Podcasts

Presented by Jenny Fox, one of our Senior Subject Specialists, and featuring colleagues Bethan Miller and Dr Joshua Stubbs, this episode looks at the statistics and research base around the impact of bullying, as well as the importance of establishing and maintaining friendships for all children and young people.

We also consider schools’ statutory duties, and the nuances of teaching this topic in primary school and secondary school settings.

Download our friendship and bullying lesson packs (KS1-4). 

We hear from Jade — a PSHE Lead working in an all-through complex needs school — about her experiences of teaching PSHE and recent Ofsted inspection.

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A two-part series exploring the use of story in PSHE education. Presented by Nick Boddington — PSHE heavyweight and founding member of the PSHE Association.

Using Story, Case Studies and 'timeline' in PSHE education

In the first part, Nick offers some sage advice on how to choose and use stories for a range of PSHE topics and contexts, as well as offering up some of his own favourite examples for inspiration.

 “We don’t have the right to ruin a story for children. We have to remember an author has offered us this story and we have to ‘put it back together’ again and reconnect children with the joy of the story and not leave it broken or in pieces.”

The second instalment explores different ways to deconstruct stories for children and young people, including using case studies and ‘timeline’.

“Story can offer us a route into exploring and challenging any incorrect assumptions about [social] norms we might uncover with our class.”

Could James Bond be a useful source of teaching about sex, relationships, gender norms and misogyny?

In this episode of Tomorrow is the Question, Jono Baggaley chats to Dr Ian Kinane, Editor of the International Journal of James Bond Studies, Dr Kathy Weston, founder of Tooled Up Education and Fully Human's Dr Elly Hanson to explore Bond as a problematic symbol, a loaded figure of sex and violence and a potent store of teaching material for teenagers.

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What's actually happening in the manosphere? How is it affecting children and young people? And how might we respond?

In this episode of Tomorrow is the Question, the Fully Human podcast, Jono Baggaley chats to Professor Harriet Over and Dr David Zendle (University of York) and Fully Human's own Dr Elly Hanson to explore their deep research into these questions.

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Introducing Tomorrow is the Question, the podcast exploring what we need to do today for a Fully Human tomorrow.

Opening with a conversation about Speaking Machines.

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Featuring Jenny Barksfield and Liz Laming of the PSHE Association in discussion on how colleagues can plan a curriculum that meets the RSHE requirements in a safe and effective way.

Talking points

• Starting points for planning a PSHE/RSHE curriculum
• Sourcing lesson plans
• Ensuring a tailored approach
• Designing a scheme of work

Featuring Sarah Hannafin (NAHT Senior Policy Advisor) and Sally Martin (PSHE Specialist) on what colleagues can do to engage with parents successfully on their school's RSE policies.

Talking points

• Statutory requirements for consulting with parents
• The consultation process
• Consultation methods

Featuring Lucy Emmerson (Sex Education Forum CEO)and Matt Brough (Maths and Healthy Schools Lead, Robinsfield Infant School) in discussion on what schools and colleagues need to do in their policies and practices to align with the new statutory RSHE requirements.

Talking points

• What needs to be taught/defined at primary vs secondary
• The right of withdrawal (including how to manage a withdrawal from sex education)

Presented by Jeremy Sachs from the Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH), this episode features two young people from AYPH’s youth advisory panel  — George (16) and Thara (13) — giving their own perspective on why RSHE is important to them and young people more generally.

Talking points

• George’s tips on staying calm in front of a class of 30 students
• What was Thara’s all-time favourite PSHE lesson?
• Why is RSHE is so important to young people in their own words.

Featuring Rachael Baker from the Sex Education Forum (SEF) and Margaret Mulholland from the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), this edition of RSHE Ready explores how the statutory RSHE requirements relate to SEND settings.

Talking points

• How safe and healthy outcomes might differ in SEND settings compared to their mainstream equivalents
• Offering an age-appropriate curriculum to learners whose physical/chronological age outpaces their cognitive ability
• Making the RSHE curriculum accessible to ALL learners
• Imparting the practical skills young people with SEND need to enjoy safe and healthy relationships.

Featuring Sally Thomas and Karen Chouhan from the National Education Union (NEU), and Bethan Miller from the PSHE Association.

This episode considers how much of an impact the new statutory guidance could have on promoting equality in school policies and practices, both inside and outside of the classroom.

Talking points

• Supporting whole school approaches to ensuring equality and challenging discrimination
• Approaches to teaching an inclusive RSHE curriculum
• The impact of global and national events (BLM, #metoo etc.) on what is taught in the classroom
• Barriers to teaching about equality

Jenny Barksfield (PSHE Association) and Lucy Emmerson (Sex Education Forum) return in the final episode to explore this fundamental — and frequently overlooked — area of RSHE delivery.

Talking points

• The importance of age-appropriateness when choosing — and using — a PSHE/RSHE resource.
• What constitutes an RSHE resource.
• Starting points for colleagues choosing resources.
• Considerations when choosing external visitors.
• Resource recommendations to get you started.