Sex Assembly

Every year I speak to Year 10 as part of their SRE curriculum in PSE. For those non-teachers out there, SRE is Sex and Relationships education. My involvement is part of a larger programme which they have which includes:

*Class work on family relationships, friends, and partners,
*Talks on Sexual Health from Local Nurses(which take into account the Catholic Ethos of the School) from Local Nurses,
*Anonymous Question and Answer sessions,

I give a talk to Yr 10 in two halfs and on understanding the logic of the Catholic Perspective on Sex and Relationships – I try to not use Bible teachings, rather analogies and logic; and then a second talk to the whole year group on self discipline and making positive choices.

Before school today was the first of my talks/assemblies with half the year group. I really enjoyed it. As a starter, to break the ice, I used a youtube clip of a song from “Avenue Q” – “The Internet is for Porn”. It went down really well – when I spoke to pupils at the end of the day they brought up the clip and when questioned were able to explain how it related to what I was talking about.

The slight downside is, due to surfing Youtube for the best version, imbedding the clip, and then showing it, I now have had it going through my head for most of the afternoon and evening – I just hope I haven’t accidentally been singing it without realising!