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Brook’s Big Period Lesson 3

Thursday 20th March 2025, 10am-11am | Year 6 and 7

Read this in Welsh/darllen hwn yn cymraeg

Brook and Lil-Lets believe all young people should learn about periods and puberty in a timely and age-appropriate way so that they are prepared for the changes they will experience to their bodies, feelings and lives. 

The broadcast is free to access and is aimed at all young people in year 6 and 7 in England and Wales.

What are the learning objectives?  

Led by Brook experts, this lesson will support your students to: 

• Understand puberty and the changes that happen to their bodies. 
• Correctly name the reproductive organs. 
• Understand key facts about periods and period symptoms. 
• Learn about different period products and how to manage menstrual cycles. 
• Recognise how activity and rest can both support period wellbeing.  
• Know where to go for support. 

Please note, we will be referencing reproduction in this lesson 

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Previous Live lessons

Brook’s RSE Live Lessons are free, hour-long interactive live-stream broadcasts about different RSE topics. The lessons take place on the LearnLive platform but are also available to watch on demand – watch them with your class, or watch to improve your own knowledge and confidence in delivering RSE.

Are You Feeling It? The Big RSE Lesson

In celebration of Sexual Health Week 2024, our Big RSE Lesson empowered young people to take care of their mental health and support healthy decision-making.

• Understand the role of mental health in maintaining healthy relationships and good sexual health. 
• Understand how to look after mental and sexual health, including accessing services.  
• Feel empowered to make healthy choices when it comes to sex and relationships.  

Watch The Big RSE Lesson

The Big Period Lesson 2

This 60-minute session for Year 6 and 7s is delivered in partnership with Lil-Lets. lTopics include:

• Understand key facts about periods, period pains and heavy menstrual bleeding  
• Learn about different period products and how to manage menstrual cycles  
• Understand how periods and hormones can affect mental health  

Watch The Big Period Lesson 2

Playing It Safe: The Big RSE Lesson

In celebration of Brook’s 2023 Sexual Health Week: Playing it Safe, our Big RSE Lesson empowered young people to understand and challenge gender stereotypes.  

This live lesson on Understanding and Challenging Gender Stereotypes is aimed at students in Year 9 and above. Topics covered include:

• Gender stereotypes
• Real-world impacts of misogyny
• Types of online gender-based abuse

Watch The Big RSE Lesson

The Big Period Lesson

To celebrate the fourth year of our partnership with Lil-Lets, we delivered the Big Period Lesson Live. More than 57,600 people tuned in to the live broadcast, making it our biggest Live Lesson yet!

This live lesson aimed at Years 6 and 7 helps make sure young people learn about puberty in a timely and age-appropriate way.

• Puberty and body changes
• Name of reproductive organs
• Menstrual cycle and periods

Watch The Big Period Lesson

Breaking Barriers: Big RSE Lesson

To celebrate the 2022 Sexual Health Week theme of Breaking Barriers, our big RSE lesson, aimed at Year 9 and above, focuses on how to ask for help and where to go for support related to all parts of life including sexual health and wellbeing.

• Recognise it can be difficult to talk about some topics
• Strategies for talking about challenging topics
• Support services and how to access them

Watch Breaking Barriers RSE Lesson

LGBT+ History: Big RSE Lesson

Around 15,000 young people tuned in for Brook’s online RSE lesson celebrating LGBT+ history month 2022.

The lesson, aimed at Year 9 and above, explores the richness of LGBT+ history with the aim of challenging stereotypes, promoting understanding and celebrating diversity.

• Key moments in LGBT+ history
• Influential LGBT+ history
• Importance of allyship
• Myth-busting quiz

Watch the LGBT+ History RSE Lesson

Gwers Mawr Ffrydiau 3 

Dydd lau 20 Mawrth 2025, 10am

Mae Brook yn ôl ar gyfer ei trydydd Wers Fawr Fyw y Mislif mewn partneriaeth â Lil-Lets.  

Cynhelir Gwers Fawr y Mislif 2 ddydd Iau 20 Mawrth am 10-11am. Mae’r darllediad yn rhad ac am ddim ac fe’i hanelir at bobl ifanc ym mlwyddyn 6 a 7 yng Nghymru a Lloegr.  

Mae Brook a Lil-Lets yn credu y dylai pob person ifanc ddysgu am y mislif a’r glasoed mewn ffordd amserol a phriodol i oedran er mwyn iddynt fod yn barod am y newidiadau y byddant yn eu profi yn eu cyrff, yn eu teimladau a’u bywydau.  

Dan arweiniad arbenigwyr Brook, bydd y wers hon yn cefnogi eich disgyblion i wneud y canlynol:  

• Deall y glasoed a’r newidiadau sy’n digwydd i’w cyrff  
• Enwi’r organau cenhedlu yn gywir  
• Deall ffeithiau allweddol am y mislif, symptomau mislif.  
• Dysgu am wahanol gynnyrch mislif a sut mae rheoli cylchoedd mislif  
• Cydnabyddwch sut gall gweithgarwch a gwellt gyflwyno lles ynghylch y mislif.  
• Gwybod ble fynd i gael cymorth  

*Noder, byddwn yn cyfeirio at atgenhedlu yn y wers hon*  

Cofrestrwch nawr, rhannwch â’ch cysylltiadau a gwrandewch gyda’ch dosbarth neu’ch cyfarfod boreol i wneud yn siŵr bod cynifer o bobl â phosibl yn gallu elwa o’r wers bwysig hon.  

Byddai’n ddefnyddiol pe bai gan y bobl ifanc sy’n gwylio’r darllediad fynediad at ffôn clyfar neu ddyfais bersonol. Byddwn yn gofyn rhai cwestiynau ar mentimeter.com a hoffem i gynifer o bobl â phosibl gymryd rhan.  

Mae ein Gwersi Mawr Ffrydiau blaenorol gyda Lil-Lets yn dal ar gael i’w gwylio ar alw. Cliciwch y dolenni isod i’w gweld:  

• Gwers Mawr Ffrydiau  
• Gwers Mawr Ffrydiau 2  

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