My body belongs to me
Understand that their body belongs to them, name body parts including private parts using correct terms, and tell necessary care apart from touching that is not OK: a parent, carer, doctor or nurse may sometimes need to help wash or check their private parts, but should explain why and ask if it's OK first; nobody else should touch or look at their private parts, and nobody should ever ask them to touch or look at someone else's private parts
Lesson
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“My body belongs to me means knowing your body belongs to you, using correct names for private parts, and telling necessary care apart from touching that is not OK. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Underwear/swimwear outline card (clothes, not graphic)
- Sort cards: necessary care / not OK
Extra for the adult
Worked example. My body belongs to me. Private parts are covered by underwear. A doctor may check with explanation and permission. Anything else — tell a trusted adult.
Optional challenge. For My body belongs to me, name two trusted adults the child can tell.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: ownership statement; care vs not OK sort; tell plan; support used. This session samples body safety language, not mastery of every scenario.
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My body belongs to me means knowing your body belongs to you, using correct names for private parts, and telling necessary care apart from touching that is not OK. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes affirming body ownership, sorting care vs not OK, and practising tell a trusted adult.
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Affirm body ownership and safe responses to not-OK touching.
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Ready Kids
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Ready Kids supports My body belongs to me. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Before you openAsk the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.
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Check understanding
- Name body parts, including private parts, using the correct terms taught at school, and explain that private parts are the parts covered by underwear or swimwear
- Sort simple examples into necessary care (e.g. a doctor checking a sore after explaining why and asking first) and touching that is not OK
- Explain that nobody should ask them to touch or look at someone else's private parts, and that they should tell a trusted adult if anyone does
“Does your child use the correct names for their body parts, and know that a doctor or carer who needs to check them should explain why and ask first — and that they should tell you if anyone else touches their private parts or asks them to touch someone else's?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Responsible Decision-Making
- Age range
- Ages 5–8
Standards