Year 2 Relationships and Health Education

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Module 1: Created and Loved by God.

Session 1: The cycle of Life.

Children will learn

• Children will know and appreciate that there are natural life stages from birth to death, and what these are

Module 3: Created to Live in the Community.

Session 1; Three in One

Children will learn

• That God is love: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
• That being made in His image means being called to be loved and to love others

Session 2; Girls and Boys (My Body). Children will learn

• Our bodies are good
• The names of the parts of our bodies. Children will be taught the names of ‘private body parts’ (genitalia)
• Girls and boys have been created by God to be both similar and different – these differences are physical,

emotional and spiritual and together make up the richness of the human family

Session 2: Good secrets Bad Secrets.

Children will learn

• The difference between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ secrets and that they can and should be open with ‘special people’ they trust if anything troubles them
• How to resist pressure when feeling unsafe

Session 4: Harmful Substances

Children will learn

• Medicines are drugs, but not all drugs are good for us
• Alcohol and tobacco are harmful substances
• Our bodies are created by God, so we should take care of them and be careful about what we consume

Session 2;Who is my neighbour?

• They will learn what a community is and that God calls us to live in community with one another
• A scripture illustrating the importance of living in community as a consequence of this
• Jesus’ teaching on ‘who is my neighbour?’

Session 3: Clean and Healthy.

Children will learn:

• Our bodies are good and we need to look after them
• What constitutes a healthy lifestyle, including physical activity, dental health and healthy eating
• The importance of sleep, rest and recreation for our health
• How to maintain personal hygiene

Session 3: Physical Contact

Children will learn:

• To know that they are entitled to bodily privacy
• That there are different people we can trust for help, especially those closest to us who care for us, including our parents or carers, teachers and our parish priest

Session 5: Can You Help Me?

Children will learn

• They should call 999 in an emergency and ask for ambulance, police and/or fire brigade
• If they require medical help but it is not an emergency, basic first aid should be used instead of calling 999
• Some basic principles of First Aid

Session 1; The Communities we Live in.

Children will learn

• That they belong to various communities such as home, school, parish, the wider local community, nation and global community
• That they should help at home with practical tasks such as keeping their room tidy, helping in the kitchen etc
• That we have a duty of care for others and for the world we live in (charity work, recycling etc.)
• About what harms and what improves the world in which we live