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How to talk to your students about puberty

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Public Health England has published a range of PSHE resources focused on puberty. Drawing on these and signposting other support, Adele Bates looks at how we can tackle this sensitive topic with students

Teaching puberty in a school setting can fill some teachers with dread, especially knowing you may be the only adult who talks to them about it.

However, there are strategies, techniques and resources, including Public Health England’s Rise Above for Schools puberty lesson plan, that can make it much easier to approach and enable students to feel safe to ask and answer questions about sensitive issues.

Here are some of the tips I have picked up during my 16 years of teaching in schools to help you broach this topic with confidence and consideration, and help students to navigate the physical and emotional changes of puberty and the relationships they are dealing with.

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