Wellbeing
wellbeing@gec
Respectful Relationships education, including age appropriate teaching about consent will be delivered in all Year 7, 8 and 9 Health classes during terms 2 and 3. In Year 7 Health we begin our work on respectful relationships with developing an understanding of human rights and how this is linked to issues such as bullying. At all levels an understanding of human rights and how this connects to issues such as consent, respect, acceptance, and inclusion is explicitly taught.
Respectful Relationships education in the senior school during terms 2 and 3 will focus on consent, sex and the law. Christalia Formoso, our Adolescent Health Nurse, is working with the Wellbeing team and our teachers in delivering an evidence based program.
The following websites provide evidence based advice and best practice which families may be interested in accessing to inform conversations about respectful relationships.
- https://kidshelpline.com.au/teens/issues/what-consent
- https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/talking-to-children-and-young-people-about-sex#bhc-content
- https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/find-legal-answers/sex-and-law/age-of-consent
If you have any questions please email wellbeing@gec.vic.edu.au and a member of the Wellbeing Team will get back to you.
Jenny Sanchez
Wellbeing Leader