AIMS OF THE RSE PROGRAMME

*    To enhance the personal development, self-esteem and well-being of the child.

*    To help the child develop healthy, friendships and relationships.

*  To help the child to develop an understanding and a healthy attitude to relationships in a moral, spiritual and social framework.

*  To develop and promote in the child, a sense of understanding at the process of birth and new life.

*    To acquire and develop knowledge and understanding of oneself.

*    That the child be able to identify external parts of the male and female body.

*   That the child is able to articulate fluently, information about him/herself, his/her ideas, his/her feelings and his/her attitudes.

*     To develop an appreciation of the dignity, uniqueness and well-being of others.

*    To develop an awareness of differing family patterns.

*   To develop some coping strategies to protect oneself and others from various forms of abuse.

*  To enable the older children (5th/6th class) to acquire an understanding and respect for reproduction.