GSCE’s – The Low Down

From the day you walk into your year 9 classroom, GCSEs will start to become important, and you will hear more and more about them from all your subject tutors. Over the course of your school life you will have been...

Getting Advice On GCSE Choices

Making your GCSE choices can seem like a really scary thing to do, there are so many different choices you could make, so you naturally want to be sure you are doing the right thing. Thankfully there are many sources of...

Sexual Fantasies

Once people start thinking about sex, they are bound to have some type of fantasy. It can be as simple as thinking about your first kiss or as complex as you want it to be. The very act of having a fantasy is completely...

Sexual Coercion

Sexual coercion can happen to anyone at any given time. It is not exclusive to males or females and is far more common than you might think. It is the act of convincing someone to behave in a sexual manner, which goes...

GCSE Choices – Science

Science in some format is usually the other core subject at GCSE level, but it is down to the school whether you have to take GCSE Science, which combines all areas of science in an interesting course, or whether you...

Sexual Abuse

Sexual abuse comes in many different forms and extends well beyond the realms of rape. Anything that goes against the explicit sexual wishes of an individual is considered sexual abuse. A person who does not want sexual...

GCSE Choices – Religious Education

This is one of the purely optional GCSE courses. You will be taught Religious Education (R.E) until you reach your options year so that you have a basic understanding of what the course involves and a basic...

Sex or Love,

Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether sex is just sex or if it’s in the name of love. Hormones are raging, emotions are flying and all sorts of questions remain unanswered. Read to learn some tips on how to tell the...

GCSE Choices – Physical Education

Due to a concern in the country’s health and well being GCSE Physical Education (P.E) is also on the list of compulsory education, as the Government wants to try and make sure all children get some exercise at some...

GCSE Choices – Music

This tends to be one of the ‘love it’ or ‘hate it’ options. If you hate music you get to leave it behind as you go into year 10. However, for those who really enjoy music, you are going to find yourself surrounded by...

Sex and Alcohol

There are some people who may be so shy, that they have a difficult time talking to others without alcohol. That alone is an indication of the impact that alcohol can have on someone’s behaviour. It is a depressant and...

Self Respect

Any type of physical contact should come with respect. If you do not respect yourself, others will not respect you. So how can you make sure you are treating yourself with respect, Read on to learn how to display...

GCSE Choices – History

GCSE History is a popular choice for those who enjoy looking into the past and understanding more about it. You will get a chance to study many areas of history, from modern history to the history of the social and...

When is it too Late to Say No,

The fact is that you can say no at any given time. It is your body and your choice to make. When someone says no it is a final statement. There should be no question about whether they want to be touched or not. Let me...

When Someone You Love Is Unwell

Seeing someone you love dealing with an illness can be one of the most difficult things we have to deal with in life, no matter what age we are. However, as a teenager this is definitely one of the more painful...

GCSE Choices – German

GCSE German is a good alternative to French. However, you may well not get the opportunity to try it out until you get to the high school environment. Like all of the foreign languages, German is an optional choice, and...

When Parents Divorce

It can be difficult to understand why your parents have decided to divorce. Suddenly it can feel like your whole life has changed. Most people who have experienced the break up of their parents’ marriage identify...

Reputations and Sex

There is always a girl in school who has a “bad” reputation. She may be the one who gets a lot of attention and may be very popular. On the other hand, she may be the one who tends to keep to herself and is somewhat of...

GCSE Choices – French

Once you reach your GCSE choices, languages (apart from English which is a core subject) become optional, so if you have not enjoyed your time trying to learn French or German or any other language the school enabled...

That First Kiss

There is nothing more exciting than the thought of that first kiss…especially if it is with someone you really really like. If you have not yet experienced your first kiss you probably have lot of questions. It...