Reaching high for the best for your child

From September 2020, all primary schools in the UK are required by law to deliver mandatory relationships and health education, and must clearly communicate how this relates to sex education provided by the school.

Some definitions:

- relationships education is teaching about the fundamental building blocks and characteristics of positive relationships, with particular reference to friendships, family relationships, and relationships with other children and with adults.

- health education is teaching pupils about physical health and mental wellbeing to give children the information that they need to make good decisions about their own health and wellbeing. 

- sex education (at primary school) is teaching about the facts of human sexual reproduction. 

To make this clear for parents and carers, we have written a new Relationships, Sex and Health Education Policy, which explains how these new requirements fit in to other parts of the curriculum: including our values education approach, science, online safety and computing, and physical education.

It is really important that we hear your views about this policy and we are running a consultation until the 13th March. Please let us know your thoughts and any ideas you have to ensure we deliver our curriculum in an age-appropriate way for children, and providing support for parent, carers and teachers.

We will be discussing this at parent forum, so please let us know what you think by emailing parentforum@fairlands.herts.sch.uk, or making an appointment to meet with your phase deputy headteacher.