Workshop Information
The conference program includes a combination of shared
keynote sessions and smaller workshop experiences.
On Thursday afternoon, three workshop sessions will be offered as rotations. All participants will move through each workshop, allowing everyone to engage with the full range of Thursday’s practical and reflective learning experiences.
On Friday morning, three workshop options will be available across two session times. Participants will attend two of the three workshops and will be invited to nominate their preferred options during registration on day one..
Thursday 20 August- Rotating Workshops
Pedagogy of Consent and Respectful Relationships Education (CRRE)
Kristin Honeyball & Caitlin Humphreys
This workshop explores the pedagogy of Consent and Respectful Relationships Education (CRRE) in Catholic school contexts. The session will unpack what CRRE is, the legislative and curriculum requirements shaping this work, and why it is essential that schools engage with it intentionally, confidently and well. Participants will explore how CRRE supports student wellbeing, safeguarding, human dignity and the development of healthy relationships, while considering the unique opportunities and challenges within Catholic education. The workshop will then focus on practical pedagogical approaches for effective delivery.
Why We Run
Linda Smith & Mark Roberton
The Why We Run program is a free 12-week school initiative designed to build empathy, leadership and respectful relationship awareness in young people. Delivered through weekly sessions and group activities, students are paired with the story of a victim survivor of domestic and family violence, reflecting on their experiences and the impact of kindness, compassion and community action. The program explores themes including the Power and Control Wheel, healthy relationships and bystander action, while encouraging service and leadership within schools. Concluding at Darkness to Daylight, students witness thousands of people unite against domestic and family violence, reinforcing the power of collective change and community connection. We can customise the program to compliment the schools existing social justice program.
Conversations of the Heart
Clair Easton & Eleni Greenway
This interschool, student-led retreat program is designed to create a safe space and an environment where young people can share the challenges of claiming healthy relationships. The retreat theme is Respect-filled Relationships – Conversations of the Heart. The program creates a space for meaningful conversation and reflection as well as providing leadership opportunities for students. Grounded in the Ephesians scripture “You are God’s work of art” the retreat invites students to listen, share their stories and consider the dignity of every person.
Friday 21 August- Rotating Workshops
Rite Journey: Exploring Right Relationships in Year 9 Religious Education
Susan Harris & Patrick Webster
This session explores how two schools use Andrew Lines’ The Rite Journey as a lens for engaging students with the Year 9 Brisbane Archdiocese Religious Education Curriculum. Through this approach, respectful relationships education is embedded within the Religious Education classroom in ways that are both developmentally appropriate and deeply relevant to young people’s lived experience.
This session will equip participants with an understanding of how the integration of a Rite of Passage framework with key Catholic teachings, supports students in exploring right relationships – with self, others, and God. The session will also include practical examples and strategies of how educators can support young people in making experiential and meaningful connections between curriculum and their own identity formation.
Relational Culture by Design: Embedding Whole School Right Respectful Relationships in a Digital Age
Ben Russell
When online forces and algorithms increasingly shape adolescent culture and behaviour, young people’s relational worlds progressively become influenced by online spaces, group chats, and attention-driven feeds that normalise conflict, boundary testing, and exposure to harmful content. These digital dynamics don’t stay online. They spill into classrooms and school corridors, influence culture, and reshape how students communicate. This workshop explores how schools can respond with clarity and coherence. Drawing on his work with schools across Australia, Ben unpacks the hidden forces shaping student relationships and the challenges teachers face when unregulated online norms and behaviours collide with school expectations. The workshop offers a practical roadmap for embedding healthy, respectful relationships in Catholic school settings. Participants will leave with a renewed sense of direction, a toolkit of actionable strategies, and a compelling vision for how schools can lead a generation capable of healthier respectful relationships, both online and in the real world.
eSafety and human dignity in the online world
Paul Ninnes
More information to come shortly.