

Busy Bodies 

National Parents Council – Primary: NPCp exists to ensure that all parents are supported and empowered to become effective partners in their children’s education. 

NPCp runs workshops for parents on talking to your child about relationships and sex. Call 01 8874475 or 01 8874481 for more information. They also have a helpline number: 01 887 4477. You can visit their website here

BeLongTo parents (LGBTi support): BeLonG To Youth Services is the national organisation supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI+) young people in Ireland

Website

Gendered.ie: An information resource for families of gender variant children and transgender young people in the Republic of Ireland. 

Website 

Webwise: Provides a wide variety of up-to-date internet sfaety resources, supports and information for parents/guardians 

Website

The Stay Safe Programme: The Stay Safe Programme should be taught in its entirety over one school year with topics taught consecutively. The Stay Safe programme is a personal safety skills programme for primary schools. The aim of the programme is to reduce vulnerability to child abuse and bullying through the provision of personal safety education for children and training for teachers, school management boards and parents.

Parents Guide