Girls Group - Clothes horse and sanitary towels

This week we continued to practice putting sanitary towels in our knickers. In one group we matched the underwear and the sanitary towel together from the clothes horse.

Some of the girls are embracing this opportunity to practice with their friends, in a safe classroom setting. I must stress that we practice this fully dressed and participation is not compulsory. Some of the girls can only practice in the bathroom which is absolutely fine and others are mortified that we are doing this! But through making the topic of periods and sanitary towels ‘ok to talk about’ I’m hoping that the girls will develop some self-awareness and confidence in their own bodies.

Next week we are talking about washing our bottoms and what to use……