Educational Resources & Services

Incursions

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https://www.concernaustralia.org.au/values-for-life/

Overview
Values for Life provides primary and secondary school incursions that are interactive, engaging and educational. We present on wellbeing topics that enable young people to develop community building values, make wise choices and fulfil their potential. Our team of qualified and experienced educators use evidence-based research to provide learning outcomes that engender pro-social values, empathy and resilience. We are committed to working with staff to identify the most effective program that suits the needs of the school community and recognise that prevention programs are highly successful when part of a community effort.

We offer the following topics for primary and secondary students:

Primary School Topics:

GREAT MATES – friendship skills, communication, empathy and trust
BOUNCING BACK – resilience, gratitude and problem solving and growth mindset
EVERYONE MATTERS (anti-bullying program) – bullying & cyber-safety, empathy, communication and problem-solving.
COMMUNITY MATTERS (appreciating our differences)– friendship, belonging, teamwork & inclusion.
LEAD THE WAY – leadership skills; communication, responsibility & making a difference.
HIT THE GROUND RUNNING (transition to high school)- dealing with change and setting goals.

Secondary School Topics:

THE ART OF BEING RESILIENT – Attitude, growth mindset, gratitude & problem solving.
EVERYONE MATTERS (anti-bullying program) – bullying & cyber-safety, empathy, communication and problem-solving.
COMMUNITY MATTERS- friendship, belonging, teamwork, & inclusion
LEAD THE WAY – leadership skills; communication, responsibility & making a difference.
MORE THAN SKIN DEEP (discovering true femininity) – challenging stereotypes, building positive self-worth & confident communication skills.
PRIORITY PURSUIT (setting & achieving your life goals) – developing priorities, setting goals, building resilience and healthy values that inform our actions.

Student Incursion Details:

– Sessions are interactive and involve a variety of activities, discussion and multi-media to engage and educate.
– We offer a range of options from a single session to several sessions for the same or different groups.
– Tailored to suit your school’s specific needs and flexibility to fit into class timetable. (duration of a seminar approx 60-90 minutes)
– Maximum number of students per seminar is 100 students.
– Costs are calculated per session on a number of variables e.g. student numbers and grade level, session duration, number of sessions & location (Fuel charges apply after 30km from CBD) .

Primary Schools:

Prices start at $600 for one seminar at lower grades and range up to $1700 for an entire day with multiple sessions.

Secondary Schools:

Prices start at $750 for one seminar and range up to $1800 for an entire day with multiple sessions.

Lynne Sykes | September 28, 2019
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Engaging and effective – conveyed info that the classroom teacher can’t.

Teacher, Gippsland GS

Victoria

Made me feel less like I was being fed information, but shown a better way.

Year 7 student, Gunnadah CC

New South Wales

Really effective! Students learnt real solutions.

Teacher, Beerwah SC

Queensland

For the past 3 years, Mountain Gate Primary School have organised for Concern Australia’s Values for Life program to come to the school to deliver sessions for students in Prep to Grade 6. We plan to organise these valuable sessions again for next year .

The feedback from all sessions was very positive, both from students and staff. I was impressed with the interaction between students and presenters and the good discussions about the topic. The presenters held the attention of the students for the entire session. A very good variety of materials, media and ideas were used to portray the key themes.

The sessions were of a high standard and the students were challenged with interactive games, quizzes and stories. It was very pleasing to see students listening and answering questions, and after the sessions to witness good reflection time in the classroom when the students discussed some of the things they had been challenged to think about in their own lives.

As the coordinator of the Well Being Committee and organiser of this incursion, I would recommend the Values for Life school seminars to other schools. The program assists in changing student’s lives and this is why we will book the seminars again next year believing it to be a positive program. We were very fortunate to hear about this program. We were very impressed with its variety of activities, quality content, friendly entertaining presenters and excellent resource books to use in follow up sessions.

Kind regards,

Lynne Sykes

Well Being Team Coordinator

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