Respectful Relationships

Foundation - RRRR

In Year Foundation, students have been learning about gender & identity.

Gender & Identity

Research shows that children become aware of gender norms and make efforts to fit within gendered expectations by the time they are in kindergarten. As children learn about gender, they may also begin to enact sexist values, beliefs and attitudes. They may, for example, insist that some games are for boys and others for girls, and actively reject peers from certain games. This means that it is important to start work on building positive gender relationships within these early years.

What do you think it means to treat everyone fairly?

Room 13

• Owen: Dealing UNO cards
• Bailey: Sharing equally
• Annabel: Sharing fairly

Room 14

• Cloe: You can do what you want
• Emily: Everyone can do what they enjoy
• Isla: Same as Emily

Room 15

• All: To include everyone  

Can you think of a time when you played a game where everyone was included? How did it make you feel?

Room 13

• Owen: I felt happy
• Bailey: Happy
• Annabel: Monkey bars

Room 14

• Chloe: Red light, green light
• Emily: Red light, green light as well
• Isla: Same as the others

Room 15

• Emily: It made me feel good
• Milan: Playing outside
• Cedric: Made me happy

Room 13

• Owen: So they learn
• Bailey: To be fair
• Annabel: To play together

Room 14

• Chloe: Because if boys only play with boy stuff it would be bad and vice versa
• Emily: Because if they want to try something, they can
• Isla: Boys can play with different things, and girls can play with different things

Room 15

• Emily: Because when they play, they can have fun
• Milan: It’s their choice
• Cedric: Because it’s their decision to do what they want