Body Safety Australia are looking for primary schools in Brisbane and Townsville to take part in a pilot program to help with feedback and further development of our programs in Queensland.
As well as educating and empowering staff and students in body safety and respectful relationships, participating schools will receive the program at cost price and have the opportunity to lead the charge in prioritising child safety and well-being in their community.
Read MoreBody Safety Australia are proud to be named as winners of this year’s Victorian Early Years Award (VEYA) in the Promoting Health and Wellbeing category.
Announced on the 25th of November through the Department of Education and Training’s social media channels, the Early Years Body Safety Superstars program was one of 20 finalists shortlisted from 115 nominations across all categories.
Read MoreSemann & Slattery’s Pick a Lane newsletter interviewed Deanne Carson, the CEO of Body Safety Australia, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing childhoods free from violence. Semann & Slattery, as well as Body Safety Australia, are working hard to help educators and teachers understand how this could happen in our sector, and what we can all do to help minimise the risk.
Read MoreWhile QAnon and #SaveOurChildren are gaining momentum in raising awareness about paedophilia and child abductions, the reality is that these movements are in fact distracting us from the reality of child sexual abuse in Australia.
Read MoreHow to make relationships and sexuality education fun and accurate.
Read MoreExplore how to help your school or early learning centre challenge racism.
Read MoreOur panel came together with one thing in mind: to share our own deeply personal stories to make a difference to the way in which LGBTIQ adults and children are treated, seen and understood in early childhood education and care settings. Through our sharing of stories, we covered many matters related to children, adults, play, relationships, environments, resourcing and language. We also shared statistics related to LGBTIQ youth, not to shock, but to stress the vital impact that our work can have on stopping our youth from becoming just another statistic.
Read MoreIn an Australia-wide first, the Victorian government is providing $160 million in extra support to funded kindergartens over the next four years. According to the 2015 Australian Early Development Census, one in five Victorian children start school ‘developmentally vulnerable’, the impact of which can be felt across a lifetime.
Read MoreNow is a great time to revisit the Safe Adults activity with children. Summer holidays are a lot of fun but they can also be a time of risk as children are often less supervised and in the company of other adults and teens.
Body Safety Australia Superstar and lead educator Lauren French sat down with the team at 3KND Kool N Deadly, Melbourne’s only indigenous radio station, to speak about consent and how we help children to understand their own sense of bodily autonomy.
Read MoreNational Child Protection Week is coming up on 1 - 7 September.
Our Superstar educators will be in Sydney working with schools and early learning centres on both sides of the harbour.
