New PSHE curriculum

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Having just seen the new PSHE curriculum for primary schools, I wondered how many parents have been informed about its content. I may be old fashioned however I was quite surprised by how explicit parts of it was - even for Year 1 children (aged 5 to 6). Surely parents should be consulted before such personal details are taught to their very young children by teachers who, due to COVID etc etc, have not been properly trained t o deliver this information.

Im with you op. In that some of the ages it's inappropriate. Especially for the youngest in the class. Eg girls are having to learn about puberty at 7 and menstruation at 8. And yes that will be some of them experiencing that but not most. Also kind of annoyed that the girls get that from y3 but boys i think yr 5!
I think when i was at school it was yr 6.
The body parts - the issue is the abuse and it's awful the curriculum has to be based on this.

It's brilliant.

DS is 11 and knows more than I did until I was in my 20s.

He has covered periods, sexuality, male puberty. He talks to me about it all freely in the car on the school run.

I mentioned to my 75yr old dad what he was learning and he was astounded and also delighted as his generation were told practically nothing.

As others have said, schools will have consulted on this. You do have a right to withdraw your child from certain aspects of the curriculum (the ‘sexy’ part but not the ‘relationships’ part, which I believe is now statutory.) But be aware your child won’t be set any extra work and will no doubt wonder why they are missing out. They will also hear things from their peers. Far better to hear it from a trained teacher. I’ve taught the SRE curriculum to year 6 - no blushes from me or the students. It’s factual information. I talk to my own pre-schooler at his level about body parts, staying safe, staying healthy and answer his qs about babies etc in an age appropriate way. I don’t ever want him to feel embarrassed for not knowing or fearing being able to ask.

It’s good of schools to inform you so you can prepare yourself to be asked additional questions - but they don’t need to ‘consult’ you at all. Children now have a right to learn and be informed to keep themselves safe and empowered and I think that’s a good thing.