Respectful Relationships

What is Respectful Relationships?

​​​Respectful Relationships supports schools and early childhood settings to promote and model respect, positive attitudes and behaviours. It teaches our children how to build healthy relationships, resilience and confidence.

In the classroom, children will learn problem-solving skills, to develop empathy, support their own wellbeing and build healthy relationships with others. The initiative will also provide resources to best support children and staff who are affected by family violence.

When children build positive relationships with their teachers and peers they feel safer and happier at school, are more resilient and have positive social attitudes. Positive relationships also increase a child’s sense of social connectedness and belonging which can result in better health and academic outcomes. 

Rosie Batty, CEO of the Luke Batty Foundation “the school community is an essential part of social reform by modelling a culture of respect through the whole school, not just by teaching respect in the classroom”.

Further information about Respectful Relationships is available on the Department of Education and Training website: www.education.vic.gov.au/respectfulrelationships

Respectful Relationships at Clyde PS

Clyde Primary School has now begun implementing the ‘Respectful Relationships’ Curriculum in all classrooms.  All staff actively participated in a professional development session to teach them about how to deliver the Social and Emotional explicit lessons earlier in term 1 to prepare them to commence Teaching as of week 2. We are currently teaching topic 1 which covers Emotional Literacy. The Emotional Literacy topic from Prep to Grade 6 looks at identifying, recognising and understanding our emotions. As the topic progresses the learning content around how we feel and express emotions builds so that students have an emotional vocabulary and an awareness of emotional regulation.  We look forward to continuing to teach Respectful Relationships and providing our students with a Personal and Social learning Curriculum.