Health, PE and relationships education covers a broad range of topics including mental health and wellbeing, sexuality education, food and nutrition, physiology, physical activity and sport, and outdoor education.
The focus of health, PE and relationships education is supporting the wellbeing of the students. Students learn that wellbeing comes from a combination of the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of life.
There is evidence that teaching students how to maintain and improve their physical and mental wellbeing can lead to enhanced health outcomes. Studying health, PE and relationships can also lead to public health improvements as students learn how to bring about sustainable health-enhancing change for individuals, communities, and society.
A guide to understanding what differentiates 'sex education' from 'Relationships and Sexuality Education' (RSE), and why it is so important in schools.
Advice from RSE expert Tracy Clelland from the University of Canterbury on having conversations with parents and families about supporting RSE at home.
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