Teacher's note
Learning objective
- To understand physical changes during puberty.
Statutory guidance
- Changing adolescent body > key facts about puberty and the changing adolescent body, particularly from age 9 through to age 11, including physical and emotional changes.
- Science: Y5 > Animals including humans: describe the changes as humans develop to old age.
Success criteria
Non-statutory guidance
Before the lesson
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Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Could benefit from having a cut-out of the vocabulary for the labelling activity, or given the initial letter of each word.
Pupils working at greater depth: Should complete the activity without support and be challenged to explain the functions of some of the body parts.
Wrapping up
Assessing pupils' progress and understanding
Vocabulary
In this topic
- Assessment - RSE & PSHE Y5/6 (A): Safety and the changing body
- Y5/6 (A): Lesson 1: Online friendships
- Y5/6 (A): Lesson 2: Staying safe online
- Y5/6 (A): Lesson 3: First Aid: Choking
- Y5/6 (A): Lesson 4: Alcohol
- Y5/6 (A): Lesson 5: Drugs, alcohol and tobacco: Influences
- YEAR 5 ONLY (A): Lesson 6: Puberty
- YEAR 6 ONLY (A): Lesson 6: Physical and emotional changes of puberty
- YEAR 5 ONLY (A): Lesson 7: Menstruation
- YEAR 6 ONLY (A): Lesson 7: Conception (Parents have the right to withdraw their child from some of this lesson)
- YEAR 5 ONLY (A): Lesson 8: Emotional changes in puberty
- YEAR 6 ONLY (A): Lesson 8: Pregnancy and birth (Parents have the right to withdraw their child from this lesson)