Want to become a period friendly school?
Click here to sign up for the Period Positive Schools Award!
Are you ready to create a more inclusive and positive environment for pupils and staff? Sign up now to earn the Period Positive Schools award!
The logo for the award was designed with young people in Sheffield because they wanted to know where they could go for reliable, accurate and shame-free period talk. By participating in this program, you will gain access to valuable resources and tools to help you teach your students about menstrual health, support those who menstruate…and even those who don’t! By participating in the award scheme, you will demonstrate your commitment to promoting gender equality and breaking down period stigma. Join the growing community of Period Positive Schools and make a difference in the lives of your pupils!
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Period Positive started as a phrase coined by former head of PSHE, artist, author and education researcher Chella Quint, grew into a campaign, a trademark, and then a charter programme. If you’d like to earn the charter mark and apply for a licence to use ‘period positive’ or the logo, please get in touch via the contact form.
Sign up here for more information on our pilot scheme.
Period Positive believes that menstruation education should be:
- Free, unbranded, objective, inclusive of reusables (like menstrual cups and cloth pads), evidence-based, and easy to understand
- Consistently taught by trained staff, factually accurate, up-to-date and well-researched, with learners’ needs in mind, and regularly evaluated with pupils and menstruation education practitioners, with excellent communication to other faculties, parents and community partners about the content of lessons
- Delivered in teachable moments as they arise, as well as in planned curriculum lessons
- Actively challenging messages of shame in the current discourse through media literacy
- Able to scaffold and complement lessons on fertility, puberty and reproductive health, with an awareness of physiological differences and medical conditions related to reproductive health and healthy menstrual cycles as a vital sign
- Supported more comprehensively across the curriculum, particularly in science and PSHE but also in media studies, PE, maths, graphics, and textiles, and beyond
- Aimed at different age groups, starting well before puberty (and ensuring to use the correct names for body parts, even with very young children) and revisited regularly
- Inclusive of all genders, cultures, abilities and sexualities (the way all high quality RSHE should be), with adapted resources where appropriate
- Supportive of easy menstruation management in school and equipped to signpost diverse and effective ways of menstruation management now and in future
The #periodpositive campaign and the concept of period positivity started as a phrase coined by former head of PSHE, comedian and education researcher Chella Quint, grew into a campaign, a trademark, and then a charter programme. If you’d like to earn the charter mark and apply for a licence to use ‘period positive’ or the logo, please get in touch via the contact form.