Whole School Health Units - Consent

During weeks 6 & 7 students in all grades will be engaging in age appropriate health units focusing on ‘Consent’ with their classroom teacher . The teaching of consent in all Victorian government schools is mandatory.  Four one hour lessons have been developed using the Education Department resources of ‘Consent Education Guidance’ and ‘Resilience, Rights & Respectful Relationships’.  Throughout these lessons students will be involved in a range of activities including defining term, class discussion, games, role plays, analysing scenarios and learning ways of seeking help.  

Outlined below are the learning intentions for each grade to provide a clearing understanding of student learning:

Foundation 

• We are learning how to keep our body safe
• We are learning who are the people that we can go to when we need help
• We are learning the difference between friendly/fair and mean/too rough/violence

PLC 1&2

• We are learning about fair play
• We are learning gender friendly behaviours 
• We are learning ways to respect my body and space
• We are learning the different between respect and violence
• We are learning to identify people from whom we can seek help

PLC 3&4

• We are learning about different forms of gender-based violence, including physical, verbal and psychological
• We will examine the effects of gender-based violence on targets, witnesses and perpetrators
• We are learning about what respectful, gender inclusive behaviours look like.
• We are learning to assess conflict situations to consider possible responses (safely end, intervene or withdraw) 
• We are learning to describe and practice help-seeking skills and strategies that can be used when encountering uncomfortable or unsafe situations involving peers or adults

PLC 5&6

• We are learning to identify different example of gender-based violence, including physical, verbal, psychological and sexual, and the ways in which these types of violence can play out in face-to-face and digital environments
• We will explore the relationship between negative gender norms and acceptance of gender-based violence
• We will identify and practice behaviours that demonstrate respect and recognition of the rights of others within interpersonal relationships
• We will learn protective and assertive behaviours that can be used to maintain safety or dignity in situations involving gender based violence
• We will learn proactive peer support and help seeking strategies that can be used in response to instances of gender-based violence.