The Growing Up Program - Promoting Safer, Healthier and Happier Children
7 September, 2017
The Growing Up Program, by Family Planning Tasmania, has been awarded a NAPCAN Play Your Part Award in recognition of the important role it plays in creating safer, healthier and happier environments for Tasmanian children. The award coincides with Child Protection Week 2017 and highlights the role that comprehensive Relationships and Sexuality Education plays in equipping young people with skills and knowledge that increase their social and sexual safety.
The Growing Up Program combines best practice in Protective Behaviours Education and Relationships and Sexuality Education to provide a sequential, age-appropriate program for students from Kinder to Grade 6. The Growing Up Program develops students’ understanding of physical development; self-esteem and self-concept; communication skills; resilience and persistence; social and life skills.
In 2016, Family Planning Educators worked in over 72 Tasmanian schools to Primary Schools to deliver over 600 classes to more than 12,500 students. As part of the program over 500 parents attended parent information sessions.
Education Minister, Jeremy Rockliff, says "The Growing Up Program has a long history of delivering programs in Tasmanian schools that reflect the changing needs of children and young people."
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