Sex and Relationships Education Week on Teachers TV

This week is Sex and Relationships EducationWeek on Teachers TV, so teachers will have the opportunity to see many programmes and share ideas in a really concentrated way. Content will be repeated throughout the week and is available in a timetable here.

To help teachers to find useful resources easily Contraception Education has created a quick to access summary page of 4 excellent programmes which focus on different aspects of SRE - Special Needs, Tackling STI's, Sexuality and Challenging Sterotypes at http://www.contraceptioneducation.co.uk/sdays.asp?news_id=469

Brook calls for compulsory sex and relationships education in all schools

Speaking to BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat Brook’s Chief Executive, Simon Blake, called for all UK governments to ensure that all children as soon as they enter primary school will receive sex and relationships education in schools.
Simon Blake said:
“If we get high quality sex and relationships education in every primary and secondary school across the UK all the evidence shows teenage pregnancy rates will continue to fall and will improve young people’s sexual health.
“Whilst sex and relationships education continues to be patchy another generation of children and young people do not get the education they need to form healthy relationships and protect their sexual health.”
Brook wants every primary and secondary school to be legally required to provide sex and relationships education and secondary schools to ensure that young people have access to free confidential contraceptive and sexual health services.
Brook is undertaking a public vote asking the question, Do you agree that Government must ensure that all children and young people get education about puberty, relationships and sex at primary and secondary school? To register your vote please see www.brook.org.uk.
For media enquiries please contact Natalie Collyer, Press Officer, on 020 7284 6062 or 07500 786 762

Let's Celebrate School Nursing - Julie Wray

Monday 12th May is National Nurses Day, a great opportunity to celebrate nursing and nurses across the UK. One example that springs to mind in relation to young people and sexual health education is the role of school health advisors (school nurses). School Nurses do an amazing job, often low profile and hidden in terms of accolades and awards. Nevertheless they are out there doing fabulous work and really contributing to the education of young people. It can be a very challenging role and sex and relationship education (SRE) in schools however delivered and undertaken can and does affect young people for life.

So we're taking this opportunity to highlight the school nurse's excellent work in SRE, and on National Nurses Day Contraception Education celebrates School Nursing.