Resources
Templates and forms
- Student Health Support Plan (DOCX)(opens in a new window) – schools should use this document to detail the family and school staff roles and responsibilities for students requiring assistance with personal hygiene
- Functional Needs - Medical Advice Form (DOCX)(opens in a new window) – a document that the student’s medical/health practitioner completes and that informs the student’s Health Support Plan
- Toileting care and personal hygiene learning plan (DOCX)(opens in a new window) – schools may choose to use this plan as a suggestion, to maximise opportunities for students to self-manage components of their personal care support, as far as possible, in relation to toileting, and to acknowledge the learning that has occurred when success is achieved
Department resources
- Clean Hands lesson plans overview (PDF) – for hand hygiene curriculum (and other support materials) designed for primary school students and including a range of fun and interactive ideas to support personal hygiene habits, clean hands and disease prevention.
- Health and Physical Education resources(opens in a new window) – a teaching and learning resource designed for primary schools
- Free Period Products in all Government Schools Initiative FAQ (DOCX)(opens in a new window) (staff login required) – to answer the most common questions related to the Free Period Products in all Government Schools Initiative
- Teacher's guide to discussing the Free Period Products in all Government Schools Initiative (DOCX)(opens in a new window) (staff login required) – to accompany age appropriate student facing PowerPoint presentations introducing the Free Period Products in all Government Schools Initiative:
- Teachers' conversation guide for lower primary students (F-4) (PPTX)(opens in a new window) (staff login required)
- Teachers' conversation guide for upper primary students (5-6) (PPTX)(opens in a new window) (staff login required)
- Teachers’ conversation guide for secondary students (7-12) (PPTX)(opens in a new window) (staff login required)
- Myth busting menstruation resource (DOCX)(opens in a new window) (staff login required) – busting the most common myths associated with the Free Period Products in all Government Schools initiative
- Letter from schools to parents (DOCX)(opens in a new window) (staff login required) – introducing the Free Period Products in all Government Schools initiative
Additional information to encourage parents to speak to their child about positive menstrual health
- How to talk to your teen about periods (suitable for 9 to 15 years)(opens in a new window) – The Australian Parenting Website
- Periods – owning your cycle(opens in a new window) – a Royal Children’s Hospital Factsheet for teenagers
- Periods – Jean Hailes(opens in a new window)
- Animations for First Nations women(opens in a new window) – Jean Hailes for Women’s Health
- Girls with autism: preparing for periods(opens in a new window) – The Australian Parenting Website
- The menstrual cycle: information about periods(opens in a new window) – Sexual Health Victoria
- Auslan videos on contraception, pregnancy and menstruation(opens in a new window) – Sexual Health Victoria
Other useful websites on personal hygiene
- Be a Soapy Hero!(opens in a new window) – Better Health Channel video for primary school students and information for parents/carers and teachers with posters, animations and interactive activities
- Hand Hygiene Australia(opens in a new window) - resources and services necessary for the implementation of hand hygiene improvement programs
- Healthy swimming(opens in a new window) – Better Health Channel information on practicing good hygiene before swimming
- Personal hygiene(opens in a new window) – Better Health Channel’s community page on personal hygiene
- Resources for the community(opens in a new window) – information for caregivers of children from Hand Hygiene Australia
- The Menstrual Cycle(opens in a new window) – Better Health Channel
- Puberty(opens in a new window) – Better Health Channel
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