- December 2021The latest (Dec 2021) version of Loves-Me-Not is now up on the School Portal. As some schools may already have started planning with the old (2019/20) version, both versions will be kept up on the Portal for now. The latest version is much more stream-lined, includes more interactivity, and the implementation process and facilitation processes are easier to find and follow: https://www.police.govt.nz/advice-…Read more
October 2020
The resources for our child protection programme for primary and intermediate schools, ‘Keeping Ourselves Safe’ (KOS), have been updated on the …
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The revised Loves-Me-Not materials for 2020 are now up on our …
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This fullsize e-book by William J. O'Brien and Lesley Elliott is for students doing Loves-Me-Not, or for anyone else interested in keeping relationships safe. It describes the 2008 murder of Sophie Elliott by her former boyfriend and university lecturer, Clayton Weatherston, and how it became clear Sophie's murderer was a typical abuser who had a track record of treating partners badly. The book includes advice and suggestions on how to identify problems, how to deal with them and where to seek help. Also included is 'One for the Boys', a chapter written…
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There have been some small (but important) updates to the Keeping Ourselves Safe (Year 0-3) documents for the School Portal.
The main changes are as follows:
The Māori titles of some of the Focus Areas have been updated. Links to some of the Radha songs have been updated. There are now two alternative styles of body outline in Focus Area 2 (and its accompanying homework) – schools can choose… Read moreNovember 2018
Updated versions of the Loves-Me-Not materials will be added to the School Portal in early 2019. If this is too late for your school, you can still use the 2018 versions during Term 1 of 2019.
- March 2018The Kia Kaha section of the School Portal has been updated with links to the 2018 Bullying-Free NZ school activity pack, which although developed for Bullying-Free NZ Week, can be used at any time of the year.The school activity pack includes the…Read more
February 2018
The revised Loves-Me-Not materials for 2018 are now up on our Loves-Me-Not page.
Loves-Me-Not is a ‘whole-school approach’ to prevent abusive behaviour in relationships. It is based on a student inquiry learning process, where students take action (personal action, effective bystander action and community action) to prevent harm from relationship abuse.
The 2017 versions of the resources have…Read moreSeptember 2017
Over fifty narratives (or case-studies) describing school-wide interventions to tackle local identified and prioritised issues have just been uploaded to the School Portal's…
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Teenagers in the Bay of Plenty are better equipped to deal with relationship issues and family harm thanks to a successful school-wide police intervention. Students at a local high school are now actively seeking support for…
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