Dear Parent / Guardian.
Just a short email to provide some further detail regarding the implementation of the RSE programme at our school.
These lessons take place in January and February as per our 2 year SPHE cycle is for the RSE Programme.
This is a mandatory programme like Stay Safe. It must be taught in all mainstream classes and special classes. Parent have received an email already about the programme starting.
Like Stay Safe last year, all teachers will email the parents each week letting them know title and topic of lesson (s) for the following week.
In terms of the content in these lessons please click on the website link https://pdst.ie/primary/health-wellbeing/RSE
This programme is the same as previous years and indeed has been taught in our school since 1998 when printed.
The media may mention new RSE curriculum changes in relation to identity and other areas but this has not been drafted / issued to schools.
Should any parents have concerns over the content in relation to identity / language used ;we ask them to click on the link and read from the programme.
It is a parents right to withdraw their child from any RSE lesson and there is a procedure for doing so as schools must ensure parent-teacher meeting and written record as per our school policy.
Our RSE policy is available on website and upon request along with parent withdrawal forms ( After meeting with teacher) .
Kind regards,
Niall Crofton
Principal Teacher
12370C RSE School Policy Parental Withdrawal from content record
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