what is values for life?

Values for Life provides an in-school program to challenge and encourage primary and secondary students to think about their values in an entertaining, interactive and reflective learning experience.

The program focuses upon values education through topics such as bullying, resilience, peer pressure, empathy, relationships and leadership that are relevant to the school and student's needs. 

For a full list of topics click here.

Our seminars aim to equip young people with a healthy self-esteem/self-confidence, giving them a greater ability to make constructive life-choices and develop a balanced worldview which encourages a deeper respect for peers, parents, teachers, themselves and the wider community.

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what's involved?

The seminars duration vary according to the year level and the school timetable.  Most seminars range from 60 min. (primary school) to 100 min. (secondary school).

The amount of seminars and the topics are up to you. You may choose to have:

  • a single seminar
  • a half day (2 seminars - morning or afternoon to suit your timetable)
  • a full day
  • a ‘retreat package’ which can involve more than a single day

The seminars may include a single year level, mixed year levels or even a whole school, depending on the number of students. The ideal number of students per seminar are a maximum of 80 (primary school) to 120 (secondary school) – however, this is negotiable.

Follow up activities and lesson plans are also provided.

Each session is designed to be engaging through the use of:

why?

Our seminars tackle contemporary and relevant issues, whilst interacting and challenging young people to question issues and the importance of values in today’s culture. This is done by engaging students in a relevant, exciting, multi-media and reflective learning experience which can translate into meaningful interpersonal relationships and a healthy self-image both in and out of school.

student feedback

“I really enjoyed today. It was really inspiring and a lot of it related to me. The live music was also good.” Yr 10 student, Shepparton High School
“Awesome info that really helped me. Yr 9 student, Kyabram Secondary College.
“I’ve learnt more in one day of this than in three years of Health.” Yr 10 student, Woodleigh College
“Thanks for the seminar. It meant heaps to me. I learnt a lot!” Yr 6 student, Donvale Christian School.

teacher feedback

“Got the kids in. Very powerful messages.” Echuca College
“Very energetic, engaging and funny. Another great afternoon for our students – fantastic content that was delivered brilliantly.” – St Ignatius College, Geelong
“Well-structured and pitched discussion for the boys. Gave them good information to consider. Excellent illustrations and good balance of information and fun activities. Well done! - Luther College.
“This was an amazing session and I really enjoyed it. Thank you for allowing me to come. I will really value this. What about this session being shown to all staff so we could use this in our everyday dealings with kids?” Berwick S.C.