HOST Lesson Plan
Year 10
Healthy Relationships – Preparing for Parenthood Session 2
Focus: Preparing for
Parenthood
Session 2 – Dealing with
an unplanned pregnancy
Prior learning:
Students may have considered the topic in PSHE, Citizenship or
other areas of the curriculum, such as English or Drama
Date:
Know
Learning
objectives
Timing
20 mins
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Can do
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Understand
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About different options open to
people who find that they are
expecting a child
About different cultural/religious
attitudes towards these decisions
Key Words:
Pregnancy
Implication
Abortion/termination
Adoption
Use discussion and group work skills Contraception
Abstinence
Debate possible strategies for
dealing with difficult situations, whilst
recognising and respecting different
cultural and religious beliefs
How to make the right personal
decisions
 How to access help and support
Learning Activities
Resources
Ground rules – recap and agree. Highlight the fact
that this is a sensitive topic and remind the class
that they are not expected to make personal
disclosures during the lesson. Remind them of the
places to seek help if it is required. Explain aims
and learning outcomes for the session,
emphasising the fact that modern families are
diverse. Be sensitive to the possibility that some
pupils may have been born to young parents.
Introduction and Video Extract
Remind students of the areas that were covered in
the last session, when the group considered the
implications of having children and the skills that
might be needed to be a parent. In this session,
students will look at a case study, the story of Ben
and Nat and what happened to them. They will
consider the advantages and disadvantages of the
decisions that Ben and Nat made, before finishing
the session by looking at other scenarios and
considering their personal responses.
Watch the first part of the film, to the end of scene
Film ‘Ben,
Nat and
Baby Jack’
Differentiation
All will be able to
share their views
about the options
available to
young people
facing an
unplanned
pregnancy.
Most will be able
to explain their
personal opinions
about the case
study of Ben and
Nat. They should
also be able to
reflect on the
importance of
different cultural
and religious
beliefs when
making
appropriate
decisions about
unplanned
HOST Lesson Plan
Year 10
Healthy Relationships – Preparing for Parenthood Session 2
7, where after having their baby, Ben and Nat
move into their own flat.
25 mins
Activity 2 – Discussion
Divide the class into six small groups.
Encourage the students to go back in time and
look again at the options open to Ben and Nat on
finding out about their first pregnancy. The options
of adoption, abortion/termination and keeping a
baby need to be considered. Remind the class to
consider the importance of any religious/cultural
beliefs that need to be taken into account.
Explain to the class that every year, hundreds of
young people find out that they are pregnant and
where the pregnancies are unplanned, there are
three main choices available to the people
involved.
Ask the small groups to remember that Nat was
fifteen years old at the time of her pregnancy and
had not yet completed her GCSEs. Ben was at
college and did not have a proper job.
Ask each of the groups to sit around a table and
give each group a large piece of sugar paper and
a marker pen. Each piece of sugar paper should
have a different heading on it:
 The advantages of having a child
 The disadvantages of having a child
 The advantages of termination/Abortion
 The disadvantages of termination/abortion
 The advantages of adoption
 The disadvantages of adoption
Explain to the students that they will be
considering each heading and writing responses to
them. They will work on one sheet of sugar paper
at a time, before moving on to the next one.
Ask the groups to work through their first heading
and to write down as many responses as that can
think of, keeping in mind Ben and Nat’s situation.
Explain that all the groups are going to write on the
sheets, so students should try to leave room for
others. After 4 minutes, ask each group to stop
pregnancy. Most
pupils should also
be able to explain
what the signs of
pregnancy are
and where a
young person can
access help if it is
required.
Some will be able
to reflect maturely
on the different
points of view
discussed and be
able to
empathise, even
if they do not
agree with the
views of others.
HOST Lesson Plan
Year 10
Healthy Relationships – Preparing for Parenthood Session 2
writing and leave their paper on the table.
Give the groups a further 4 minutes to put their
suggestions under their new heading. Keep doing
this until all six groups have written on all six
pieces of paper.
The last few rounds may take less time, as most of
the suggestions will already be written down. Keep
reminding the groups that they are thinking
specifically about Ben and Nat’s situation.
Ask the groups to sit at their original tables with
their original sheets. Ask each group to look at the
suggestions on the paper for a few minutes,
especially the comments made by other groups.
Ask for one person from each group to read out
the title and the suggestions. Go round all the
groups and ask the students if they feel that all the
suggestions are relevant to Ben and Nat’s
situation.
Stick the pieces of paper up in the classroom and
take a vote on what Ben and Nat should do.
Ask the group if they feel that they would have had
different views for Ben and Nat if this was their
second pregnancy. Why?
15 mins
Activity 3 ‘I think I might be pregnant’
Ask students to work in their small groups again
and give them the following questions:
 What are the signs of pregnancy?
 When do they appear?
 Where can a girl/woman get a pregnancy
test?
 Does she have to pay?
 Where can she go to for help and advice?
 What are the things that a girl/woman might
need to consider in reaching a decision
about her pregnancy?
 Who might she talk to?
 Would it be a good idea to seek
independent advice?
(They could use the FPA leaflet ‘Pregnancy’ to
help them to find the answers if these are
Questions –
written onto
the board or
cards
Teachers
may want to
provide
resources to
help pupils
answer the
questions,
such as the
FPA leaflet
‘Pregnancy’
HOST Lesson Plan
Year 10
Healthy Relationships – Preparing for Parenthood Session 2
available)
Go through answers and check understanding.
Remind students that the best way to avoid
unwanted pregnancy is appropriate use of
contraception. The only method that is completely
risk free is abstinence! Young people thinking
about having sex may want to consider carefully
the consequences of an unwanted pregnancy and
factor this thinking into their decision making.
Finish the session by reminding students about
where they could go for help if they were to find
themselves in a similar position to Nat and Ben, or
if they have any further questions about how to
avoid such situations.
Assessment
Monitoring and evaluation sheets
(Discussion/
evaluation sheets
etc)
Additional Resources X
Projector X TV/Video
Risk Assessment
Cross Curricular
Links
Numeracy/Literacy/
Specialist school
Teacher’s Evaluation
CD/Tape
Other
Ensure young people are aware of the importance of respecting
different cultural/religious beliefs and that they know where they can go
to if they need further advice/guidance. They should be reminded that
they should only share what they are happy to share – links with
Safeguarding/Child Protection and Confidentiality Policies
English/Drama/RE/Citizenship
Reading/writing – case study and questions
‘Ben, Nat and Baby Jack’ video produced by the Multimedia Education and
Training Co Ltd, Combe Park, Bickington, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6NZ
Tel: 01626 821226
Email: info@multimediaeducationand training.co.uk
FPA leaflet ‘Pregnancy’ (ISBN 1 899194 37 1)
available from the FPA, 2-12 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9FP
Tel: 0207 837 5432