Health and physical education / Year 3 and 4 / Personal, Social and Community Health / Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing

Curriculum content descriptions

Describe how respect, empathy and valuing diversity can positively influence relationships (ACPPS037)

Elaborations
  • describing behaviours that show empathy and respect for the rights of others
  • creating an online connection with another school and identifying similarities and differences between students
  • predicting and reflecting on how other students might feel in a range of challenging situations, and discussing what they can do to support them
  • recognising that bullying behaviour can take many forms, not only physical
  • describing safe bystander behaviour when they notice unfair treatment
  • talking about how reconciliation in Australia builds relationships
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Cultural diversity,  Tolerance,  Empathy,  Respect

Interactive

Kitchen gardens – sustainability action process (Years 3–6)

This resource guides students through an extended school-based or local investigation focussed on kitchen gardens using the five-step sustainability action process. The resource supports the investigation of a real-world issue or problem. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and ...

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Cooperation and teamwork

In this lesson, students will be able to state why working with others can make a task easier. They identify skills that are needed to be a good teammate and list jobs that require people to work as a team.

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Integrity

In this lesson, students will define the word integrity and explain why it is an important life skill. They then identify ways in which they can show integrity in school, at home, and in the community. Students will discuss the benefits of showing integrity.

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Empathy

In this lesson, students will learn about what empathy means. They explore why it is important to be empathetic toward others and demonstrate knowledge of ways they can show empathy toward others.

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Being responsible

In this lesson, students will recognize the behaviours of a responsible student and the importance of responsibility. Then also identify actions that would result in negative consequences. Students will be able to verbally explain an appropriate way to accept responsibility for their actions and/or respond to a consequence ...

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Online boundaries and consent

The activities in this suite are designed to support students as they learn about online consent and permission, and how to define online boundaries.

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Years 3 and 4: Resilience, rights and respectful relationships

This resource explores eight topics of social and emotional learning across Levels 3 and 4 of schooling. The topics are emotional literacy; personal and cultural strengths; positive coping; problem-solving; stress management; help-seeking; gender and identity; and positive gender relations. Each topic includes background ...

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How to teach digital citizenship and online safety - Scope and sequence Australian curriculum

This resource provides links to lessons and activities at each level of schooling from Foundation to Year 10 in the area of online safety.

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Good citizenship

In this lesson, students will become aware of how their background and experiences affect the way they view the world and interact with other people. Students will identify and practice the behaviours of a “Good Digital Citizen”.

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Becoming a good friend

Students will identify the attributes of a good friend. Extension activities about friendships and relationships can be used in art, drama and literature activities.

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Resolving conflicts

In this lesson, students will be able to define the word conflict and the word resolution. They will be able to identify a conflict when they encounter one and list different strategies that can be used to resolve a conflict.

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Respect

In this lesson, students will work to define what respect means. They will be asked to give examples of ways we show respect at school, at home, and in the community. Students identify consequences that can happen when they are not respectful within different contexts.

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Digital Citizenship Resources: Digital Wellbeing

Find resources about evaluating what should be shared online, learning more about the nature of in-app purchasing, assessing the value of playing a lot of video games, and support for students in the development of positive and assertive online skills.

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Respectful Relationships: Teaching and Learning

Find comprehensive resources organised by stages of schooling including a scope and sequence, teaching and learning activities and links to resources. The activities provide explicit opportunities for developmentally appropriate learning about consent education, gender stereotypes and roles, keeping safe, respectful relationships ...