Relationships and Sexuality Education Resources for Primary School Teachers

Resources available to support primary school teachers in the classroom.

RSE teacher training

Oide, the support service for teachers, provides relationships and sexuality education training for primary school teachers.

HSE resources for RSE home-school links

Information and links for the HSE resources for RSE home-school are available below.

Busy Bodies

Busy Bodies supports teachers and parents in providing information on puberty to children.

It explains physical and emotional changes that children may experience during this time. Its goal is to reassure them that puberty is a normal part of growing up.

Busy bodies resources:

Making the 'Big Talk' many small talks

Making the 'Big Talk' many small talks is a series of resources developed to support parents and teachers. They help them talk with their children about relationships and healthy sexual development.

The resources are available to download from the links below. They are also available to order as hard copy from Health Promotion.

Making the 'Big Talk' many small talks: For parents of 4 - 7 year old

There are 2 booklets in this resource:

  • a parent's/carer’s guide
  • a story booklet, 'Tom's Power Flower; A gentle explanation of how babies are made'

Making the ‘Big Talk’ many small talks for parents of 4-7 year old (PDF, size 7.4 MB, 46 pages)

Ag déanamh comhráití beaga as ‘an gComhrá Mór’ do thuismitheoirí na bpáistí idir 4-7 bliana d'aois (PDF, size 6 MB, 44 pages)

Making the 'Big Talk' many small talks: for parents of 8-12 year old

This resource supports parents and carers to talk with their children about relationships and healthy sexuality development. It complements the Busy Bodies puberty and adolescent booklet available for young people.

Making the ‘Big Talk’ many small talks for parents of 8-12 year old (PDF, 1.3 MB, 60 pages)

Ag déanamh comhráití beaga as ‘an gComhrá Mór’ do thuismitheoirí na bpáistí idir 8-12 bliana d'aois (PDF, 1.5 MB, 60 pages)

Making the 'Big Talk' many small talks: for parents of 13-18 year old

This resource supports parents having conversations with their teenagers and young adults about relationships and healthy sexuality development.

Making the ‘Big Talk’ many small talks for parents of 13-18 year old (PDF, 983 KB, 54 pages)

Ag déanamh comhráití beaga as ‘an gComhrá Mór’ do thuismitheoirí na bpáistí idir 13-18 bliana d'aois (PDF, 1.38 MB, 54 pages)

Making the 'Big Talk' many small talks: Healthy Ireland library collection

This booklet lists the relationships and sexuality books available in the 330 libraries through the ‘Healthy Ireland at your Library scheme’.

Making the ‘Big Talk’ many small talks Healthy Ireland library collection (PDF, 388 KB, 12 pages)

Teachers can complement RSE classes in school by giving these resources to parents.