Teachers set solid foundations for sex and relationships education (SRE) when they stick with a few core principles – provide accurate information, celebrate human diversity, explore relationship boundaries and consent, and encourage an understanding of biology.
That was the opening message of a conference looking at the challenges of teaching SRE to “generation Z”, co-hosted by the Sex Education Forum (SEF) and Kingston Grammar School.
Even though – as Jane Lees, the SEF chair acknowledged – curriculum time is constantly squeezed and the list of essential topics grows longer; even though technology seems to be changing everything about what our children are seeing and when, where and how they see it – “don’t panic”.
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