Sex & Relationships Education Lessons for Schools

Help students understand consent, navigate puberty and body changes, and make informed decisions about sexual health and healthy relationships.

Explore 36+ ready-to-teach Sex & Relationships Education lessons covering consent, puberty and body changes, sexual health, contraception, healthy relationships, personal boundaries and online safety. These lessons give teachers in Australian primary and secondary schools age-appropriate, structured content on topics that can be difficult to plan and deliver confidently. The lesson set builds gradually across the stages. Early primary and primary lessons introduce foundations such as naming body parts, privacy and the body, and getting ready for puberty. Lower secondary lessons develop these ideas through puberty, the menstrual cycle and understanding consent, while upper secondary lessons move into more advanced and sensitive areas including contraception, sexually transmitted infections and navigating sexual safety.

Primary • Secondary • PDHPE • Wellbeing • Health • Consent • Puberty

Why this topic matters in schools

Sex and relationships education gives students accurate, age-appropriate knowledge to stay safe and make informed decisions.

Students encounter questions about their bodies, relationships and sexuality throughout their school years, and they benefit from clear, reliable information rather than guesswork or misinformation. Teaching these topics proactively helps students recognise consent, understand body changes, and know where to seek support before uncertainty grows. These are skills that need to be taught, practised and revisited over time, not left until something goes wrong.

This topic matters in schools because it helps students:

recognise consent, boundaries and respectful behaviour in relationships
understand puberty and the physical and emotional changes of adolescence
build accurate knowledge of sexual health, contraception and reproductive health
identify safe and unsafe situations, including online
know when and how to seek support or reliable information

For teachers and school leaders, the Sex & Relationships Education lesson set provides age-appropriate, structured content that supports confident delivery and reinforces school priorities around wellbeing, respectful relationships and safety.

Teachers come to Wellio looking for practical, ready-to-teach lessons that match their classroom goals, cohort needs and teaching context.

Introducing puberty clearly and calmly
Teachers need age-appropriate ways to explain body changes, the menstrual cycle and adolescent development without discomfort or oversimplification. Lessons like Getting Ready for Puberty and How Bodies Change give structured entry points.
Building a planned sequence around consent
Consent is layered, and teachers need lessons that progress from early ideas of privacy and boundaries through to a clear understanding of sexual consent and coercion. This supports a coherent sequence rather than a single one-off lesson.
Teaching sexual health accurately
Teachers want reliable, factual content on contraception, sexually transmitted infections and reproductive health that they can deliver with confidence. Structured lessons reduce the risk of gaps or misinformation.
Facilitating sensitive discussion safely
Topics such as pornography, sexting and sexual safety require careful framing. Lessons with discussion prompts and teaching guidance help teachers open these conversations within established classroom expectations.
Addressing misconceptions from media and online sources
Students often arrive with ideas shaped by media and the internet. Lessons on sexualisation in the media and attitudes towards pornography give teachers a way to unpack and correct these influences.
Choosing content for cohort readiness
Students often arrive with ideas shaped by media and the internet. Lessons on sexualisation in the media and attitudes towards pornography give teachers a way to unpack and correct these influences.
Revisiting key concepts over time
Many of these topics need reinforcing as students mature. Teachers can return to consent, boundaries and sexual health at greater depth as cohorts move through the stages.

