Dear Parent/Carers,

The school is involved in relationships and sexuality education.  The approach to all education in a Catholic school is underpinned by the belief in the unique dignity of the human person made in the image and likeness of God. Our approach to RSE therefore is rooted in the Catholic Church’s teaching of the human person and presented in a positive framework of Christian ideals.

RSE will be firmly embedded in the Personal Development & Mutual Understanding (PDMU) and the Religious Education (RE) Curriculum as it is concerned with nurturing human wholeness and integral to the physical, spiritual, emotional, moral, social and intellectual development of pupils. It is centred on Christ’s vision of being human as good news and will be positive and prudent, showing the potential for development, while enabling the dangers and risks involved to be understood and appreciated.

RSE Teaching Resources will:

• Reflect the ethos of the school
• Be age appropriate, inclusive and sensitive to the pupils’ needs and experiences and
• Be factually accurate, up to date and make clear distinctions between fact and opinion.

Inappropriate images will not be used under any circumstances, and we will ensure that we protect pupils from accessing unsuitable material on the internet.

The main resource that we will use to teach RSE in school is called ‘Flourish’. This resource has been developed by the Council for Catechetics of the Irish Bishops Conference, with the support of CPSMA. The details of the lessons are attached, and the resources and Policy will also be accessible via this link which we use for P1-5.  A separate one day workshop is provided for P6 and P7 from the Love for Life team.  

Primary RSE Resources - Catholic Schools Trustee Service

Yours sincerely

J Smyth

Mrs J. Smyth

PRINCIPAL