Dear Parents,

Our Lumen Christi staff will be implementing a Protective Behaviours Program title, Holding Hands, in Term 3. It is an Internationally acclaimed personal safety and child abuse prevention program endorsed by the Department of Education in Western Australia with Victorian Curriculum links. 

This program is based on two themes : “We all have the right to feel safe all of the time’ and “We can talk with someone about anything, no matter what it is”. By teaching protective behaviours programs, we will be helping our students develop the life long skills of assertiveness, self-confidence, problem solving, communication, resilience and help seeking. The activities and discussions are simple and presented in a fun, child-friendly way, designed not to scare children but teach them some of the vital skills of personal safety and the importance of consent.

Attached are some useful brochures about safety in ‘Our Home is a Safe Place For Everyone’ and ‘My Body Safety Rules’. We will be holding a parent information session to give you a brief overview of the program and how it links to the Sexuality in Religious Education Component of our RE Curriculum, once State Government Covid restrictions allow us.  In the meantime, if you have any further questions, contact your child’s class teacher or Mr Cooper or Mrs Colaciello.