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Prospective users

Aims & approach

The modules focus on fostering self-awareness, emotional regulation, respect, and resilience, equipping students with the skills to build healthy relationships, understand puberty, and develop a strong sense of self-worth.

• Safe Kids Safe Bodies (Foundation-Year 2, 60 min) - Teaches body rights, consent, early warning signs, anatomical names for private parts, and trusted adults.
• Body Safety (Year 3-4, 60 min) - Focuses on protective behaviours, consent, safe and unsafe physical responses, trusted adults, and differentiating between public/private and safe/unsafe situations.
• Body Safety Body Changes (Year 4, 75 min) - Covers puberty, safe and unsafe physical responses, consent, trusted adults, and distinguishing between public/private and safe/unsafe interactions.
• Discovering Identity (Year 5-6, 90 min) - Explores identity, diversity, belonging, discrimination, gender, attraction, and stereotypes.
• Evolving Friendships (Year 5-6, 75 min) - Develops relationship skills through emotional regulation, empathy, coping strategies, assertive communication, and active listening.
• Journey of Human Reproduction (Year 6-7, 60 min) - Covers human reproduction, conception, foetal development, birth, and social, emotional, and legal considerations of intercourse.
• Navigating Relationships (Year 6, 90 min) - Identifies characteristics of healthy/unhealthy relationships, personal rights, consent, boundaries, and dealing with unhealthy behaviours.
• Thriving in Puberty (Year 6-7, 90-120 min) - Explains puberty changes, reproductive systems, coping strategies, consent, and protective behaviours.
• Welcome to Puberty (Year 5-6, 90 min) - Covers physical, social, and emotional puberty changes, coping strategies, consent, and protective behaviours.
• Who Am I (Year 5-6, 90 min) - Encourages self-worth, positive self-talk, identity exploration, and strategies to resist harmful social media messages.

Implementation support

• Ongoing helpdesk, email or phone support

Evidence

Content and pedagogy informed by the following document, supported by two small evaluation studies:

• CASEL framework;
• International technical guidance on sexuality education: an evidence-informed approach (UNESCO);
• National plan to end violence against women and children 2022-2023: respectful relationships education (Aus Gov Dep Social Services, 2022);
• National strategy to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse 2021-2030 (Commonwealth of Australia);
• Queensland Children's wellbeing framework: targets 0-8 (Qld Dep Ed, 2023);
• Queensland education enhancing k-2 continuity and alignment program – age appropriate pedagogies (Qld Dep Ed, 2023);
• Queensland sexual health framework 2022-2025 (Qld Dep Health, 2023);
• Queensland student health and wellbeing framework (Qld Dep Ed, 2023).