Our most popular puberty and personal hygiene resources
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We've also listed some free, high quality online resources that complement our physical collection: please look for the orange icon.
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Free puberty handouts
Brook provides free resources which can be used to supplement relationship and sex education (RSE) lessons and cover multiple aspects of puberty https://www.brook.org.uk/resources/ |
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The girls guide to growing up great
Format: Book Audience: Young teens Description: A positive and empowering guide for girls who are going through puberty or are interested in what's in store |
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The boys guide to growing up great
Format: Book Audience: Young teens Description: A sensitively written, friendly guide to growing up, specifically aimed at younger boys. |
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The girls guide to growing up
Format: Book Audience: Young teens Description: A friendly, reassuring and positive guide for girls as they approach puberty, explaining the changes that will happen to their bodies as they grow up and how these changes might make them feel. Covering everything from periods and breast development to body hair and personal hygiene, puberty and parenting expert Anita Naik addresses any worries that girls may have relating to what is 'normal'. She reassures readers and boosts their confidence, encouraging them to feel positive about the changes they will experience as they go through puberty. The book also includes lifestyle advice on topics like healthy eating and exercise, and information on how puberty affects boys. |
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All about us: living and growing
Format: DVD and workbooks Publisher: Channel 4 Audience: Ages 5-11 Details: Educational resource to promote sex and relationship education as a developmental process, beginning in the early years at the appropriate level and progressing through childhood and adolescence into adulthood. Book this resource |
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RSE KS2: Puberty- what's happening to my body
Format: Free Online Publisher: BBC Audience: KS2 Details: In this short film you will see small groups of children ask questions on behalf of their peers to adults they trust. Questions covered are: Will my body change in puberty? Why do boys get boners (erections)? What is a wet dream? If you get your period in school, who do you go to? The adult’s answers are not scripted or prepared – the video features authentic, unrehearsed responses to a variety of questions. The issues raised are real life concerns from children aged 9-12 which were generated through RSE workshops facilitated by professional workshop facilitators. The content acts as stimulus material for teachers to prompt discussions around related topics. It shows how to deal with sensitive subjects in an age-appropriate, open and honest way. The peer-based learning approach encourages pupils to think for themselves and to pose questions using their own language. This short film has been made in consultation with PSHE subject experts and teachers. Due to the sensitive nature of the subject matter, we strongly advise teacher viewing before watching with your pupils. |
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Let's talk about sex- growing up, changing bodies, sex and sexual health
Format: Book Sometime between the ages of nine and fifteen, children's bodies begin to change and grow into adult bodies - and with these changes comes a natural curiosity about sex and sexuality. This book gives the facts - biological and psychological - of sex: from conception and puberty to birth control and AIDS, including sections on the body, families and babies, and sexual health. The book's approach is simple, with cartoon illustrations and the speech-bubble comments of two characters, a curious bird and a squeamish bee, which reflect the diverse feelings children have about sex. |
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Growing up: a guide to puberty
Format: DVD Publisher: Bounty Audience: Ages 5-11 Duration: 13 mins Details: Using animated drawings this video follows the stages of growth, shows how boys and girls develop, how the physical characteristics change with the effect of sex hormones. Topics covered include: puberty, changing emotions, social expectations, wet dreams, menstruation, management of periods and hygiene. Outlines the importance of exercise, nutrition and hygiene in fitness and health. Includes teachers' notes. Book this resource |
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Rollercoaster
Format: Worksheets and games Publisher: Rotherham Healthy Schools Audience: Ages 5-11 Details: A pack exploring the 'Ups and Downs of Puberty' in an interesting and fun way, in addition to enabling facilitators to explore some of the emotional aspects and changes that may accompany puberty. Book this resource |
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Everything you ever wanted to ask about periods
Format: Book Publisher: Piccadiily Press, 2001 Details: A guide based on real questions that thousands of girls have already asked Book this resource |
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The autism- friendly guide to periods
Format: Book Publisher: Jessica Kingsley, 2019 Details: A detailed guide for young people aged 9 to 16 on the basics of menstruation. |
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Everything you ever wanted to ask about willies and other boys bits
Format: Book Publisher: Piccadiily Press, 2002 Details: Questions and queries that other boys have raised; a clear practical guide Book this resource |
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Title: Hair in funny places
Format: Book Publisher: Stanley Paul Details: This book takes a sideways glance at what happens to the body when it is hit by puberty. |
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Title: What's happening to Ellie?
Format: Book Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Details: This fully illustrated positive and entertaining book provides the perfect opportunity to talk about puberty with girls and young women with autism or related conditions. |
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Title: What's happening to Tom?
