Let's be open about...
Year 5 & 6
Have you noticed your child being more curious about sexuality?
Are you worried they will discover pornography before you've had a chance to share your values with them?
Do you want to start early with conversations about safety, pleasure, and consent that set them up to be sexually safe and healthy adults?
It’s ALL possible, with Open Book Projects Relationships and Sexuality Program.
We will show you how!
Sexual curiosity is a normal part of being a human. This time can feel really difficult for parents and carers because you can no longer ignore that your child is growing up. They have lots of questions and thanks to the playground and the internet they may know much more than you think. What they really need is a safe and reliable place to get their questions answered, they need an open book!
With the increased time families are spending inside right now you may also be struggling to manage a whole range of issues with your tween. Whether its mood swings, screen time, body odour or masturbation it's not too late to start talking.
Imagine how you would feel if...
You child was well prepared for the changes happening to their body.
That they made you their first stop when looking for answers to questions about relationships and sexuality.
They had a range of strategies to cope with changing emotions that were respectful and safe.
You could talk about relationships and sexuality with ease and confidence!
Research has shown that children who receive quality relationships and sexuality education from an early age make healthier life long decisions about their bodies, relationships, and boundaries.
Is this something you would like for your children?
Beginning your journey doesn’t have to mean drastic changes. In fact, once you understand what you need to talk about for this age group and how to talk about it in fun and shame-free ways you are already on your way.
Perhaps you haven’t known where to start or are nervous you'll say the wrong thing?
Are you struggling with the talking about child safety because you are a survivor?
"Each week gain the confidence to take on harder topics, learning along with your child"
Year 5 & 6
Over the 10 weeks of Term 2 we will cover a wide range of topics that meet the Australian Curriculum standards for this age group including:
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Safe adults and tricky adults
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Opening lines of communication with safe adults
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Managing emotions
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Decision making and peer pressure
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Body ownership and consent
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Masturbation and pleasure
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Healthy and unhealthy relationships
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Bullying and harassment and building new friendships
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Understanding the process of puberty for individuals
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Managing the changes of puberty
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Self-esteem and body neutrality
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How babies are made
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Pornography and technology
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Inclusion, belonging and tolerance
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Practising appropriate ways to share power within relationships
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Health literacy and media literacy
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Supporting developmentally appropriate understandings of pleasure that removes shame
There are several ways that you and your child can work together to learn about relationships and sexuality for tweens. Delivering set lessons means you can cover a lot more information than you would in a casual conversation plus it starts you communicating about the topic so that when questions come up they'll ask you first.
In the ten-week plans Ive got this and Teach me how, each lesson builds on the learning from the previous week.
Let's work together gives you prepaid access to 3 topics that you want to do family education on. These fun family sessions bring together learners of the same age with a caring adult to talk about issues that matter to tweens in a fun learning environment- with plenty of time for questions!
At Open Book Projects we are passionate about relationships and sexuality and spend a lot of time learning about how that looks at different ages and stages.
In particular how consent looks and feels, because we want people to understand their right to be safe and to have the skills to support that. That also means that we are committed to the prevention of sexual abuse.
No child should experience harm and teaching them about the risks in a fun and empowering way is the best approach.
Are you ready to become an open book for your family?
Open Book Project’s Term 2 Relationships and Sexuality Program IS YOUR SOLUTION!!
