Year 6 Safety and the changing body
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Y6 Safety and the changing body
Please note
Please note: Parents have the right to withdraw their child from part of Lesson 5: Conception and Lesson 6: Pregnancy and birth.
Teacher videos
Review the RSE & PSHE Q&A videos before teaching the unit.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Understand some of the reasons adults decide to drink or not drink alcohol.
- Understand some ways to check that a news story is real.
- Understand how they should behave online and the impact negativity can have.
- Understand of changes that take place during puberty.
- Understand the menstrual cycle and that a male and a female are needed to conceive a baby.
- Understand that a baby changes in the womb and some of the baby’s requirements during the first months of life.
- Recognise when someone is choking; administer first aid to a casualty that is choking; and seek medical help if required for a choking casualty.
- Conduct a primary survey; place a casualty who is unresponsive and breathing normally into the recovery position; and identify when it is necessary for CPR to be given.
Suggested prior learning
Y5 Safety and the changing body
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Alcohol
- To begin to understand the risks of alcohol.
Lesson 2: Critical digital consumers
- To start to become a discerning consumer of information online.
Lesson 3: Social media
- To recognise that online relationships should be treated in the same way as face-to-face relationships.
Lesson 4: Physical and emotional changes of puberty
- To recognise the changes that happen during puberty.
Lesson 5: Conception
- To understand the biology of conception.
Lesson 6: Pregnancy and birth
- To understand the development of a baby during pregnancy.
Lesson 7: First Aid: Choking
- To understand how to help someone who is choking.
Lesson 8: First Aid: Basic life support
- To understand how to help someone who is unresponsive.
Key skills
Key knowledge
Related content
Resources
Unit resources

RSE & PSHE
Knowledge organiser: RSE & PSHE – Y6 Safety and the changing body
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit.

RSE & PSHE
Vocabulary display – RSE & PSHE Y6: Safety and the changing body
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Year 6: Safety and the changing body unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Science: Animals, including humans
Computing
British values: Mutual respect