Spec outcomes 5.1–5.14. Neurones (sensory, motor, relay). The central nervous system. Brain structure (cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum, midbrain, pituitary, hypothalamus). Spinal cord and reflex arc. Receptors. Synapses. Hormones (pituitary, adrenal, thyroid, pancreas, gonads). Nervous and hormonal interaction. The eye (focusing, light response, defects, treatments). The ear (balance and hearing).
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Therapeutic resonance
This is the content area most directly relevant to learners managing SEMH difficulties. Learning why their nervous system does what it does — fight/flight/freeze, hormonal cycles, sensory regulation — provides a structured framework for understanding their own experience. Per the Curriculum Rationale v2.0: “taught well, with a practitioner who connects the science to the young person’s lived reality, Human Biology is one of the most powerful subjects Nudge Access can offer.”