Sexuality Road

Sexuality Road – Discovering Me Information

Sexuality education is part of the New Zealand Curriculum, and it is a requirement that it is taught as part of the Health and Physical Education learning area from years 1-10. The purpose of sexuality education is to provide students with the knowledge, understanding and skills to develop positive attitudes towards sexuality, to take care of their sexual health, and to enhance their interpersonal relationships, now and in the future.

Sexuality education is taught every second year at Berkley.  We use the family planning resource entitled, The Sexuality Road- Discovering me, to support the delivery of a sexuality education programme, previously known as positive puberty. 

This unit will start in Term 4. Before teaching each topic, an outline of the lesson will be glued into the agenda book and posted on here. This is so you know what is happening in the class and it may help you be prepared/ give you advanced notice for any questions, comments and/or discussions your students may come home with. 

Lesson 1 – Setting The Scene

Pre Unit Delivery

LESSON CONTENT:

Learners will:

1.   Develop a working agreement for use throughout the unit.

2.   Complete a pre-unit assessment, forming a baseline of current knowledge.

3.   Understand the purpose of the ‘Question Box’ and its role in providing a

     safe forum for asking questions.

IMPORTANT MESSAGES:

• To get the most out of sexuality education, it is each individual’s responsibility to ensure that they play their part in creating and maintaining a safe environment.

• For people to feel safe, we must ensure that we respect and encourage each other. This means listening to varying points of view and accepting that we are all individuals with different opinions, values, and beliefs. Having a diverse classroom means that there will be many opportunities for learning and for gaining insight into the ways other people think and live.