IPPF MA of UK, fpa has launched a new booklet on growing-up for 6-7 year old boys and girls today entitled ‘Let’s Grow with Nisha and Joe’ which introduces the idea of identity, physical and emotional development.

The colourful 12-page comic is intended to be part of a planned programme of Sexual and Relationships Education being taught in school. It is designed to help teachers and parents/carers talk with children about growing-up, and to help them understand the differences between girls’ and boys’ bodies in a relaxed and fun way. Topics covered include: naming the main parts of the body, the differences between boys’ and girls’ bodies, the importance of family and friends, caring for each other and keeping safe.

‘Let’s grow with Nisha and Joe’ is funded by The Balcombe Charitable Trust, The Leslie Morgan Foundation and fpa. Testing took place with over 50 different primary schools who helped feed into the comic’s content and design.

Julie Bentley, Chief Executive, fpa said: "Sex and Relationships Education in primary schools isn’t compulsory by law. As a result, it’s taught fairly intermittently and inconsistently across the country. ‘Let’s Grow with Nisha and Joe’ comes with a set of comprehensive guidance notes to give teachers the confidence to use the resource. Hopefully, this will help encourage schools who currently aren’t teaching SRE to start doing so."

For further information on fpa’s new comic ‘Let’s grow with Nisha and Joe’ , contact fpa’s press office at adams@fpa.org.uk

Source: fpa