WE TEACH YOUR CHILDREN SKILLS FOR LIFE
After teaching students Maths, English, and Science, how do we educate them about the world that awaits them beyond the school gates?
Teaching these core subjects is a strength that schools have mastered, but delivering those all-important life lessons – like understanding mortgages and the role of consent in relationships – isn’t as simple. It’s a problem that goes back generations. But don’t worry – we reckon we’ve cracked it.
It’s time to have The Talk.
OUR MODULES
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Sex, drugs, and mental health – we’ve got lessons on all the important stuff that’ll help young people learn how to look after their bodies and minds. Don’t worry, we understand just how complex some of these subjects can be. That’s why we handle everything sensitively and appropriately.
Introduction to mental health
First aid 101
Puberty
Risks and myths associated with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and how to access support
Making healthy choices - diet & exercise
The impact of social media on our opinions and feelings
The concept of being unique
An introduction to sexual relationships
Online gaming
Disabilities inc. invisible disabilities
Health risks associated with smoking, drinking, and drugs
How to respond to setbacks & disappointments
Unhealthy coping strategies
Contraception
Gambling
Addiction
Alcohol safety
Peer pressure
Responsibility over own physical health
Gender diversity
Neurodiversity & autism
Body image
How to access NHS resources/services
Stem cell, blood and organ donation
Substance abuse
STIs
Cosmetic procedures
Getting help for substance abuse
Barriers to STI services
Factors that can affect mental health
Healthy pregnancy & fertility
Unplanned pregnancies & miscarriages
Mental health crisis
Work/life balance
Mental health pt 2 (psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar, personality disorders)
Strategies (both cognitive & practical) to help reduce stress/anxiety/poor mental health and treatments available
Assess areas of strengths and development
Introduction to mental health
First aid 101
Puberty
Risks and myths associated with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and how to access support
Making healthy choices - diet & exercise
The impact of social media on our opinions and feelings
The concept of being unique
An introduction to sexual relationships
Online gaming
Disabilities inc. invisible disabilities
Health risks associated with smoking, drinking, and drugs
How to respond to setbacks & disappointments
Unhealthy coping strategies
Contraception
Gambling
Addiction
Alcohol safety
Peer pressure
Responsibility over own physical health
Gender diversity
Neurodiversity & autism
Body image
How to access NHS resources/services
Stem cell, blood and organ donation
Substance abuse
STIs
Cosmetic procedures
Getting help for substance abuse
Barriers to STI services
Factors that can affect mental health
Healthy pregnancy & fertility
Unplanned pregnancies & miscarriages
Mental health crisis
Work/life balance
Mental health pt 2 (psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar, personality disorders)
Strategies (both cognitive & practical) to help reduce stress/anxiety/poor mental health and treatments available
Assess areas of strengths and development
WIDER WORLD
Since the invention of the internet, the world has felt more complicated than ever before. This module features content on careers, finances, and online safety. Young people will leave these lessons much better equipped to face the wider world and everything it throws at them.