Introducing puberty clearly and calmly
Teachers need age-appropriate ways to explain body changes, the menstrual cycle and adolescent development without discomfort or oversimplification. Lessons like Getting Ready for Puberty and How Bodies Change give structured entry points.
Building a planned sequence around consent
Consent is layered, and teachers need lessons that progress from early ideas of privacy and boundaries through to a clear understanding of sexual consent and coercion. This supports a coherent sequence rather than a single one-off lesson.
Teaching sexual health accurately
Teachers want reliable, factual content on contraception, sexually transmitted infections and reproductive health that they can deliver with confidence. Structured lessons reduce the risk of gaps or misinformation.
Facilitating sensitive discussion safely
Topics such as pornography, sexting and sexual safety require careful framing. Lessons with discussion prompts and teaching guidance help teachers open these conversations within established classroom expectations.
Addressing misconceptions from media and online sources
Students often arrive with ideas shaped by media and the internet. Lessons on sexualisation in the media and attitudes towards pornography give teachers a way to unpack and correct these influences.
Choosing content for cohort readiness
Students often arrive with ideas shaped by media and the internet. Lessons on sexualisation in the media and attitudes towards pornography give teachers a way to unpack and correct these influences.
Revisiting key concepts over time
Many of these topics need reinforcing as students mature. Teachers can return to consent, boundaries and sexual health at greater depth as cohorts move through the stages.

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Find Sex & Relationships Education lessons that match the age group you teach.

Primary school

Lower secondary lessons build complexity, covering puberty, the menstrual cycle, understanding consent and different kinds of intimacy. This stage develops the language and understanding students need for respectful, informed relationships.

Primary school

Lower secondary

Upper secondary

Upper secondary lessons address more advanced and sensitive issues, including contraception, sexually transmitted infections, sexual violence and abuse, sextortion and navigating pregnancy choices. Content supports informed decision-making and help-seeking as students approach adulthood.

Upper secondary

Browse by subtopic

Explore these lesson plans by the health area you need most.

Consent & Sexual Health

Lessons covering consent, coercion, contraception, sexually transmitted infections, reproductive health and safe sexual practices. This is the largest area and supports informed, respectful and safe decision-making.

Boundaries & Personal Safety

A lesson focused on privacy, consent and boundaries, supporting students to recognise and communicate personal limits.

Puberty & Body Changes

Lessons on the physical and emotional changes of adolescence, including body changes, the menstrual cycle and preparing for puberty. Useful for building body awareness across primary and lower secondary.

Online Safety & Relationships

Lessons on sexting, sextortion and explicit sexual imagery, helping students navigate relationships and safety in online contexts.

Healthy Relationships

Lessons exploring intimacy, respectful relationships, body positivity and self-care. These help students understand what healthy connection looks like.

Consent & Sexual Health

Puberty & Body Changes

Healthy Relationships

Lessons exploring intimacy, respectful relationships, body positivity and self-care. These help students understand what healthy connection looks like.

Boundaries & Personal Safety

A lesson focused on privacy, consent and boundaries, supporting students to recognise and communicate personal limits.

Online Safety & Relationships

Lessons on sexting, sextortion and explicit sexual imagery, helping students navigate relationships and safety in online contexts.

Consent & Sexual Health

Healthy Relationships

Lessons exploring intimacy, respectful relationships, body positivity and self-care. These help students understand what healthy connection looks like.

Online Safety & Relationships

Lessons on sexting, sextortion and explicit sexual imagery, helping students navigate relationships and safety in online contexts.

Puberty & Body Changes

Boundaries & Personal Safety

A lesson focused on privacy, consent and boundaries, supporting students to recognise and communicate personal limits.

Consent & Sexual Health

Healthy Relationships

Lessons exploring intimacy, respectful relationships, body positivity and self-care. These help students understand what healthy connection looks like.

Online Safety & Relationships

Lessons on sexting, sextortion and explicit sexual imagery, helping students navigate relationships and safety in online contexts.

Puberty & Body Changes

Boundaries & Personal Safety

A lesson focused on privacy, consent and boundaries, supporting students to recognise and communicate personal limits.

A few strong starting points from these lesson plans.

All About Puberty

Builds understanding of body development and the menstrual cycle so students can approach these changes with knowledge and confidence.

All About Puberty

Builds understanding of body development and the menstrual cycle so students can approach these changes with knowledge and confidence.

The Changing Adolescent Body & The Menstrual Cycle

Builds understanding of body development and the menstrual cycle so students can approach these changes with knowledge and confidence.

