Relate
Respect
Connect
For Years 5 - 6
Relate Respect Connect assists students to understand the importance of friendships by connecting with each other respectfully, and highlighting how to recognise, react and report unwanted contact, bullying or predatory behaviours to people we trust.
Overview
Relate, Respect, Connect empowers students with knowledge to recognise and make positive, informed choices in friendships and relationships. Relate, Respect, Connect equips students with skills and strategies to help them develop safe and respectful relationships - face to face and online in the digital world. This module assists students navigate the changes in friendships that often happen during this transitional stage of life.
- Understanding how to respect ourselves and others.
- Strategies to help maintain positive online and offline relationships.
- Identifying characteristics of positive relationships.
- How to recognise, react and report unwanted contact, bullying or predatory behaviours.
Step 1: Pre-lesson
To be completed with your class before the Life Ed visit.
Relate Respect Connect – Tuning In Lesson – The Value of Friendships
Making and keeping friends is a skill, one that we can all work to be better at. This lesson introduces the Relate, Respect, Connect module by focusing on friendships – and the positives and negatives that come with them.
Activities include • small group work • active listening • remembering • discussing • video • responding to questions • silent discussion • at home follow up
20 -25 minutes
School Lesson
Pre lesson – An Overview for Parents
Step 2: Life Ed Visit
Step 3: Post Visit
To be completed with your class after the Life Ed visit.
Relate Respect Connect – Extending Lesson 1 – Friendships and Empathy
The focus in this module is that friendships aren’t perfect, and it encourages the development of empathy. Students consider ways to keep friendships strong and move past arguments and disagreements.
Activities include • quiet reflection • sharing • videos • blind vote • empathy task • freeze frames • at home follow up
20 - 25 minutes
School Lesson
Relate Respect Connect – Extending Lesson 2 – Friendships Online
In this lesson learning about respect and empathy is extended to online communications. Students are empowered with specific strategies and tools to know what’s okay and what’s not okay, and keep communications positive. How students can accesshelp is also identified.
Activities include • think, pair, share • voting • infographics • blind voting • interpreting picture clues • video • at home follow up
25-30 minutes
School Lesson
Step 4: Booster Sessions
The Booster sessions videos and discussion guides are the last part in the 4-Step program. A discussion guide with questions and suggested answers is attached with each booster session video below. To meet all of the outcomes for this module, teachers are encouraged to use the discussion guides to extend student learning and observe student understanding of the content covered.
Relate Respect Connect – Session 1 – Relate
Finishing primary school can mean friendships change, and at this age, people often change too. Harold joins students and other young people in a timely reflection on the qualities of a good friend. Loyalty, understanding, empathy, being supportive and reliable are qualities that rate highly.
Video Lesson
Download Discussion Guide (PDF)
Relate Respect Connect – Session 2 – Respect
Respect for ourselves and others is key to maintaining great relationships. Harold’s been having some ups and downs with his friends Red and Boots, which is upsetting him. Students consider how emotions can get high, angry things can be said, and how respect can help in these situations.
Video Lesson
Download Discussion Guide (PDF)
Relate Respect Connect – Session 3 – Connect
Harold and his friends have sorted out some of their friendship issues. But Red and Boots are still irritable & emotional. This is about the age they are & changes in their bodies – but being open and allowing friendships to develop and change can be helpful in navigating these times. Online friendships are a focus.
Video Lesson
Download Discussion Guide (PDF)