Identifying Strengths & Weaknesses and how to develop both
Setting ambitious goals and realistic targets
Recognising and challenging family or cultural expectations towards work/jobs – including stereotypes
Types of work; employed, self-employed and voluntary
Maintaining privacy online – how to set boundaries online and through social media
Looking at how different media outlets may report stories differently
How to respond when things go wrong online – how to access support
Identifying Strengths & Weaknesses and how to develop both
Your Financial Future - Ambitious goals & realistic target setting
Maintaining privacy online – how to set boundaries online and through social media
Looking at how different media outlets may report stories differently
How to respond when things go wrong online – how to access support
What employers look for
Identifying Strengths & Weaknesses and how to develop both
Routes into work – Including Apprenticeships and university
Types of work; employed, self-employed and voluntary
Future careers – Time to research/reflect
Finances – values and attitudes towards spending and debt
How does advertising/peer pressure affects our spending
Maintaining privacy online – how to set boundaries online and through social media
Looking at how different media outlets may report stories differently
How to respond when things go wrong online – how to access support
How do individual strengths, interests and skills relate to future career choices and employability
College & University
Mortgages - Unpacked
Where/How to access resources/guidance on career choices
Benefits and challenges of building a career online – including how to manage their online presence so that it doesn’t impact their career
Positives of Sharing Content online and how to do so safely
How personal data is generated/shared and how it can be used in terms of targeted ads
Look at how the media – including online – can have extreme viewpoints on people and events and how to assess these views
Responsibility to challenge extreme viewpoints that incite hate or violence and how to report it
Developing study and employability skills
Types of employment and understanding the labour market
Employment rights and responsibilities – including; health & safety procedures, confidentiality and harassment/discrimination
Different models of contractual terms, including self-employment, full/part-time employment and zero-hour contracts
Budgeting and Spending
Identifying Strengths & Weaknesses and how to develop both
Setting ambitious goals and realistic targets
Recognising and challenging family or cultural expectations towards work/jobs – including stereotypes
Types of work; employed, self-employed and voluntary
Maintaining privacy online – how to set boundaries online and through social media
Looking at how different media outlets may report stories differently
How to respond when things go wrong online – how to access support
Identifying Strengths & Weaknesses and how to develop both
Your Financial Future - Ambitious goals & realistic target setting
Maintaining privacy online – how to set boundaries online and through social media
Looking at how different media outlets may report stories differently
How to respond when things go wrong online – how to access support
What employers look for
Identifying Strengths & Weaknesses and how to develop both
Routes into work – Including Apprenticeships and university
Types of work; employed, self-employed and voluntary
Future careers – Time to research/reflect
Finances – values and attitudes towards spending and debt
How does advertising/peer pressure affects our spending
Maintaining privacy online – how to set boundaries online and through social media
Looking at how different media outlets may report stories differently
How to respond when things go wrong online – how to access support
How do individual strengths, interests and skills relate to future career choices and employability
College & University
Mortgages - Unpacked
Where/How to access resources/guidance on career choices
Benefits and challenges of building a career online – including how to manage their online presence so that it doesn’t impact their career
Positives of Sharing Content online and how to do so safely
How personal data is generated/shared and how it can be used in terms of targeted ads
Look at how the media – including online – can have extreme viewpoints on people and events and how to assess these views
Responsibility to challenge extreme viewpoints that incite hate or violence and how to report it
Developing study and employability skills
Types of employment and understanding the labour market
Employment rights and responsibilities – including; health & safety procedures, confidentiality and harassment/discrimination
Different models of contractual terms, including self-employment, full/part-time employment and zero-hour contracts
Budgeting and Spending
RELATIONSHIPS
This module is about how young people interact with the people around them as they grow up. It tackles diversity, sexuality & gender, the internet, consent, discrimination, and gang crime. Our goal is to make understanding and interacting with different people a less daunting task for your children.
Types of relationships
Indicators of positive/negative relationships (including online)
Diversity – Looking at similarities and differences of people, including sex, race, culture and sexual orientation
Risks from unprotected sex and the consequences of unintended pregnancy
Roles & Responsibilities of parents
Internet safety – how to assess risks and where to access help
Recognising characteristics of abusive behaviours – including bullying, grooming, harassment and emotional abuse (including online)
Effects of loss, separation, divorce & bereavement and coping strategies
Developing Teamwork – including negotiation, compromise and communication skills
The difference between Biological sex, gender identity and sexual orientation
Marriage
Internet safety – how to assess risks and where to access help
Consent as a concept – including online and the law around sexual consent
Consent in relationships – including sharing images (including sexual)
Developing Teamwork – including negotiation, compromise and communication skills
