Term 4 Respect Focus

Our new RESPECT FOCUS is ‘CONSENT’

Consent is:

- asking permission of others to use, share or take their food or photo

- asking permission to enter someone’s body boundary

-accepting if someone says ‘No you can't touch me’ or ‘I feel uncomfortable’

-being aware that you may be in someone’s body boundary

-asking permission to borrow or use other people's property 

Consent is not:

-entering someone’s body boundary without permission

-using,sharing or taking photos without permission

-taking others property or food without asking

-touching or entering others body boundary after they have said ‘no’

We encourage you to have lots of conversations about onset with your child to help them understand that it is part of being respectful to seek permission to touch someone or use their belongings. Here is a website to support you https://www.safesecurekids.org/teaching-consent

Peer support 

We had our first peer support session this week where groups of students gathered in small teams to discuss our respect focus: Saying Sorry. They had open and honest conversations about what saying sorry is in a meaningful way. They engaged in role plays and they had completed some activities facilitated by Year 6 leaders. Please enjoy some photos below

Mrs Amy Sammut - Assistant Principal