The Changing Adolescent Body & The Menstrual Cycle

Builds understanding of body development and the menstrual cycle so students can approach these changes with knowledge and confidence.

Contraception Essentials

Gives students accurate, factual information about contraception options and how they work.

Contraception Essentials

Gives students accurate, factual information about contraception options and how they work.

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Helps students understand how infections are transmitted, prevented and treated, supporting informed sexual health decisions.

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Helps students understand how infections are transmitted, prevented and treated, supporting informed sexual health decisions.

Safe & Healthy Sex

Supports students to understand what safe, respectful and healthy sexual relationships involve.

Safe & Healthy Sex

Supports students to understand what safe, respectful and healthy sexual relationships involve.

Choosing content for cohort readiness

Helps students understand fertility, pregnancy and the biology of reproduction.

Choosing content for cohort readiness

Helps students understand fertility, pregnancy and the biology of reproduction.

Fertility & Reproductive Health

Builds broader understanding of reproductive health and how it changes over time.

Fertility & Reproductive Health

Builds broader understanding of reproductive health and how it changes over time.

Navigating Pregnancy Choices

Supports students to understand the choices and considerations involved in pregnancy in a balanced, non-judgmental way.

Navigating Pregnancy Choices

Supports students to understand the choices and considerations involved in pregnancy in a balanced, non-judgmental way.

Sexual Orientation

Helps students understand sexual orientation and develop respect for diversity in relationships.

Sexual Orientation

Helps students understand sexual orientation and develop respect for diversity in relationships.

Sexual Orientation

Helps students understand sexual orientation and develop respect for diversity in relationships.

Sexual Orientation

Helps students understand sexual orientation and develop respect for diversity in relationships.

Sexting

Supports students to recognise the risks and responsibilities involved in sharing intimate images online.

Sexting

Supports students to recognise the risks and responsibilities involved in sharing intimate images online.

Teaching outcomes supported

These lessons support more than topic knowledge alone. They help schools build broader capabilities around safety, respect, informed decision-making and help-seeking.

These lessons can support outcomes such as:

Understanding bodies and development

identify the physical and emotional changes that occur during puberty
explain how the menstrual cycle and reproductive health work
recognise the correct names for body parts and understand privacy

Consent, safety and sexual health

explain what consent means and recognise coercion
compare different contraception options and how they reduce risk
describe how sexually transmitted infections are prevented and managed
identify safe and unsafe situations, including online

Relationships, respect and decision-making

recognise the qualities of respectful and healthy relationships
discuss diversity in relationships and sexual orientation respectfully
evaluate the influence of media and online content on attitudes
identify where and how to seek reliable information or support

These outcomes are supported across 36+ lessons, making the lesson set useful across PDHPE, wellbeing, pastoral and protective behaviours contexts, depending on stage and school context.

Why teachers use these resources

Sex and relationships education is difficult to teach well without structured support, because it combines sensitive content, accuracy and careful facilitation.

They save planning time

Each lesson is ready-to-teach with structure, discussion prompts and teaching guidance built in. Teachers can prepare a lesson on consent or contraception without building content from scratch or searching for reliable sources.

They cover the full breadth of the topic in one place

Consent is layered, and teachers need lessons that progress from early ideas of privacy and boundaries through to a clear understanding of sexual consent and coercion. This supports a coherent sequence rather than a single one-off lesson.

They support confident delivery across different experience levels

Lessons are built to be read from the screen and include a teacher script and on-screen lesson flow. This supports teachers who are newer to sensitive topics as well as those with more experience.

They work across year levels and different school settings

Content spans primary foundations through to upper secondary, so lessons suit classroom teaching, PDHPE and wellbeing programmes. Teachers can match content to the stage they teach.

They support proactive teaching, not just reactive responses

The lessons are designed for planned teaching that builds knowledge and skills over time. This helps schools teach consent, safety and sexual health before questions or situations arise.

