Lesson 5: Appropriate contact

Understanding the difference between acceptable and unacceptable physical contact.

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Learning objective

  • To begin to understand the difference between acceptable and unacceptable physical contact.

Statutory guidance

Relationships and sex education

Being safe

Pupils should know:

  • that each person’s body belongs to them, and the differences between appropriate and inappropriate or unsafe physical, and other, contact

National curriculum – RSE Statutory guidance.

Success criteria

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Before the lesson

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Attention grabber

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Main event

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Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Can use pictures of different types of physical contact to stick onto their picture.

Pupils working at greater depth: Could add more information to their pictures to say with whom they like the particular contact, for example, a cuddle with grandma or being tickled by dad.

Wrapping up

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Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

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Vocabulary

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