Student Wellbeing

Respectful Relationships Primary Curriculum : Topic 7 - Gender Norms & Stereotypes 

Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships

St Joseph’s Primary School is a proud Respectful Relationships Partner School.

Respectful relationships and consent education is an important part of the Victorian Curriculum and delivered by all Victorian government schools and many independent and Catholic schools.  It supports students to develop the knowledge, attitudes and skills needed for respectful relationships, and helps to build respect and equality across the entire school community.

Research tells us that providing respectful relationships education at school can lead to positive impacts on students’ academic outcomes, their mental health, classroom behaviour and relationships.

Our school uses this evidence-based primary curriculum teaching and learning resources to teach our students about Respectful Relationships from Prep to Grade 6. 

The Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships resources have 8 topics that teach students about emotional literacy, personal and cultural strengths, resilience, problem-solving, stress-management, help-seeking, gender norms and stereotypes and positive gender relations.

THIS TERM : TOPIC 7 - GENDER NORMS AND STEREOTYPES

This term in weekly Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) classes, all year levels we are working on Topic 7 - Gender Norms and Stereotypes, which helps students consider the influence of gender norms on attitudes, opportunities and behaviour. They learn about gender equality, inclusion, human rights and the importance of relationships that respect all people. 

Important considerations for educating for the prevention of gender-based violence:

Here is a sample lesson activity from Topic 7 - Activity 2A :  Level 3 & 4 RR:

If you have any questions about Respectful Relationships education, you can contact me on jennyt@sjsorrento.catholic.edu.au or Monica O’Shannassy on principal@sjsorrento.catholic.edu.au or visit https://www.vic.gov.au/respectful-relationships          

Wishing you a wonderful Term 3!

Kind Regards,

Jenny Todd

(Student Wellbeing Leader)