Sex is a funny word: a book about bodies, feelings, and you

A 160 page comic book for the early primary school years that opens up conversations between young people and their trusted adults on bodies, gender and sexuality for children in a safe way.

(Cath Hawk's Review 3min 59sec – length of video).


Silverberg, Cory. Sex is a funny word: a book about bodies, feelings, and you. Great Britain: Random House US, 2015. 
ISBN: 9781609806064

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Sexual consent toolkit

Toolkit from Rape and Sexual Assault Research and Advocacy (RASARA) that covers a range of issues relating to sexual consent and sexual assault. RASARA are an organisation that advocates for rape and consent law reform across Australia. This toolkit was funded by a Sexual Violence Prevention Grant from the Queensland Government Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women.

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Sexual harassment 'normalised' for school students

An article from Teacher Magazine written by Jo Earp on a rapid review conducted by The Office for Standards in Education on sexual harassment is UK schools. The article canvasses concerns that sexual harassment, including online abuse, has become commonplace and offers advice to schools on how to better understand, identify and response this issue.

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King of the playground

Topics: friendship, bullying, emotional literacy.


Fiction


Kevin loves to go to the playground, but not when Sammy is there. Sammy, who boasts that he is King of the Playground, is there most of the time. If he catches Kevin on the swings or the slide or the monkey bars, Sammy says, he will do awful, terrible things to him. A book about friendship and bullying.


Ages: 4 to 8 years.


Naylor, Phyllis. King of the playground. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1994.
ISBN: 9780689718021

Kaiyai Girl

Kaiyai Girl was developed to tackle the issues of alcohol and other drug use and their impact on safe decision-making. Participants using the resource will develop the knowledge and understanding of these issues and the self-management skills to cope when faced with choices about alcohol and other drug use.

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