Respectful Relationship News

This year we will be continuing with our whole school Respectful Relationships program across all year levels from Foundation to Year 6.

Respectful Relationships education is a core component of the Victorian Curriculum from Foundation to Year 12. It is all about embedding a culture of respect and equality across the entire school and the local community that aligns with our school values.

This term, students will focus on Topics 1- Emotional Literacy and will commence Topic 2 Personal Strength in the second half of this term. Below is an outline of the topics that will be taught during Term 1:

Topic 1: Emotional Literacy

Talking about how we feel helps us to understand ourselves and other people better.

We learn how to:

understand our emotions
express how we feel
see things from someone else’s perspective to understand how they feel
respond appropriately to someone else’s emotion.

Topic 2: Personal Strengths

What are my strengths and positive qualities?

Focusing on our strengths helps us to improve our wellbeing, behaviour and academic achievement. We need to be able to talk about our strengths and positive qualities in order to understand them.

We learn how to:

talk about strengths and positive qualities
recognise our own strengths and positive qualities
recognise other peoples’ strengths and positive qualities
focus on strengths when discussing personal, social and ethical challenges.

We are very proud to have 2 Year 6 Respectful Relationships Captains this year to support the program at Mill Park Heights Primary School. We are excited as they build their leadership skills throughout the year and offer student voice.

Introducing the 2025 Respectful Relationships Captain’s:

Ciara and Samuel