PSHE: Understanding and delivering 'Growing' content in the classroom
PSHE: Understanding and delivering ‘Growing’ content in the classroom is a brand-new downloadable resource designed to help you to deliver high-quality Relationships and Sex Education as part of your PSHE programme. Written by leading author, trainer and consultant Catherine Kirk, this time-saving pack has now been carefully produced to ensure you can set up a safe learning environment and and answer those difficult questions.
The resource pack includes of a PowerPoint enhanced with audio commentary from Catherine Kirk, allowing you to pause, rewind and replay as much as you want. It also includes a bank of flexible activities and worksheets for you to complete or adapt to deliver follow-up training to your colleagues.
This Resource Pack has been shortlisted for best wellbeing resource at the Teach Secondary 2021 Awards.
Content covered
> Setting a safe learning environment – ground rules re-cap, particular considerations, how to maintain this throughout
> Building on primary – the importance of pupil voice, finding out where they are already.
> Subject knowledge – information to prepare them to teach, key facts, anecdotes, links
> Inclusion – representing faith perspectives, cultural considerations and SEND
> Assessment for learning – tools and techniques
> Promoting discussion, engagement, and interaction
> How to respond to certain questions – examples of questions and how to respond
> Dealing with issues
> Signposting to further information and support
Teacher-focused activities included (activities are subject to change until the point of publication)
> What helps to keep learners safe? worksheet
> What do young people need from puberty education? worksheet
> How much do you know about puberty? quiz
> Discussion starters, engagement tools and interaction worksheets
> Answering puberty specific and sensitive questions activity
About the author
Catherine Kirk is an experienced PSHE educator and consultant, who has created and delivered staff training, pupil workshops and resources for over twenty years. She has led development of Relationships and Sex Education for two local authorities, supporting cross-phase school improvement through development of inclusive RSE policies, curricula, and materials. Catherine is also the founder of RSE Day, a national celebration of good practice in RSE.
The resource pack includes of a PowerPoint enhanced with audio commentary from Catherine Kirk, allowing you to pause, rewind and replay as much as you want. It also includes a bank of flexible activities and worksheets for you to complete or adapt to deliver follow-up training to your colleagues.
This Resource Pack has been shortlisted for best wellbeing resource at the Teach Secondary 2021 Awards.
Content covered
> Setting a safe learning environment – ground rules re-cap, particular considerations, how to maintain this throughout
> Building on primary – the importance of pupil voice, finding out where they are already.
> Subject knowledge – information to prepare them to teach, key facts, anecdotes, links
> Inclusion – representing faith perspectives, cultural considerations and SEND
> Assessment for learning – tools and techniques
> Promoting discussion, engagement, and interaction
> How to respond to certain questions – examples of questions and how to respond
> Dealing with issues
> Signposting to further information and support
Teacher-focused activities included (activities are subject to change until the point of publication)
> What helps to keep learners safe? worksheet
> What do young people need from puberty education? worksheet
> How much do you know about puberty? quiz
> Discussion starters, engagement tools and interaction worksheets
> Answering puberty specific and sensitive questions activity
About the author
Catherine Kirk is an experienced PSHE educator and consultant, who has created and delivered staff training, pupil workshops and resources for over twenty years. She has led development of Relationships and Sex Education for two local authorities, supporting cross-phase school improvement through development of inclusive RSE policies, curricula, and materials. Catherine is also the founder of RSE Day, a national celebration of good practice in RSE.
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