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Our changing bodies: What do I need to know about menstruation?

This unit provides essential information about menstrual health and wellbeing. Pupils learn what menstruation is, how to manage periods, understand the emotional changes that can occur, and know when to seek professional support.

This is an attributed Oak National Academy lesson sequence, not a completed or academically approved DASKEREL course. Supporting transcripts may depend on video, images, practical equipment or teacher explanation. Follow each lesson’s supervision guidance. For religious education and RSHE, follow the school’s syllabus, policy and safeguarding procedures.

Prior knowledge

  • Pupils should understand from Key Stage 2 that puberty is a natural process involving physical and emotional changes, and that these changes happen at different times for different people.
  • Pupils should know basic information about the human body and reproductive system, including that menstruation is a normal part of female development.
  • Pupils should be familiar from previous units with talking about feelings and emotions, and understand that seeking help from healthcare professionals is important when needed.

Source curriculum references

  • How to talk about their emotions accurately and sensitively, using appropriate vocabulary.
  • That worrying and feeling down are normal, can affect everyone at different times and are not in themselves a sign of a mental health condition.
  • How to navigate their local healthcare system: what a GP is; when to use A&E / minor injuries; accessing sexual health and family planning clinics; the role of local pharmacies.
  • The facts about puberty, the changing adolescent body, including brain development.
  • About menstrual and gynaecological health, including: what is an average period; period problems such as premenstrual syndrome; heavy menstrual bleeding; endometriosis; and polycystic ovary syndrome.
  • When to seek help with menstrual health from healthcare professionals.

Oak source metadata. DASKEREL has not independently verified school-level coverage.

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