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Is this level of sex education video normal in Year 5?

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thelongwayhome · 05/06/2026 11:15

Child is in year 5 (9/10 year olds). They’re having sex ed this month and I am ordinarily totally fine with that, not a prude either, but the school has sent us a video they’re showing to the kids. It includes a drawing of a man and a woman having sex, with a voice over talking about the man’s p—nis “getting hard” and how he inserts it into the woman. To be clear, this isn’t a clinical, biological diagram, it’s a man lying on top of a woman, then followed by a (somewhat confusing and mildly inaccurate) drawing of an inserted p—nis. (Hope this post doesn’t get flagged!!)

I am actually quite alarmed by this, showed it to my mother (teaches KS2 at another school) and her PSHE lead and they were also surprised this is being shown in a primary school (a CofE school at that).

Was anyone else’s child shown this kind of their at their age? I know my child will be quite distressed by it. Feel free to tell me I’m being dramatic!

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Lilaleily · 08/06/2026 23:55

TheseWordsAreMine · 08/06/2026 23:45

Is it only CIS stuff they teach or are they teaching the whole story?

Well, I’m not sure two women or two men can reproduce. And yr 5 is about reproduction.

Of course, they talk about all types of sexual relationship in the bits about relationships and sex (for fun)

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