Respectful Relationships

Implementing Respectful Relationships in all schools is a recommendation of the Royal Commission into Family Violence.

Respectful Relationships is a core component of the new Victorian Curriculum. Sale College has been selected as a Lead School to help deliver on this part of the new curriculum.
A whole school approach to Respectful Relationships goes beyond curriculum, recognising that to drive real change, classroom learning needs to be reinforced by what is modelled within the school community.

The whole school approach will include looking at schools’ practices and policies relating to gender and driving meaningful cultural change. The approach will build a culture of respect and equality in our schools - as learning places and as workplaces that achieve long-term change in the community.

Embedding Respectful Relationships in schools and early childhood settings is key to preventing family violence in the long term.

Principal's Articles on Respectful Relationships

The Sale College Principal has written some pieces on the topic of Respectful Relationships that have appeared in recent editions of the Sale College Buzz. You can read these articles by clicking on a link below.

Respectful Relationships 1: Selection of Sale College as a Lead School for Respectful Relationships

Respectful Relationships 2: Shameful Behaviour

Respectful Relationships 3: Reconciliation Week

Respectful Relationships 4: Parents want their children to grow up free of "Sissy Boy" and "Bossy Girl" labels.

Respectful Relationships 5: Violence is never okay

Links to resources that provide education about Respectful Relationships

Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria website. This website has excellent resources and links to support the education of respectful relationships..
http://www.dvrcv.org.au/welcome-dvrcv

Gateway page on the DVRCV website to some other great websites with resources for teachers & students.
http://www.dvrcv.org.au/knowledge-centre/our-websites

Website about Technology Abuse and Your Safety.
http://www.smartsafe.org.au/

Facebook Privacy: 10 Settings Every User Needs to Know.
https://goo.gl/XuuQJG

Bursting the Bubble website. Quizzes, stories that help you to recognise and identify abuse.
http://burstingthebubble.com/

The Good the Bad and the Ugly website. Advice about dating and relationships and the difference between a good and bad relationship
http://lovegoodbadugly.com/

Living in Fear Video. 12 facts about family violence in Australia in 2017
https://goo.gl/CCfyyT

The Line website. This website is for young people. About relationships, gender, sex, bystander action, technology and communication.
http://www.theline.org.au/

The Line ambassador Luke Ablett on equal, respectful relationships and what it is to be a good man. Many more great videos & resources for use in the classroom are available from this web page:
http://www.theline.org.au/teachers