01SESSION ONE · 2 HOURS
The adults first
- What stress does to attention and behaviour, in students and in staff
- Why a regulated adult is the first lesson every class receives
- Staff learn and use the skills themselves before they teach them
FOR SCHOOLS
Where the movement starts in schools.
Schools are where a whole generation can learn relationship skills before the patterns set. It begins with the adults, then moves into every classroom.
THE PATHWAY
Start with us. Then the classroom. Then every year level.
- 01The adults firstThe First 30 Days, staff professional learning. Available now.
- 02Every classroomShort daily routines so every subject becomes a place to practise. In development.
- 03Every year levelThe same skills from Kindergarten to Year 12, deepening as students grow. In development.
STEP 01 · AVAILABLE NOW
The First 30 Days
The first month of the year is when every student is quietly asking: is it safe here, do I belong, what happens when I get it wrong? Those questions get answered whether or not anyone answers them on purpose.
02SESSION TWO · 2 HOURS
The first 30 days
- Asking for help, taught as a skill
- Managing disappointment: losing, being wrong, not being picked
- Noticing difference without ranking it
- Repair after real classroom ruptures
THE TIMEFour hours
Two 2-hour sessions, a fortnight apart or together on one staff development day.
THE COSTNothing
No fee, no materials to buy, and no preparation required of staff beforehand.
THE ASKHonest feedback
A short anonymous form at the end. That is the whole exchange.
STEP 02
IN DEVELOPMENT
Every classroom
Relationship skills cannot live in one lesson a week. Group work, feedback, a disagreement over a task, a story in English: every part of the school day is a chance to practise. Short routines make that practice deliberate, without adding another program to the timetable.
STEP 03
IN DEVELOPMENT
Every year level
The same five skills from Kindergarten to Year 12. In primary school, children learn the moves. In secondary school, they practise them under the pressure of identity, friendship and first relationships, ready to carry them into adult life.
HOW IT FITS
Beside what your school already runs
The work links to PDHPE and the Personal and Social capability, and sits alongside Respectful Relationships Education, teaching the everyday skills of staying steady, disagreeing and repairing.
- No sexuality education, no disclosure content, no child protection curriculum.
- Those stay entirely within a school's existing delivery, unchanged.
- Nothing is delivered to students by an outsider.
- Classroom work is run by the school's own teachers, with the principal's oversight.
- Staff reflection is private and invitational.
- No teacher is asked to disclose personal history to colleagues, and nothing is collected by leadership.
- This is independent professional learning.
- It is not a Department of Education endorsed program and is not presented as one.
GET IN TOUCH
Bring the skills to your people.
Whether you lead a school, teach a class, or want these skills in your workplace or community, I am happy to talk about where to start.