RELATIONSHIPS & SEXUALITY EDUCATION

FPV provides a range of quality, comprehensive  teaching materials and learning activities for primary, secondary and special schools. These are available for downloading in The Program section.

• Go to teacher curriculum resources

These presentations contain a broad range of slides on topics that fall within Relationships and Sexuality Education. They are designed for teachers to use within the classroom whereby they can select particular slides that best suit the needs of their students.

• Tools for Teachers: Adolescent Sexual Behaviours in Australia
• Tools for Teachers: Sexually Transmissible Infections
• Tools for Teachers: FPV activity links to Respectful Relationships
• Tools for Teachers: FPV activity links to the Child Safety Standards

These documents contain a wealth of classroom activities for primary and secondary schools. A selection of activities from each unit have been updated, mapped to the Victorian Curriculum and can be downloaded from Section 5 of the portal.

• Level 3 & 4: Me and my body
• Level 5 & 6: Growing up
• Level 7 & 8: Changing times
• Level 9 & 10: The 4 R’s – rights, responsibilities, relationships and risk

A video and accompanying educator guide to support education sessions on how to access a sexual health service, what occurs during consultation and the rights a young person has when accessing health care.

This module provides additional units of work focusing specifically on fertility, donor conception and assisted reproductive treatment for Levels 3–10.

Please complete this short form to receive the module via email.

Creating babies: A guide to methods of conception
Simple drawings with minimal text to assist teachers when explaining methods of conception.

Sexuality Illustrations
A series of line drawings to help teachers discuss life cycle changes, reproductive anatomy, conception, pregnancy and birth.

Contraception: An overview (Student’s Version)
Designed to introduce the topic of contraception and help students to understand the choices available to them.

Contraception: An overview (Teacher’s Version)

Over 50 titles with up-to-date information on reproductive and sexual health topics. Suitable as professional development reading for teachers or for classroom use with senior students.
http://www.fpv.org.au

Family Planning Victoria has launched the Relationships and Sexuality Education for Students with Disability resource.

This resource provides educators working with students with intellectual disability a comprehensive, age and developmentally appropriate set of relationships and sexuality education resources.

The resource comprises of 9 modules including:

• Body Awareness
• Public and Private
• Feelings
• Identity
• Protective Behaviours
• Puberty
• Conception to Birth
• Relationships
• Sexual Decision Making

FPV’s Relationships and Sexuality Education for Students with Disability resource is available at no cost to users with an edumail.vic.gov.au email account (Victorian Department of Education employees). Please click here and select the Special Schools tab where you will be asked to complete a form to receive your digital copy of the resource via email.

For all others interested in downloading a digital copy of the resource, it can be purchased at a cost of $150+GST via Family Planning Victoria. Please click here and select the Special Schools tab to request the resource.

Department of Education and Training Website: Sexuality Education.
This website provides a range of learning, teaching and assessment resources for Victorian primary and secondary schools. All materials support a comprehensive, whole-school learning approach to sexuality education.
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/social/physed/pages/sexualityed.aspx

Building Respectful Relationships: Stepping out against gender-based violence.
Department of Education and Training, Victoria, 2015. A set of sequential teaching activities to educate secondary school students about gender, violence and respectful relationships.
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/health/Pages/respectrel.aspx

Catching On Early: Sexuality education for Victorian Primary Schools.
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria, 2013. Learning sequences and teaching activities in line with AusVELS foundation to year 6.
https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/Resource/LandingPage?ObjectId=ee5cfd49-48e7-4698-a06d-37e2e21cbbd9&SearchScope=Teacher

Catching On Later: Sexuality education for Victorian secondary schools.
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria, 2013. Learning sequences and teaching activities in line with AusVELS levels 7 to 10.
https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/Resource/LandingPage?ObjectId=bb3b1486-1658-4716-91d2-766c8dfbc515&SearchScope=Teacher

Catching on Everywhere: Sexuality education program development for Victorian schools.
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria, 2008. The program materials in this resource are designed for school leaders, teachers and other school staff when developing, delivering and evaluating sexuality education programs. They have been developed through the key learnings from the Whole-school Sexuality Education Project (2006-2008).

