To have thought sex education in schools was the norm?

[Cosyhouse]

I was just watching Loose Women (yeah I know), they had some figure saying that 44% of girls didn't know what was happening when they started their periods and discussing whether it should be taught in schools.

I went to school in the 80s-90s, and I can clearly remember in primary school doing sex ed. It was one afternoon every week and was all about puberty. They separated boys and girls to prevent the silly giggles and we learnt about everything from periods to body hair to boys voices breaking and wet dreams. We had the opportunity to ask any questions, we did little true or false quizzes and we were given sanitary products.

Later on in secondary school, despite going to an all girls school, we did more sex ed which this time was around safe sex, pregnancy, contraception and stds.

I just always presumed that this was the norm and that it still took place now.

YABU for watching that claptrap. Sounds like it was researched by 18 year old interns.

I was at school 80s and 90s. Yes there was sex ed. BUT a parent could pull their out of these sessions (my friend at primary was).

Puberty in the Year 5 national curriculum for science.

We didn't learn much when it was sex education mainly because it was taught in year 10. Now they start in year five.

Did they specify what age though? As I started
My periods when I was 10 so they aren't really mentioned in junior school whereas they definitely are in secondary

I remember having sex education in primary school, starting with puberty etc in about year 5 or 6. I remember someone we called "the tampon lady" coming into school to talk to the girls in year 8 and then more about contraception, sex etc in year 9-11.

No they didn't say what age specifically. Just that 44% of girls didn't know what was going on when their periods started.

We did sex education in year 5 at primary, though I realise some girls start really young.

I'm surprised by that too, I went to Catholic primary school and secondary school but remember learning about puberty in year 5, having a girls only period talk in year 7, and then doing sex and relationships in year 10 PSE as well the more technical lessons on the menstrual cycle in I guess GCSE biology.

Just because they run sex ed classes doesn’t mean everyone is listening