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Relationships and Sex Education

 ‘I have come that you might have life and have it to the full’ (John 10:10)

We are involved in relationships and sex education precisely because of our Christian beliefs about God and about the human person. The belief in the unique dignity of the human person made in the image and likeness of God underpins the approach to all education in a Catholic school. Our approach to RSE therefore is rooted in the Catholic Church’s teaching of the human person and presented in a positive framework of Christian ideals.

 At the heart of the Christian life is the Trinity, Father, Son and Spirit in communion, united in loving relationships and embracing all people and all creation. As a consequence of the Christian belief that we are made in the image and likeness of God, gender and sexuality are seen as God’s gift, reflect God’s beauty, and share in the divine creativity. RSE, therefore, will be placed firmly within the context of relationship as it is there that sexuality grows and develops.

 Following the guidance of the Bishops of England and Wales and as advocated by the DFE, RSE is firmly embedded in the PSHE framework as it is concerned with nurturing human wholeness and integral to the physical, spiritual, emotional, moral, social and intellectual development of pupils. It is delivered in conjunction with teaching the Religious Education programme and as part of the statutory element of the Science National Curriculum.

 All RSE is in accordance with the Church’s moral teaching. It emphasises the central importance of marriage and the family whilst acknowledging that all pupils have a fundamental right to have their life respected whatever household they come from and support will be provided to help pupils deal with different sets of values.

 RSE is taught in accordance with the principles set down in other relevant school’s policies such as Equal Opportunities and Inclusion. We use the Ten Ten Resource ‘Life to the Full’, supported by the updated ‘Journey in Love Programme’ to deliver the RSE curriculum content within the context of a Christian understanding of human sexuality rooted in the wisdom and teaching of the Catholic Church.

EYFS

KS1

Years 3 and 4

Years 5 and 6