Keeping Safe: Learning About Personal Boundaries
As part of our ongoing commitment to student wellbeing and safety, our teachers deliver the Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum throughout the year. This term, classes have been focusing on the important concept of personal boundaries.
Understanding boundaries is a key part of developing respectful and healthy relationships. Students have been learning that boundaries help us understand what is okay and not okay in how we treat others—and how we expect to be treated in return. They’ve also been encouraged to speak up when something doesn’t feel right, using phrases like “I don’t like that” or “Please stop, that’s too rough.”
In our lessons, we’ve supported students to:
- Recognise their own personal space and body boundaries
- Practise saying ‘no’ or ‘stop’ when they feel uncomfortable
- Understand and respect the boundaries of others
- Trust their feelings—if something doesn’t feel right, they should tell a trusted adult
How You Can Help at Home: As parents and caregivers, you play a vital role in reinforcing these messages. You can support your child by:
- Talking openly about what is okay and not okay when it comes to touch and personal space
- Modelling respectful behaviour and listening when your child sets a boundary
- Using “what if” scenarios to help your child think through how they might respond in different situations
(e.g. “What if someone hugs you and you don’t like it?”)
By helping children understand and practise setting boundaries now, we are equipping them with lifelong skills to keep themselves and others safe.
If you’d like more information about the Keeping Safe curriculum or how to support these conversations at home, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher or a member of the leadership team.
Anti-Bullying Rapid Review
The Australian Government recently announced an Anti-Bullying Rapid Review. The Review will look at current approaches to addressing bullying in schools, what is working and what needs strengthening, with the aim of providing options for the development of a consistent national standard for responding to bullying and its underlying causes in schools.
To provide feedback through the submission process, please visit www.education.gov.au/antibullying-rapid-review This page contains instructions on how to participate, along with the Review’s Terms of Reference. Submissions can be made anonymously if preferred. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact ABRRConsultations@education.gov.au
Staffing Update – Welcoming New Faces
As many of you know at the end of last term, we farewelled Anthony and Damien, we thank them both for their years of dedication and commitment to our school community. We also acknowledge Felicity, who this term has reduced her hours and will take on a slightly different role within our team.
After a thorough recruitment process, we’re excited to announce the appointment of six new staff members who will be joining us over the coming weeks.
Please join us in welcoming:
- Weiwei Zhang – Finance Officer
- Aileen Ure – Office Administrator
- Will McCall – ESO (Curriculum)
- Jade Browning – ESO (Curriculum)
- Amanda Reyne – ESO (Curriculum)
And last, but certainly not least, we are thrilled to welcome back Sandra Rapuano with open arms! Sandra will be returning as our WHS Coordinator and ESO (Curriculum).
We’re looking forward to the energy, skills, and experience each of these new team members will bring to our school community. Please make them feel welcome as they settle into their new roles.
Yours in love, peace and learning,
Paula Burns
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