Secondary Catalogue

The major physical changes of puberty can often overshadow the less visible but equally important changes going on below the surface, including the many social and emotional changes that girls and boys both experience. This video covers methods of managing mood swings, the onset of sexual feelings and the natural curiosity to explore one’s changing body. Show Less

Change often equals uncertainty and this is never truer than for children approaching puberty. Leaving no awkward stone unturned – from hair to periods and erections – this video takes viewers through the physical, social and emotional hallmarks of puberty, ingraining the fact that there’s no shame in any of it. Show Less

Having his first ‘wet dream’ or unwanted erection can be an embarrassing and confronting experience for a boy entering puberty. This video goes through all the things a penis might do that it hasn’t done before as well as other changes that occur during male puberty, such as the deepening of a boy’s voice. Show Less

Going through puberty is challenging. But overcoming challenges brings new skills and strengths. At the end of puberty, not only do we have a bigger (and hairier and smellier!) body, but also newfound independence, resilience and courage to take into adulthood. Show Less

Getting her first period is one of the most significant changes a girl will experience during puberty. This video considers the options available for managing this often confronting change, and looks at other features of female puberty including breast growth and female ‘wet dreams’. Show Less

Brains are useful for many things but not so great at helping you feel calm and safe – although they do try! Your brain might tell you, “You need to calm down!”, but it doesn’t really get rid of feelings of fear or stress inside the body. This Miniclip provides three different discreet techniques to help students calm their body and brain including the Japanese finger holding technique, rocking or wiggling the body, and squeezing and releasing parts of the body. Show Less

Sometimes it’s hard to find the words to describe how we’re feeling. Feelings are meant to move like blobs of energy, but if you don’t express your feelings it can cause them to get stuck inside you and make you hurt or feel unwell. This Miniclip will help to identify your feelings, understand what they feel like when you experience them, and provide some simple phrases to help communicate how you’re feeling to people around you. Show Less

The final Miniclip of this series helps students summarise everything they have learnt to create a Safe and Well Plan. This plan supports students and reminds them of strategies they can use to help their body and brain feel safe, how to communicate their feelings, and who they can go to for help. Show Less

Our senses pick up information from the environment around us and from within our bodies, and send it to our brain and body. This Miniclip explores how our senses react to the environment around us and create emotional responses. It also explains that our bodies and brains can re-learn how to make sense of the information around us via our senses to allow us to live happier and calmer lives. Show Less

This Miniclip helps students to understand how the brain functions when it’s trying to work out how the body is feeling. It features Dr Dan Siegel’s “hand model” which is helpful in understanding what is happening inside the brain when responding to big feelings like anger or anxiety. Students learn to divide their brain into three parts – a thinking part, a feelings-memories part, and a safety-survival part – and learn strategies to calm their mind and body during intense times. Show Less

Breathing not only keeps us alive – it’s also great for helping our body and brain do different things, like calming down or getting ready for action. This Miniclip introduces the three main areas in our body that breathing works with and offers useful breathing strategies to practise mindfulness. Show Less

A scene showing Captain Terry’s reaction when a friend shares a picture of his ‘doodle’ sparks a deeper conversation between the cast members about the impact of non-consensual sharing of intimate images, privacy, sex shaming, revenge porn and victim blaming. The comedic style of this video enables senior secondary students to easily engage with the topics. Show Less

After a scene on the pirate ship where the characters argue over what ‘all’ women like, the cast and crew discuss how pornography is made for the ‘male gaze’. They explore ideas about misogyny and stereotypes in pornography and the importance of having open conversations with partners about sexual interests and needs. This video will help teachers introduce senior secondary students to important respectful relationships topics in an engaging manner. Show Less

Boom operator Tim becomes so distracted by his addiction to online pornography that his work on set begins to suffer. The director talks with him about acknowledging his problem and realising how much it controls his behaviour, then encourages him to talk to people he trusts to get help. The pirate-themed comic elements of the video help senior secondary students to fully explore the nature of addiction. Show Less

While shooting a fight scene, boom operator Tim annoys the director and cast as he questions the realism of what they are filming. This leads to an in-depth conversation between the director and cast about if the sex acts depicted in pornographic films are real, how people learn about sex and issues to do with consent. This video is an ideal way to open discussions about the pornography industry with secondary students. Show Less

Every day, around 800 million girls and women have their period. And yet so many people are still judgmental about menstruation. This is a short clip about menstruation and menstrual problems. What is PMS and what is endometriosis? Why are some people ashamed of having their period? We will learn this and more, in this animated short clip. Show Less

How and when we experience anxiety is as individual as we are. The ways that we cope with and manage it are different too. This programme provides students with an introduction to anxiety, what it might look and feel like, and some of the useful methods to calm it when it strikes. Combining animation and the metaphor of various circus acts, students will come away with a clearer understanding of this complex emotional state. Show Less