Part 1: Program planning concepts and policy. A background to the Project, literature review and an outline of the sexuality education policy environment.
https://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/teachlearn/student/coeverywherept1.pdf

Part 2: School practice in sexuality education. A Model for Whole-school learning, five school practice examples, a three-year plan for program development and a sexuality education curriculum audit tool.
https://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/teachlearn/student/coeverywherept2.pdf

Be The Hero teacher resource kit.
Victorian Women’s Trust, 2008. A web based violence prevention program for young men from year 10 onwards.
http://www.redaware.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Be-the-Hero-Teachers-Kit.pdf

‘The Practical Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships’: A teaching resource for years 7 to 10.
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, 2015. A skills development approach to ethical sexual decision-making, care of self, taking care of each other and having an equal say, for all young people.
http://www.lovesexrelationships.edu.au

National Sexual Health Campaign.
Australian Government Department of Health. Find out more about avoiding sexually transmissible infections and testing and treatment options. A website that can be utilised in lessons with senior students.
http://www.sti.health.gov.au/internet/sti/publishing.nsf

Talk Soon Talk Often: A guide for parents talking to their kids about sex.
Department of Health, Western Australia, 2012. Developed in response to advice that parents needed support in their role as the primary sex educators of their children.
http://www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/~/media/Files/HealthyWA/Original/Sexual-health/TSTO_V2.ashx

Traffic lights app.
True Relationships and Reproductive Health, Queensland, Access to ‘Traffic lights App: Understanding a child’s sexual behaviour.’ The App describes healthy sexual behaviours (green), concerning behaviours (orange) and harmful behaviours (red) for children aged 0-17. It also explains possible reasons for specific behaviours and suggested responses.
http://www.true.org.au/resources/resources-overview/traffic-lights-app

Victoria Legal Aid: Sex and the law.
Victoria Legal Aid, Melbourne. An easy English booklet that is directed at students to understand the law and how it applies to them.
https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/

ACHPER: Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation
A professional association representing teachers and other professionals working in the fields of health, physical education and sport and recreation areas of study in Victoria. Advocating for greater government commitment to physical education, physical activity and school sport and provider of professional learning programs for HPE teachers.
http://www.achper.vic.edu.au/

Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS)
Produces the National Surveys of Australian Secondary Students and Writing Themselves In: research on young same sex attracted young people while at school. Copies of all reports can be found at:
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/arcshs

It’s Time We Talked: Pornography, young people, and sexuality today.
Reality and Risk, 2014. A community-based project that supports young people, parents, schools, government and the community sector to understand and address the influence of pornography. It is auspiced by Brophy Family and Youth Services, in Warrnambool, Australia.
http://www.itstimewetalked.com.au/young-people/whats-the-issue/

ReachOut
A web-based service that aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 14-25.
http://au.reachout.com/

Safe Schools Coalition
Provides guidance and resources to support gender diversity, intersex and sexual diversity in schools.
http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org.au

Start Early: Respectful relationships for life
Respectful relationships start early in life. Children’s first years establish behaviours and attitudes they will carry through life. That is why Early Childhood Australia (ECA) is pleased to introduce Start Early, a professional learning package developed by ECA, and supported by the New South Wales Government.
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/learning-hub/start-early/

Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority (VARTA)
A statutory authority funded by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services. Providing independent information and support for individuals, couples and health professionals on fertility and issues related to assisted reproductive treatment.
https://www.varta.org.au/about-varta

Ansell Education Kit
Access a free education kit designed to help you teach young people about safe sex. It includes a condom demonstrator, condoms and information to promote sexual wellness in young people.
http://www.ansellsex-ed.com.au/

Libra schools resource kit ‘I am Changing’
Access a free Libra School Resource Kit containing product samples especially designed for girls starting out. Also provides access to the ‘I am Changing’ program which aims to improve health and hygiene education in years 6 & 7 with materials that are free to download for use in schools.
http://www.lovelibra.com.au/

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education. An evidence – informed approach for school, teachers and health educators.
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/hiv-and-aids/our-priorities-in-hiv/sexuality-education/international-technical-guidance-on-sexuality-education/

UNFPA
Sexuality education: what is its impact?
An overview of the impact of good quality sexuality education on the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
http://eeca.unfpa.org/publications/sexuality-education-what-its-impact

World Health Organisation (WHO)
‘Standards for sexuality education in Europe’: A framework for policy makers, educational and health authorities and specialists. Standards for sexuality education which will serve countries as a guideline for the introduction of holistic sexuality education. Providing practical help for the development of appropriate curriculum and may be helpful for advocating for the introduction of sexuality education.
http://www.bzga-whocc.de/?uid=20c71afcb419f260c6afd10b684768f5&id=home
Downloadable information to support teachers and student research.
http://www.who.int/topics/sexual_health/en/