Page 67 - Year 11 Spring 2026 Knowledge Organiser

Personal Development: 2 of 2

YR 11-Spring 2 Respectful Relationships

Term Definition

1 Fertility The ability to conceive children

2 Miscarriage The loss of a pregnancy during the first 23 weeks

3 Unplanned When a pregnancy is unplanned or unwanted at the time of conception

pregnancy

4 Fostering To take care of a child usually for a limited time without being the child's legal parent

5 Abortion Is a procedure that ends a pregnancy also known as a termination

6 Communication The successful conveying or sharing of ideas & feelings

7 Adoption The action of legally become the parent of someone else's child & bringing it up as your
own

8 IVF A medical procedure whereby an egg is fertilised by sperm in a test tube or elsewhere
outside the body

9 Forced marriage Is a marriage that happens without the agreement of one or either of the people getting

married

10 FGM Is a procedure where the female genitals are deliberately cut, injured or changed for no

medical reason