Period shame and stigma continues to be an issue in Australia. Share the Dignity advocates for better period education because if we can't talk about periods, then we can’t address period poverty.
That's why we have teamed up with Period Talk.
Period Talk is a fully comprehensive, fun, engaging and informative menstruation specific education program aimed at boys and girls in years 5-8.
A complete stand-alone teaching package to be taught over four weeks, presented by kids for kids.
Period talk covers every menstruation topic imaginable.
- The cycles
- Periods and the environment
- PMS
- Nutrition, pain management and stretches
- Sanitary products – which, what, how, when and where
- What happens to our bodies and our minds
- Boys and periods
- How different cultures manage their periods
- Periods and the homeless
- What a healthy period should look like
The period talk program is an easy to follow, grab-and-go, classroom ready, comprehensive health program.
Detailed teacher notes, resources & lesson plans
11 supporting videos presented for kids, by kids
2 informative & easy to understand animations
Supporting activities PLUS 6 bonus videos!
The Period Talk program has been created in conjunction with Health and Physical Education teachers in line with the National and State HPE curriculums.
Each program includes all the material you need to deliver well thought out and effective lessons about menstruation.
Use the Period Talk program to normalise the conversation around periods and open your kids' minds to the positivity and power of the menstrual cycle.
For an in-depth overview of the program, outcomes and relation to the Australian curriculum please refer to the Teacher Notes resource.
Educating our kids and smashing the shame and taboo around periods, one classroom at a time!
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