I love making new relationships and sex education resources. " See It Shout It ", is the latest resource I have made to help young people grow in confidence to verbalise sex related words. I was asked how I choose the 31 icons that made the resource and I thought the creation process might be interesting to talk about. Normally I create activities that can be shared digitally and then printed out or used with a projector. But sometimes I am involved in creating physical products. The process is similar for both but there are a few extra steps with making a physical product to be sold. The barriers to start making your own high quality resources is lower then ever and new creators can always bring a fresh perspective to a topic. I have worked in the sex education field for over 15 years and this topic is what I know best but I'm sure that the same basic process can be applied to many different subjects. I am going to share the process I went through creating " See I
Sometimes people ask me what reading I recommend around RSE, so I thought I would put together a bit of a list. Key (free) articles and reports Young people’s RSE UK poll Sex Education Forum (2018) RSE outcome variations due to facilitator differences Young et al (2018) What do young people think about their school-based sex and relationship education? A qualitative synthesis of young people's views and experiences Pound et al. (2016) Review of sexual abuse in schools and college s Ofsted (2021) National and International RSE Guidance UNESCO international guidance on RSE UNESCO (2018) England Department for Education full guidance on statutory relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education Department for Education (2019) Wales Curriculum for Wales guidance and code for Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) (Consultation stage) Welsh Government (2021) Scotland Guidance for teachers on the conduct of teaching relationships, sex