Taking Care of Me

Year 9 Program

On Monday 16th March Year 9 students participated in the Taking Care of Me – sexual health education program. 

The program had expert guest speakers running education sessions on a range of sexual health topics. The topics covered were Sexually Transmitted Infections, Contraception, How to use condoms correctly, Sex and the law, The influence of pornography, and Healthy relationships. 

The students were broken up into small same sex  groups of no more than ten, allowing students to feel comfortable. This information will be vital for the year 9 Health program.

The experts who ran the education sessions were Suzanne Wallis from GV Health; Dean Lloyd from Victoria Police; Damien Stevens from Kildonan Uniting Care and three adolescent health nurses Steven Forrester, Leigh Stanbrook and Mark Metcalf. 

There was a parent night in February to introduce the program to families and help initiate healthy discussions about sexuality at home.

Mark Metcalf

Adolescent Health Nurse