Brent Sanders spoke with Year 9 and Year 11 students last week about important topics related to safety such as consent.

Kim Slender – School Counsellor

Every year we give our students the opportunity to hear from guest speakers who are experts in a particular field, and who we think have an important message both in the broader context but also relevant to our community.

With the #metoo campaign being so prevalent at this time, the Brent Sander’s talk was a timely reminder for our students about this important issue.

On Friday 25 May our Year 9 and 11 students participated in Brent Sander’s annual Emanuel workshops. Our Year 9 boys went through Secret Blokes Business with Brent and the Year 11 boys had the opportunity to engage in a question and answer session with Brent about what is a very hot and controversial topic at the moment. Our Year 9 girls participated in the Back off workshop and the Year 11 girls had a Q&A with Brent.

Brent is one of Australia’s most respected communicators in the field of workplace harassment, bullying and discrimination. For over 2 decades, he has provided more than 350,000 people with the tools and mindset to create a harassment-free work/social/university environment. Brent is renowned for his ability to communicate delicate, sensitive subject matter in a unique, empowering and inspiration way.

The Secret Bloke’s Business, is a course designed specifically to address issues confronting young men, (Years 10-12), in the new millennium.

This is not a self-protection seminar but rather a presentation that addresses relevant issues facing young men in our society.

The main focus behind Secret Bloke’s Business is to deliver a frank, open and down-to-earth presentation to the boys which examines critical issues such as; peer pressure, decision making, self discipline, respect, and motivation.

Three key elements addressed in the presentation are: 



• Taking responsibility for yourself and your actions

• Life is all about choice 

• The importance of respect and self discipline.

The girls workshop, Back Off, has been developed around 3 key elements of effective self-protection.

• The ability to control how they think in pressurised situations
• Knowing what an offender may be thinking
• The importance of always having a strategy or plan in place.

As always, our students came out from the sessions buzzing with thought provoking conversation, statements and ideas.