Wellbeing

In 2016, Respectful Relationships education became a core component of the Victorian Curriculum from Foundation to Year 12 and is being taught in all Government and Catholic schools and many independent schools. A core element of this initiative is the Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships (RRRR) curriculum. 

Efforts to promote social and emotional skills and positive gender norms in children and young people has been shown to improve health related outcomes and subjective wellbeing. It also reduces antisocial behaviours including engagement in gender-related violence. Further information about Respectful Relationships education can be found at:  https://www.vic.gov.au/respectful-relationships

This term, Grade Four will be teaching the topic: Positive Gender Relationships.

By engaging in activities within this topic students will develop an understanding that verbal, physical, emotional, forms of violence are harmful, and that these forms of violence can also be gendered. They learn about safe and unsafe behaviours, consent and their rights to bodily autonomy. They develop self-care, peer support, peer referral and help-seeking skills that they can use in response to situations involving gender-based violence within family, peer, school, community or online relationships.

The activities covered include:

Activity 1: What is violence? 

Activity 2: What is Gender-based violence? 

Activity 3: Understanding consent in action.

Activity 4: Using the 'no, go, tell model'

Activity 5: Practising asking for help 

Activity 6: Help-seeking in tricky situations

We encourage you to continue these discussions at home, engaging in age appropriate conversations about what your child has been learning in their Wellbeing lessons. If you have any questions about topics raised, please reach out to Jessica Norder (Learning Specialist - Wellbeing) or Amanda Wilson our Wellbeing Assistant Principal.