Popular sex and relationship education resources
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On this page you'll find details of our most popular SRE resources. You may also be interested in our resources on puberty and personal hygiene.
You can borrow resources from Oak House (or from the Hospital Library by prior arrangement) - look for items with the blue 'Borrow from the Library' icon. We've also listed some free, high quality online resources that complement our physical collection: please look for the orange 'Free Online' icon. Contact us to book these resources for your event or training session or to find out more about what we've got and how we can help.
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Resources covering all aspects of RSE:
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Brook.org.uk have developed high quality digital learning to empower, support and encourage you to deliver effective relationships and sex education (RSE) - based on their 55 years experience of working with under 25s. Explore their range of FREE online courses around puberty; contraception; consent; pleasure; emergency contraception; relationships; STI's; abortion and child sexual exploitation: Brook Learn.
You will need to register for free to access the online content at brook.org.uk |
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Free resources from Brook
Brook offers an extensive range of free sex education resources including handouts, videos and posters covering numerous aspects including sex education, porn, LGBT, contraception, puberty, periods, STI's, consent, online safety, sex and disability and SEND. All available at https://www.brook.org.uk/resources/ |
Family Planning Association
FPA offers leaflets and booklets that are free to download but not available to print. These include aspects of contraceptives, STI's, pregnancy, unplanned pregnancy and abortion, reproduction, RSE (KS1, 2, 3 and 4), RSE activities manual, older people and professionals working with refugees. Available at: https://www.fpa.org.uk/professionals/resources/leaflet-and-booklet-downloads |
RSE KS4: Mimi on a Mission: Sex Ed Part of the BBC Bitesize series, Mimi takes seven teenagers aged 14 and 15, from across Britain, on an eye-opening, fact-finding, week-long trip of a lifetime to the Netherlands. Audience: KS4. For further episodes of Mimi on a Mission: Sex Ed please visit the BBC iPlayer. Due to the sensitive nature of the subject matter, we strongly advise teacher viewing before watching with your pupils. |
Teaching them young
Format: Online Audience: KS4 Description: Three British and two Dutch teens join a primary school class of six year olds in their relationships and sexuality class. During the class discussion, they talk about who’s been in love before, and what that feels like, with one student saying it’s like “tickles in your tummy”. The children discuss same-sex relationships. This short film is from the BBC series, Mimi on a Mission: Sex Ed. For further episodes please visit the BBC iPlayer. |
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Empathy Belly Pregnancy Simulator
Format: Interactive resource
Details: A multi-component, weighted 'garment' that will, through accurate simulation, enable female and male wearers to temporarily experience more than 20 of the typical symptoms and effects of pregnancy, including body weight gain, postural changes, shallow breathing, increase in body temperature, pressure on the bladder, increased fatigue and changes in body image.
Format: Interactive resource
Details: A multi-component, weighted 'garment' that will, through accurate simulation, enable female and male wearers to temporarily experience more than 20 of the typical symptoms and effects of pregnancy, including body weight gain, postural changes, shallow breathing, increase in body temperature, pressure on the bladder, increased fatigue and changes in body image.
Inclusion: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans (LGBT)
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Teaching inclusivity at school
Format: Online Audience: KS4 Description: Presenter and YouTuber Mimi Missfit takes a group of seven British teens to Holland to look at how to make schools feel inclusive and welcoming for people of all sexualities. The acronym LGBTQ+ is introduced (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, and others). This short film is from the BBC series, Mimi on a Mission: Sex Ed. For further episodes please visit the BBC iPlayer. |
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Stonewall: Best practice, toolkits and resources: 'Tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying feels like a big task, but our practical guides and toolkits break it down into manageable steps. Our best practice guides help you benchmark your work, and our posters and easy-read guides are great to use with students'. Free to download.
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Stonewall: Creating an LGBT-inclusive primary curriculum (download free guide)
Bring LGBT inclusion and celebrating difference alive in the primary school classroom with our inclusive curriculum guide. From choosing set texts in English to using LGBT-inclusive statistics in Maths, our curriculum guide helps you embed your inclusion work into every area of the curriculum. |
Healthy Relationships: Consent; Awareness of Sexual Exploitation:
What does consent really mean?
Format: Book
Audience: KS3/4
Description: Following the sexual assault of a classmate, a group of teenage girls find themselves discussing the term consent, what it actually means for them in their current relationships, and how they act and make decisions with peer influence. Joined by their male friends who offer another perspective, this rich graphic novel uncovers the need for more informed conversations with young people around consent and healthy relationships. Accompanying the graphics are sexual health resources for students and teachers, which make this a perfect tool for broaching the subject with teens.
Format: Book
Audience: KS3/4
Description: Following the sexual assault of a classmate, a group of teenage girls find themselves discussing the term consent, what it actually means for them in their current relationships, and how they act and make decisions with peer influence. Joined by their male friends who offer another perspective, this rich graphic novel uncovers the need for more informed conversations with young people around consent and healthy relationships. Accompanying the graphics are sexual health resources for students and teachers, which make this a perfect tool for broaching the subject with teens.
