Health and physical education / Year 5 and 6 / Personal, Social and Community Health / Being healthy, safe and active

Curriculum content descriptions

Investigate community resources and ways to seek help about health, safety and wellbeing (ACPPS053)

Elaborations
  • researching health information sources and places where they can seek help, and prioritising those that are reliable and trustworthy
  • applying criteria to online information to assess the credibility of the information and its relevance to peers
  • creating ways to share information about local services young people can access for help, such as a blog, app or advertisement
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Safety,  Wellbeing,  Social services,  Health promotion

Online

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Interactive

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Interactive

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Video

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