Dear Parents,
At DBIS, we believe that supporting our students’ health and wellbeing is integral to their
education. Our Learning for Life Programme (L4L) addresses various aspects of this, including
relationships, physical and emotional health, and navigating the wider world. The L4L course
aims to equip our students with the knowledge and skills to make safe and informed decisions
throughout their school years and beyond.
An important component of the L4L course is Relationships and Sexual Education (RSE). RSE
topics are taught across the Primary School at different points in the year, integrated where
they naturally connect with student learning.
Our Primary School RSE objectives lay a crucial foundation by exploring attitudes that help
young people develop an understanding of themselves and their bodies. In Years 3 to 6, we
cover topics such as different kinds of families, the emotional and physical changes of growing
up, similarities and differences between boys and girls, managing emotions, taking care of our
changing bodies, and the onset of puberty. All content is age appropriate and builds
progressively, drawing upon guidelines from the UK PSHE Association and UNESCO, which are
supported by the Council of International Schools (CIS). The content delivered utilises
resources from Jigsaw PSHE alongside a bespoke curriculum developed by the DBIS teaching
teams.
We also focus on developing essential skills such as communication, listening, refusal,
decision-making, negotiation, interpersonal skills, critical thinking, self-awareness, empathy,
accessing reliable information, challenging stigma and discrimination, and advocating for
rights.
Further details about the specific RSE objectives that will be taught in Term 3 are provided
below. These lessons will be delivered through age-appropriate knowledge, skills, and
conceptual understanding:
Although the L4L curriculum has been taught throughout the academic year, these specific RSE objectives will be taught during Term 3.
If you have any queries about the content of the programme or resources used, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher.
Kind regards,
Jessica Hickling
Head of Wellbeing