Consent and Healthy Relationships

Use poetry to help students explore what healthy relationships mean to them (RSE/ RHE, KS3)

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Consent & Healthy Relationships is a KS3 Secondary classroom resource for the RSE or RHE curriculum, developed in partnership with the School of Sexuality Education and poet Thembe Mvula.

Through class discussion, poetry and their own creative writing, students will explore the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships. They will work together to examine and communicate what a caring and respectful relationship looks like, and will further their exploration on what consent means for them and the issues surrounding consent.

These learning sequences focus on the skills of wondering and questioning – creative habits at the very heart of what it means to be a creative learner. Pupils will focus on tricky questions where there aren’t simple answers. They will challenge assumptions, and work together on a creative task to culminate in critical reflection. Pupils will also have the opportunity to develop techniques through poetry writing.

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Classroom Video - Meet the Poet

Play this video to your class to introduce Lesson 1.

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In the video, resource author and poet Thembe Mvula introduces where she found her inspiration to become a poet.


Classroom Video - At First Glance

Play this video to your class to get them started on the activities in Lesson 1.

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In the video, resource author and poet Thembe Mvula performs his poem 'At First Glance' and offers some topics for class discussion.


Classroom Video - Consent Is

Play this video to your class to get them started on the activities in Lesson 2.

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In the video, resource author and poet Thembe performs his poem 'Consent Is' and offers some top tips for pupils writing their own verse.

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