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TORONTO — Ontario’s revised sex-education curriculum will teach Grade 1 students about proper names for body parts and how to understand non-verbal signals such as facial expression and tone of voice.

Details of the first update to the province’s health and physical education curriculum since 1998 were released by Education Minister Liz Sandals Monday morning.

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Grade 2 students will learn about the stages of development and related body changes along with the concept that “no means no,” as well as some elements of verbal and physical violence.

By Grade 3, students will learn about same-sex relationships, while lessons about changes associated with puberty will move from Grade 5 to Grade 4.