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Power in relationships: How can we create positive relationships?

This unit explores positive relationships and their benefits. Pupils understand their role in creating respectful interactions, recognise power dynamics, and learn how happiness, self-respect and mutual respect underpin healthy, balanced relationships.

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 basic friendship skills from the previous unit, including communication, respect and kindness, and recognise the characteristics of positive relationships.
  • Pupils should be able to identify their own feelings and understand that people can influence each other's choices and behaviour in both positive and negative ways.
  • Pupils should have a basic understanding from Key Stage 2 that some people may have more power or authority than others, such as adults, teachers or older pupils.

Source curriculum references

  • The characteristics of positive relationships of all kinds, online and offline, including romantic relationships.
  • Pupils should understand the role of consent, trust, mutual respect, honesty, kindness, loyalty, shared interests and outlooks, generosity, boundaries, tolerance and privacy in relationships.
  • How to evaluate their impact on other people and treat others with kindness and respect, including in public spaces and including strangers.
  • How inequalities of power can impact behaviour within relationships, including sexual relationships.
  • That there are a range of strategies for identifying, resisting and understanding pressure in relationships from peers or others, including sexual pressure.
  • How to avoid putting pressure on others.
  • That happiness is linked to being connected to others.

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

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