Respectful Relationships
STAFF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Andria Arendze and Lydia Ioannidis led a staff professional learning session after school yesterday where they informed all of us further about the state-wide Respectful Relationships initiative including its history dating back to the recommendations from the 2015 Royal Commission into Family Violence.
Andria and Lydia facilitated staff discussion and input into how we, as a whole school, can embed practices and approaches which will assist in the initiative’s goal to drive down incidences of family violence in our society. The professional learning session will help ensure that staff voice is considered (alongside a future student and parent voice) when planning for achievement across each of the wedges that combine to make a whole-school approach to building respectful relationships (please see the diagram below).
Recommended Reading from the RR Team
Mark came across this article recently and we wanted to share it with the broader RPS community. In this article by Ginger Gorman, The Lost Petition, local Narrm/Melbourne artist, Dans Bain, tells of the drawing of inspiration from the petition for women’s suffrage in the 1890s to transpose it now into raising awareness for an equally important societal issue. Dans’ artwork is as inspiring as it is confronting and thought-provoking.
https://www.broadagenda.com.au/2022/the-lost-petition-naming-those-killed-by-domestic-abuse/
The Lost Petition: Naming those killed by domestic abuse
Ginger Gorman is a fearless and multi award-winning social justice journalist and feminist. Ginger’s bestselling book, Troll Hunting, came out in 2019. Since then, she’s been in demand both nationally and globally as an expert on cyberhate and the real-life harm predator trolling can do.
If you or anyone you know is experiencing domestic, family or sexual violence,
1800RESPECT.org.au is the national domestic, family and sexual violence counselling, information and support service which operates 24 hours to support those who are impacted. CALL 1800 737 732
CALL 1800 737 732
Andria, Jess, Kara, Lena, Lydia and Mark
The Respectful Relationships Team