Puberty Unit Year 4 / 5

An Introduction to puberty - Year 4 / 5

Our Introduction to puberty PSHE Unit for KS2 contains 4 lessons following the new DfE Statutory Guidance and the PSHE Association’s suggested themed approach for Puberty and Growing Up (Health and Wellbeing strand).

The lessons have been left editable and are filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. They are designed to be ‘no prep’, so you can just pick them up and use them, although they are allso adaptable should you wish to.

The unit serves as an introduction to the physical and emotional changes students will experience during puberty. The contents of this unit include:

1. Growing up - girls

An introduction to girls’ puberty, growing up, changing bodies and the female reproductive organs. This lesson focuses on the major changes that most girls face during pubery, in particular breast development and menstruation. We will discuss strategies for managing menstruation and highlight the fact that we are all different, and everyone develops at a different rate.

1. Growing up - boys

This lesson follows on from the girls’ puberty lesson and introduces the major changes that boys commonly experience. This lesson highlights changes such as growth spurts, erections, wet dreams, body odor and oily skin. The lesson also discusses ways that we can manage these changes.

1. Personal Hygiene

The third lesson in this series focuses on cleanliness, and how changes during puberty often mean that we need to pay closer attention to our personal hygiene.

1. Changing Emotions

In this lesson, the students will learn about the emotional and changes that boys and girls commonly experience during puberty. We will discuss the impact of hormones such as estrogen and testosterone on our mood. The lesson touches on topics such as mood swings, premenstrual syndrome, feelings of aggression, irritability and low mood, as well as ways that we can manage these symptoms.