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SECURE SENSE OF SELF delivers curriculum-aligned puberty, wellbeing, and self-worth education for all young people across Years 5 to 10.
Each program is developmentally tailored, inclusive, and trauma-aware - supporting students of all identities to build emotional literacy, body confidence, and respectful relationships.

Programs are delivered by health educator Emily Sinclair, and align with the Personal, Social and Community Health strand of the Victorian Curriculum F–10 v2.0.

Respectful Relationships Alignment

SECURE SENSE OF SELF programs strongly align with the Victorian Respectful Relationships initiative. Across all year levels, our curriculum supports students to build emotional literacy, practise respectful communication, understand consent and bodily autonomy, recognise healthy and unhealthy relationships, develop help-seeking skills, and challenge stereotypes that contribute to gendered inequality.

Program outcomes

Our long-term outcome based aim at SECURE SENSE OF SELF is to support all students to become capable, confident and thoughtful decision-makers about their bodies and lives. We strive to help young people develop a grounded sense of autonomy, understand their rights, and know when and where to seek help without hesitation or shame.

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Foundations of
Self & Change
Years 5 & 6

Years 5 to 6 | Foundations of Self and Change

A supportive, developmentally appropriate introduction to emotional wellbeing, body literacy and self-worth for students entering early adolescence.

This seven-lesson program helps students build foundational skills in emotional literacy, body awareness, consent, privacy and digital safety. They explore how bodies and feelings change during puberty, learn to recognise and name emotions, and practise help-seeking with trusted adults - all within a safe, inclusive, strengths-based environment.

Through interactive learning and guided reflection, students begin developing a grounded sense of identity and autonomy before stepping into later adolescence.

Program focus

  • Emotional literacy, self-regulation & growing identity.

  • Puberty, body changes & body diversity.

  • Consent basics, respect & personal boundaries.

  • Early digital safety, media influence & self-worth.

  • Recognising needs, trusted adults & help-seeking pathways.

Duration: 8 × 60-minute sessions.
Curriculum alignment: VC2HP6P01–VC2HP6P10.

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Trusting
Transitions
Years 7 & 8

Years 7 to 8 | Trusting Transitions

A developmentally attuned program that deepens students’ understanding of identity, relationships, consent and wellbeing as they move through early adolescence. Students build emotional insight, values-based decision making, and respectful communication skills while exploring how social and digital environments shape their sense of self.

Program focus:

  • puberty, hormones and emerging identity

  • enhanced menstrual cycle awareness

  • respectful relationships, boundaries and consent foundations

  • digital citizenship, online behaviour and body image influences

  • emotional wellbeing, regulation and stress management

  • and help-seeking, supporting peers and navigating reliable health information.

Duration: 8 × 60-minute sessions.
Curriculum alignment: VC2HP8P01–VC2HP8P10.

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Advocacy & Autonomy
Years 9 & 10

Years 9–10 | Advocacy & Autonomy
A strengths-based program designed to support young people as they move toward greater independence, informed decision-making and personal responsibility.

Students deepen their understanding of consent, relationships, digital respect, and sexual and reproductive health. They learn how to navigate health systems, think critically, advocate for their needs, and make safe, values-aligned choices in real-world contexts.

Program focus:

  • consent, communication & digital respect

  • reproductive and sexual health literacy.

  • media influence & body image

  • critical thinking, autonomy & health advocacy

  • and mental health awareness & help-seeking.

Duration: 8 × 60-minute sessions.
Curriculum alignment: VC2HP10P01–VC2HP10P10.

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”

— William Butler Yeats