Resource library

Cool Australia has a range of free teaching resources and professional development available for teachers. One unit teachers may find useful in relation to RSE is the eSafety for Kids for Years 5 and 6. This site includes a school facilitation guide, resource packs and six lesson plans to ensure children are getting age-appropriate guidance on how to stay safe online.

This is a link to The Conversation article published 21 February 2022. The authors were Giselle Woodley (Researcher and PhD Candidate), Carmen Jacques (Research Officer), Kelly Jaunzems (Researcher and Lecturer) and Lelia Green (Professor of Communications) all at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia.

Topics: protective behaviours, child abuse prevention, bodily autonomy, safety, art.

Fiction

Focusing on empowerment and prevention, this approachable book gives young children a way to reject unwanted, possibly harmful physical contact by adults and other kids.

Age: 4 to 7 years.

Sherman, Joanne. Because it's my body!. New Jersey: Safe for Children Publishing, 2006.
ISBN: 9780971173590