Pornography:
Title: We need to talk about pornography
A resource to educate young people about the potential impact of pornography and sexualised images on relationships, body image and self-esteem
Format: Book
Audience: 11-19 years
A resource to educate young people about the potential impact of pornography and sexualised images on relationships, body image and self-esteem
Format: Book
Audience: 11-19 years
Teaching porn awareness
Format: Online
Audience: KS4
Description:
Presenter and YouTuber Mimi Missfit takes seven British teens to Holland to learn from the world leaders in sex education. She states that porn awareness can’t be ignored, because we are living in an increasingly digital age where teenagers, and even children, can access porn at the click of a button.
The teens watch a Dutch government sponsored advertisement on porn awareness, thinking the video may be going somewhere else.Yuri highlights how people can get a distorted view of sexuality through watching porn. This short film is from the BBC series, Mimi on a Mission: Sex Ed. For further episodes please visit the BBC iPlayer.
Format: Online
Audience: KS4
Description:
Presenter and YouTuber Mimi Missfit takes seven British teens to Holland to learn from the world leaders in sex education. She states that porn awareness can’t be ignored, because we are living in an increasingly digital age where teenagers, and even children, can access porn at the click of a button.
The teens watch a Dutch government sponsored advertisement on porn awareness, thinking the video may be going somewhere else.Yuri highlights how people can get a distorted view of sexuality through watching porn. This short film is from the BBC series, Mimi on a Mission: Sex Ed. For further episodes please visit the BBC iPlayer.
Contraception & Sexually Transmitted Infections:
Sexwise: short films from the Family Planning Association (FPA)
Animated videos designed to bust some common contraception and sexual health myths with a little help from some animal friends. Freely available online.
Animated videos designed to bust some common contraception and sexual health myths with a little help from some animal friends. Freely available online.
- Koalas talk chlamydia: Ali the Koala has been diagnosed with chlamydia. It's easily treated with antibiotics, but how long does it take for chlamydia to go away?
- Elephants talk emergency contraception: When Sarah thinks she might be pregnant, she turns to Sally for support.
- Owls talk genital herpes: Trish and Abi get together for a cup of tea and discuss news from Trish's ex, Jade...
- Pufferfish talk condoms: Joel and Ella discuss the pitfalls of sex as a pufferfish.
- Cows talk contraceptive implants: Helen isn't convinced about the contraceptive implant until she hears from Sexwise.
- Flamingos talk the pill: Bex and Jack chat at the skatepark about Bex's hard flip on her choice of contraception.
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STD Roulette
Format: Interactive game Details: This colourful roulette game is an excellent tool for starting a discussion about sexually transmitted infections. The roulette wheel features common STIs, and the game cards present real-life scenarios that address different sexual situations. Comes with leader's guide that provides instructions and additional information about STIs. 52 cm x 71 cm. |
STD Flip chart
Description: This flip chart presents straightforward facts easing the burden of knowing what to say and how to say it. Covers common STDs, including HIV-AIDS, syphilis, gonorrhea, herpes, hepatitis B, and HPV, and how to avoid them. Six-panel flip chart has presentation notes on the backside of each panel and is 12" x 17". |
Beer Goggles
Audience: Young people and adults
Wearers of the goggles experience the visual distortion, loss of perception, and lack of control that result from alcohol consumption. Can be used as a sex education resource (e.g. to demonstrate the effects of alcohol on the use of contraceptives such as condoms).
Audience: Young people and adults
Wearers of the goggles experience the visual distortion, loss of perception, and lack of control that result from alcohol consumption. Can be used as a sex education resource (e.g. to demonstrate the effects of alcohol on the use of contraceptives such as condoms).
Resources for people with learning disabilities and special educational needs
New for August 2020: free access to 'You, Your Body Growing Up, Relationships and Sex online resource' for people with learning disabilities from Life Support Productions (free subscription required - contact Life Support to set up).
In an easy to use format and carefully developed over the last two years, this new resource covers an extensive range of up to date topics including: Social media and being safe online; Growing up and the changes from childhood to adulthood; Periods & sanitary protection; Self examination and privacy; Menopause; Masturbation; Keeping Clean and Personal Hygiene; Relationships, love and affection; Loneliness and Feelings; First Dates; Safer Sex; Consent and saying 'No'; Sex and attitudes; Pregnancy and birth.
In an easy to use format and carefully developed over the last two years, this new resource covers an extensive range of up to date topics including: Social media and being safe online; Growing up and the changes from childhood to adulthood; Periods & sanitary protection; Self examination and privacy; Menopause; Masturbation; Keeping Clean and Personal Hygiene; Relationships, love and affection; Loneliness and Feelings; First Dates; Safer Sex; Consent and saying 'No'; Sex and attitudes; Pregnancy and birth.
Images reproduced with the permission of HealthEdco and Gasp.
