Dear Parents,
Greeting!!! |
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| As you are aware that education at Excelsior is an integrated process wherein many values are inculcated or imbibed as a part of the curriculum. |
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| Sex education is also an integral part of the curriculum as it is about developing young people's skills so that they make informed choices about their behavior, and feel confident and competent about acting on these choices. |
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Sex education that works starts early, before young people reach puberty, and before they have developed established patterns of behavior. The precise age at which information should be provided depends on the physical, emotional and intellectual development of the young people as well as their level of understanding.
It is important not to delay providing information to young people but to begin |
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| Sometimes it can be difficult for parents to know when to raise issues, but the important thing is to maintain an open relationship with children which provides them with opportunities to ask questions when they have them. Parents can also be proactive and engage young people in discussions about sex, sexuality and relationships. Naturally, many parents and their children feel embarrassed about talking about some aspects of sex and sexuality. Viewing sex education as an on-going conversation about values, attitudes and issues as well as providing facts can be helpful. The best basis to proceed on is a sound relationship in which a young person feels able to ask a question or raise an issue if they feel they need to. Parents must realize showing of affection to one another should be explained to the child as a normal process of liking someone so that they do not grow up with insecurities in their mind. |
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| The more you hide the more the curiosity builds up. Today's rapid world provides any information at the tip of the finger. This information can be right or misleading. There is a whole plethora of information available just a click away. So its our duty the family and the school to provide the right information. We should talk more openly about sex and other related issues. Provide the right information and create awareness because we cannot be like ostriches, putting our heads into the ground every time we hear the word SEX. |
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| Children must grow up as responsible adults and thus understanding their feelings rather than mocking it off is a better way of handling. This makes the child feel secure ,safe and trust his parents so that as they grow up they feel free to ask you questions that might be bothering them rather than collecting wrong information from their peers. |
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| This letter is just to make you aware, so that you are prepared to answer children's questions in a positive manner if they ask something which they have heard in the school by the teacher. |
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| In younger classes we shall be discussing this in the following ways |
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How the plants grow and relate it to the changes we see taking place in our body |
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The knowledge about Good Touch and Bad Touch. Children are never too young to learn anything. |
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Our body and the need for wearing Clothes. Why Girls body is different than boy's? |
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| In grades V upwards the Science and the EVS teacher will hold discussions and make them aware of |
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Menstruation cycle and its process. |
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Growth of our body and the changes that occur. |
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Pregnancy. |
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| I do hope you will provide us the support we are looking for to make our students grow up as responsible human beings possessing the right knowledge about things. |
Thank you
With Warm Regards
Shalini Nambiar
( Director) |