Promoting Inclusion
Gangs – Factors that contribute to people joining, the exit strategies and how to access appropriate support
Carrying weapons – including knife crime
Impact of the Media on our thoughts around sex – including pornography
How to build/ruin trust in relationships
Behaviour towards sex and the choice to delay sex
Internet safety – how to assess risks and where to access help
Effects of loss, separation, divorce & bereavement and strategies to cope
Managing the breakdown of relationships – Including loss and the digital legacy left behind
Developing Teamwork – including negotiation, compromise and communication skills
Prejudice, Stereotyping & Discrimination
Carrying weapons – including knife crime
Diversity in sexual attraction and developing sexuality
Online relationships – managing risk and the legal and ethical responsibilities
Concept of Consent & Assessing readiness for sex, including sexual activity online
Sharing Explicit Content – the legal, emotional and social consequences
Contraception – how to access and how to discuss with a partner
Abortion – Looking at beliefs, laws and a range of opinions
Abusive Relationships – spotting signs and where to seek help
Online Bullying – how to spot, respond and seek help
Importance of stable relationships – including marriage and civil partnerships
Pleasure in intimate relationships – including orgasms
Pornography – its role in affecting our expectations, sexual attitudes and behaviours
How faith and culture can influence relationships and sexual activity
Equality Act 2010 – The legal rights, responsibilities and protection
Sexual assault – attitudes towards it and to challenge victim-blaming
How alcohol and drugs can affect sexual behaviour
The law relating to ‘Honour’-based violence and forced marriage – The consequences for individuals and wider society
Gangs, Cybercrime and Weapons
Types of relationships
Indicators of positive/negative relationships (including online)
Diversity – Looking at similarities and differences of people, including sex, race, culture and sexual orientation
Risks from unprotected sex and the consequences of unintended pregnancy
Roles & Responsibilities of parents
Internet safety – how to assess risks and where to access help
Recognising characteristics of abusive behaviours – including bullying, grooming, harassment and emotional abuse (including online)
Effects of loss, separation, divorce & bereavement and coping strategies
Developing Teamwork – including negotiation, compromise and communication skills
The difference between Biological sex, gender identity and sexual orientation
Marriage
Internet safety – how to assess risks and where to access help
Consent as a concept – including online and the law around sexual consent
Consent in relationships – including sharing images (including sexual)
Developing Teamwork – including negotiation, compromise and communication skills
Promoting Inclusion
Gangs – Factors that contribute to people joining, the exit strategies and how to access appropriate support
Carrying weapons – including knife crime
Impact of the Media on our thoughts around sex – including pornography
How to build/ruin trust in relationships
Behaviour towards sex and the choice to delay sex
Internet safety – how to assess risks and where to access help
Effects of loss, separation, divorce & bereavement and strategies to cope
Managing the breakdown of relationships – Including loss and the digital legacy left behind
Developing Teamwork – including negotiation, compromise and communication skills
Prejudice, Stereotyping & Discrimination
Carrying weapons – including knife crime
Diversity in sexual attraction and developing sexuality
Online relationships – managing risk and the legal and ethical responsibilities
Concept of Consent & Assessing readiness for sex, including sexual activity online
Sharing Explicit Content – the legal, emotional and social consequences
Contraception – how to access and how to discuss with a partner
Abortion – Looking at beliefs, laws and a range of opinions
Abusive Relationships – spotting signs and where to seek help
Online Bullying – how to spot, respond and seek help
Importance of stable relationships – including marriage and civil partnerships
Pleasure in intimate relationships – including orgasms
Pornography – its role in affecting our expectations, sexual attitudes and behaviours
How faith and culture can influence relationships and sexual activity
Equality Act 2010 – The legal rights, responsibilities and protection
Sexual assault – attitudes towards it and to challenge victim-blaming
How alcohol and drugs can affect sexual behaviour
The law relating to ‘Honour’-based violence and forced marriage – The consequences for individuals and wider society
Gangs, Cybercrime and Weapons
WHAT WE TEACH
The Talk is a PSHE video learning platform that allows teachers to stream lessons on subjects relevant to today’s students and the challenges they’re likely to face. Covering everything from mortgages to online gaming – we are here to help guide students through the tricky stuff, working with you to give your child the best chance to succeed as a young adult.
Our lessons span three core areas – Health & Wellbeing, Relationships, and the Wider World. These modules cover a broad range of subjects, giving students a great overview of how the world works and what to do about it.
HOW WE TEACH IT
Our video lessons are sleek and professional, but they also incorporate an important element for engaging with school-age learners – fun. That’s not to say we take our responsibilities lightly. Some of these subjects are highly sensitive, and are engaged with appropriately.
All of our videos are presented by a diverse and professional presenting duo, utilising both live action and animated elements. This helps us to deliver sometimes difficult, always important information in a way that genuinely engages young minds.
We don’t want anyone to miss out, so we have made all of our resources accessible to students of all needs and abilities. This includes the use of subtitles, flexible pause points, and lesson plans that are easy to adapt to whichever way individual students learn best.