They save planning time

They cover the full breadth of the topic in one place

They support confident delivery across different experience levels

Lessons are built to be read from the screen and include a teacher script and on-screen lesson flow. This supports teachers who are newer to sensitive topics as well as those with more experience.

They work across year levels and different school settings

Content spans primary foundations through to upper secondary, so lessons suit classroom teaching, PDHPE and wellbeing programmes. Teachers can match content to the stage they teach.

They support proactive teaching, not just reactive responses

The lessons are designed for planned teaching that builds knowledge and skills over time. This helps schools teach consent, safety and sexual health before questions or situations arise.

They save planning time

They support confident delivery across different experience levels

Lessons are built to be read from the screen and include a teacher script and on-screen lesson flow. This supports teachers who are newer to sensitive topics as well as those with more experience.

They support proactive teaching, not just reactive responses

The lessons are designed for planned teaching that builds knowledge and skills over time. This helps schools teach consent, safety and sexual health before questions or situations arise.

They cover the full breadth of the topic in one place

They work across year levels and different school settings

Content spans primary foundations through to upper secondary, so lessons suit classroom teaching, PDHPE and wellbeing programmes. Teachers can match content to the stage they teach.

Created by psychologists and experienced teachers, these 36+ lessons support confident, structured teaching across a sensitive and important topic.

Designed for real school settings

These resources are built for the reality of school use, not just for covering a topic on paper.

They are designed to help teachers teach Sex & Relationships Education in ways that are:

age-appropriate

classroom-friendly

relevant to student life

practical for discussion and reflection

adaptable for different school contexts

suitable for both planned and responsive teaching

Schools can use these lessons in both planned wellbeing teaching and more responsive pastoral support.

structured units within a planned wellbeing or health scope and sequence

classroom lessons introducing puberty, consent and sexual health

discussion starters for respectful relationships and body autonomy

transition support as students move into adolescence

revisiting consent and safety concepts as cohorts mature

pastoral and advisory sessions that reinforce classroom learning

Curriculum/Framework Support teachers use these resources

Sex & Relationships Education can support a wide range of school priorities and curriculum areas in Australian schools.

Depending on stage and school context, these lessons may contribute to:

PDHPE, health and wellbeing learning

respectful relationships and consent education

student wellbeing and self-management

safeguarding and protective behaviours education

pastoral, advisory and school culture programmes

transition and support planning across adolescence

PDHPE, health and wellbeing learning

respectful relationships and consent education

student wellbeing and self-management

safeguarding and protective behaviours education

pastoral, advisory and school culture programmes

transition and support planning across adolescence

PDHPE, health and wellbeing learning

student wellbeing and self-management

pastoral, advisory and school culture programmes

respectful relationships and consent education

safeguarding and protective behaviours education

transition and support planning across adolescence

PDHPE, health and wellbeing learning

student wellbeing and self-management

pastoral, advisory and school culture programmes

respectful relationships and consent education

safeguarding and protective behaviours education

transition and support planning across adolescence

These lessons can support planned curriculum, wellbeing, pastoral and safeguarding teaching, depending on stage and school context.

Frequently asked questions

What age groups are these lessons suitable for?
The lesson set spans primary through to upper secondary, with content matched to developmental stage rather than age alone. Primary lessons focus on foundations such as body awareness and privacy, while upper secondary lessons cover more sensitive topics like contraception and sexual safety. Suitability depends on lesson focus, cohort readiness, school context and established classroom trust, so teachers should choose lessons that fit their students.

What age groups are these lessons suitable for?
The lesson set spans primary through to upper secondary, with content matched to developmental stage rather than age alone. Primary lessons focus on foundations such as body awareness and privacy, while upper secondary lessons cover more sensitive topics like contraception and sexual safety. Suitability depends on lesson focus, cohort readiness, school context and established classroom trust, so teachers should choose lessons that fit their students.

How do these lessons fit into the curriculum?

How do I choose the right lesson?

Do teachers need specialist training to deliver these lessons?

How are sensitive topics handled?

Are these lessons mainly for responding to incidents?

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