What to Expect

The resource, offered on an online platform, includes:
✓ professionally filmed and animated videos
✓ downloadable/printable resources for parents and student activities
✓ written summaries of each video module in both English and Mandarin
✓ ongoing support from Saleema and her team of educators is provided if requested

The Curriculum

Parents Workshop (4 videos, total 26 minutes)
✓ three good reasons to teach sexual health at a young age
✓ tips for fostering meaningful conversations with kids
✓ the goal: creating a sexually mature society
Plus, answers to most common questions.

Preschool- Grade 1 Workshop (6 videos, to 26 minutes)
✓ review of three private parts of the body: mouth, breasts, and genitals
✓ basics of consent
✓ scientific words related to anatomy and reproduction
✓ that all bodies are unique, all families are unique
✓ that reproduction happens when a sperm joins an egg, usually (but not always) through sexual intercourse
✓ that the baby grows in the uterus
✓ that the baby is born through the vagina or by cesarean birth
✓ safety message: don’t pick up condoms or needles
Plus, answers to most common questions.

Grades 2-3 Workshop (7 videos, total 34 minutes)
Everything previous grades have learned and:
✓ The basics about periods and wet dreams as healthy puberty changes.
Plus, answers to most common questions.

Grades 4-5 Workshop (7 videos, total 64 minutes)
Everything previous grades have learned and:
✓ more about gender identity and the language we use to express it
✓ the responsibilities that come with the decision to be in a sexual relationship
✓ basic information about sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
✓ how to respond to homophobic and transphobic language, jokes, and attitudes
✓ all about physical and emotional changes at puberty
✓ basic assertiveness skills
✓ how to think critically about online sexual content
Plus, answers to most common questions.

Grades 6-7 Workshop (10 videos, total 70 minutes)
Everything the previous age group has learned plus:
✓ smart decision making regarding social media, including discussion of cyber-bullying, sexting, and selfies, how to think critically about pornography
✓ more about sexual consent in the context of relationships
✓ how to think critically about gender stereotypes
✓ characteristics of a healthy relationship
✓ emotional factors to consider when exploring readiness for a sexual relationship
✓ different types of sexual activity and possible physical outcomes: STIs (myths, transmission, prevention, testing and treatment) and pregnancy
✓ that most teens are not sexually active
✓ the importance of taking responsibility of one’s health (for example, testicular self-examinations)
✓ where to go for confidential support.
Plus, answers to most common questions.