Format: Book Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Details: This fully illustrated positive and entertaining book provides the perfect opportunity to talk about puberty with boys and young men with autism or special needs. |
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Title: Help I'm hairy
Format: Film (on USB) Details: Help I’m Hairy uses narration, helpful advice from Yr 6-11 students, fact files, information from a health advisor, animation and short comic sketches to help young people understand what happens physically and emotionally during puberty. This new version (updated in 2016) also contains an extra section devoted to the Transition to secondary school. RUNNING TIME: 32 mins (with 'Private Parts' section of the film and 31 mins without) The film begins with a curious young pupil noticing things are becoming strange around school and at home. Emotions seem to run high and everything is changing. Could it be hormones? Two students and a school health advisor, pick up the thread taking us on a journey to uncover the myths and reveal facts about puberty, and how to survive it. The film ends with a standalone section on Transition to secondary school as a new student starts at 'big' school. This section includes interviews with students too. Contents: USB stick containing films and downloadable resources to support lessons. |
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Title: Breast m8s- know and love your breasts
Description: Workbook produced by breast cancer care designed to help teachers, school nurses and other healthcare professionals to run an information session on breast health and bras for girls aged 11-16. Includes: Workbook, 5 x A3 posters (about breast cancer; breast m8s know and lover your breasts; breast development; what looks normal?; does it fit? and small folded information leaflets. |
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Puberty: online resources from Public Health England
Powerpoint and lesson plan to help students learn about the physical and emotional aspects of puberty. https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/schools/topics/rise-above/overview#puberty Helping you teach PSHE curriculum topics to Upper KS2, KS3 and KS4 pupils, with flexible lesson plans and ready-to-use PowerPoints co-created with teachers, and video content developed with 10 to 16-year-olds. |
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Personal hygiene and puberty
Format: CD-ROM with downloadable worksheets and games Audience: Ages 7-11/KS 2 Details: A resource pack on personal hygiene and puberty designed for school nurses and others working with children. Book this resource |
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Title: Some of your bits ain't nice
Format: Video Description: This short educational video, using snappy songs and drama, featuring character puppets Dirty Beastie and Soap Sud Sally, has been created to convey simple basic hygiene messages for children and is most suitable for 4-7 year olds. The video has been designed to teach children to help prevent the spread of threadworms which are easily transmitted within the class room or any family home. Key messages include the importance of washing and drying hands thoroughly before meals, after visiting the toilet or handling pets, as well as denouncing finger sucking or eating food dropped on the floor. |
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Brush up on hygiene
Format: DVD Duration: 20 mins Date: 2007 Audience: Ages 5-14 Details: Making cleanliness and good hygiene fun, zany host Dr. Tidy teaches young viewers that keeping their bodies clean is an important part of staying healthy and feeling good about themselves. Covers proper hand washing, oral hygiene, what germs are, how germs spread, why skin and hair regimens are needed, and what causes body odor. Includes teacher's resource book and student handouts. Book this resource |
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Personal hygiene: what’s that got to do with me?
Format: Book Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Date: 2005 Audience: Ages 7+ Details: This book is a curriculum developed for students with autism, Asperger's Syndrome, learning and developmental disabilities, designed to help them understand how others perceive their appearance and the social implications of neglecting personal hygiene. Book this resource |
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Taking care of myself
Format: Book Publisher: Future horizons Date: 2003 Audience: Young people with autism Details: This book addresses hygiene, modesty, body growth and development, menstruation, touching, personal safety, and more. |
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Hand washing machine
Format: Interactive Audience: All ages Details: Teaches the importance of good hand washing. GlitterBug Potion fluoresces brightly under UV illumination. Any potion not washed off by the use of warm water, soap and rubbing will continue to show up as fluorescing areas on the hand. Book this resource |
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Our wonderful body- germs and what they do
Format: DVD Details: When space explorer Zork becomes curious about why Earth people get sick, he learns it’s because of germs — very, very tiny creatures that can get inside the human body. “But then, why aren’t Earth people sick all the time?” he wonders. His question is answered when he sees how the body is able to keep most germs out and how it can destroy germs that do get in. Sometimes, though, a few germs stay alive long enough to start multiplying very rapidly. That causes an infection, which makes people sick. |
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Giant microbes: personal hygiene
Format: Model Publisher: Giant Microbes Inc Audience: Ages 5+ Details: Kit containing 4 'giant microbes' - stuffed toys designed to look like microbes but one million times actual size. Kit contains: common cold model (Rhinovirus); sore throat microbe (Streptococcus pyogenes); flu (Orthomyxoviridus) and stomach ache (Shigella dysenteriae). Each model comes with card of facts about the microbe and its effects. Designed to be used as a teaching aid in personal hygiene sessions for children and young people . Book this resource |
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Super sick day- giant microbes including superbug; c.diff; pneumonia; norovirus and flu
Format: Plush model giant microbes of MRSA; C.Diff; Pneumonia; Norovirus and Flu. Giant microbes are based on actual microbes, cells, organisms and other critters, only 1,000,000 times actual size! |
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Caring for myself - a social skills storybook
Format: Book Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Date: 2007 Audience: Ages 3+ Details: For a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), even everyday activities like brushing your teeth, washing your hands or visiting the doctor can cause anxiety and stress because of the sensory, cognitive and communication impairments they experience. 'Caring for Myself' is an entertaining and educational social skills storybook that will help children with ASDs to understand importance of taking care of their bodies. Book this resource |
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Bug Busting Kit- teaching/demonstration purpose only
Format: DVD and demonstrative items Audience: 3-11 Details: DVD illustrating how to use the Bug Busting wet combing method to erradicate head lice. Kit also includes demonstration kit and explanatory leaflets. |