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Teaching sex ed to year 7 today

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Blandmum · 03/03/2006 17:26

THis was todays topic! Always exciting and today was a Friday, so the scope for a mini riot was considerable.

Bless them, the kids were fab. They were amazigly calm, interested and polite about the whole thing. They were all brave enough to use the correct words and asked all sorts of sensible quesions and were very open.

How much better than when this happened when I was that age! Parents are obviously more open about the whole thing and the kids have a much healtier attitude as a result.

They were great!

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twinsetandpearls · 04/03/2006 14:28

Part of my problem is that most of the children I teach are not able to read the text books designed for children their age and primary stuff is patronising. So I ahve to make all my resources. Hopefully most of the stuff I am creating this year can be used next year.

Blandmum · 04/03/2006 14:28

sorry, mix up on my part! I though you were science

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Blandmum · 04/03/2006 14:28

sorry, mix up on my part! I though you were science

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twinsetandpearls · 04/03/2006 14:26

I teach RE - and don't do any exam teaching. I teach an OCR open college unit.

Blandmum · 04/03/2006 14:20

What board do you use, and are you making sure that the stuff you prepare for this year will be adaptable for the new science curriculum.....or you will have a lot of work on your hands next year too!

Let me know if I can help with lesson ideas. I've 'done' the whole GCSE biology curriculm a few times now!

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twinsetandpearls · 04/03/2006 14:04

I am secondary - started in my new school in January - am hoping that as I settle in things will get better.

Littlefish · 04/03/2006 13:43

TSAP are you primary or secondary?

twinsetandpearls · 04/03/2006 13:27

I also do part time - 2 days a week and am findng it so hard. Partly I only get one free a week so my teaching days are full. I get into school at 6.30 in the morning and leave about 6 - half six just so I can everything done. I then still have either my lesson planning or marking to do at home. I find it so frustrating that I can't just leave things to the morning as that is two days later or if a Friday half way into next week and often too late. If I want to do a display or anything extra I need to go in on my afternoon off while dd is at nursery. I feel like I am working harder than when I did full time.

It also seems to be taking me forever to learn kids names and there are still members of staff that I do not know.

On a positive note though teaching part time means that I am able to keep up to date with marking and I am so much more positive as I have time out of the school to reflect on my practice and have me time.

Blandmum · 04/03/2006 09:09

My day off is spread over the week, so I get three afternoons off, which is better than a whole day IMHO. I also don't have to share a class, which when you are teaching modular topics is easier.

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cece · 04/03/2006 09:03

sounds great.

I do 2 days in a junior school, which is great. Share a class with another part timer!

Blandmum · 04/03/2006 09:01

Yes, I do all three sciencs up to year 9, mostly bilogy with some physics and applied science at GCSE and biology and human biology at A level.

I love it. only work 4 days a week which takes the pressure off.I also get a lot of sixth forms since I am considered to 'know my stuff' so I have a great time table. I'm very lucky

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cece · 04/03/2006 08:57

Are you a science teacher then?

Blandmum · 04/03/2006 08:52

It was great fun, if I am honest. We used to field questions form doctors, nurses, pharmacists andmembers of the public on any of their drugs. I also had to scan journals and the internet to find interesting papers on our drugs. I was paid to read for the time I worked there and it was quite an education! I picked up all sorts of stuff that I use in lessons, I know loads of stuff about diseases et that let me inject factoids into lessosn.

There was a serios side tho, Had questions on usind Epo on someone, and I had 30 minuted to find the answer before the person went into surgery, life and death stuff. It was quite exciting.

THe HRT phone call lasted almost an hour and I was brought coffee and had an audience by the end!

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cece · 04/03/2006 08:46

What an unusual job you had! LOL

Blandmum · 04/03/2006 08:44

To be fair the Y 7 questions do centre on a 'persinal' understanding of sex, so much at any rate.

Questions I was asked at the Pharma company

From a partner of a transexual, 'If I rub the oestrogen creme into his breasts to make them grow, will I grow them too?' Ans possibly yess, wear gloves

Frm an organic farmer, 'Can I use spermicide to keep aphids off my hop plants'.......And I have no idea, but you would need a lot and I don't think it could be considered organic

From a menopausal woman asking about the origin of the hormone in her HRT (most people were worried if it came from Pregnant horses, ours didn't it was syntesised in a lab from plant extracts) 'Can this chemical have affected my picking up psychic vibrations as my psychic church tells me that they can see it killing my cells' Ans we have no clinical trials on this

I had a very worried lady on the mini pill who was b/f and used to phone me evey month so I could re-assure her that she probably wasn't pg.....she was actualy very nice but used to ring me once a month for ages

I also had a regular lady who used to phone up and tell us she was planning a dirty weekend with her'other man' and would plan her contraception with us!

Some people were shameless

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HelloMama · 03/03/2006 21:47

I teach sex ed to a range of ages. The year 10 kids all seem to want us to show them (porno?) videos to give them 'tips' about positions etc (as if!!)! We have had some amazing and interesting questions asked in our anonymous Q&A box. I can't remember them all now, but here are a few, you may find them helpful for your sessions as I'm sure a lot of young people are wondering the same thing.

Does an orgasm feel the same for a girl as it does for a boy?
Can you masturbate too much?
What does sex feel like?
Why does one 'ball' hang lower than the other and is this normal?
Why are some boys circumcised and not others - and does it make sex feel better if you are?
What is the best position for sex?
When will I know I am ready for sex?

My experience is that there is usually a bit of giggling at the beginning, but once they know you are not embarrassed, then they are really interested and I have never had a serious behavioural problem in any of the lessons.

TinyGang · 03/03/2006 21:43

Yes a good point..but I bet your mate could've killed her!

harpsichordcarrier · 03/03/2006 21:41

she had a point though, but glad it wasn't my mum

TinyGang · 03/03/2006 21:40

Oh phew..I completely misunderstood the title and thought this was for 7 year olds.

Gosh harpsichordcarrier! Of all the things to go and have it out with the teacher about...I think I might just've given that one a bit of a swerve

harpsichordcarrier · 03/03/2006 21:30

my mate's mum complained about her sex education class, that the teacher hadn't even mentioned the word clitoris...
how can this be sex ed, says she, if she didn't mention female pleasure
all well and good except my mate was then called Cathy Clitoris from that day on....

starlover · 03/03/2006 21:27

Mind you I am utterly shameless having worked in the medical info departemnt of a company that made contraceptives....You wouldn't believe the questions we used to be asked there! I'm pretty bomb proof

oh do spill MB... i could do with a laugh!

Pruni · 03/03/2006 21:23

I am deeply worried about the boy who fainted at the sight of an ejaculation...
I suppose it could be traumatic if you had no idea...?
Poor lamb

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harpsichordcarrier · 03/03/2006 21:20

actually mb I could answer that question for you
hearsay/reportage of course but a reliable source....

cece · 03/03/2006 19:18

"if you have sex more than once in day what happens?"

"you might feel a bit tired"

lol

Blandmum · 03/03/2006 19:16

I had the wuestion 'Do circumcised men feel the same pleasure as uncircumcised?'

Durrr How could I know? And how many men can compare???

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