Health and physical education / Year 5 and 6 / Personal, Social and Community Health / Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing

Curriculum content descriptions

Examine the influence of emotional responses on behaviour and relationships (ACPPS056)

Elaborations
  • analysing situations in which emotions can influence decision-making, including in peer-group, family and movement situations
  • discussing how inappropriate emotional responses impact relationships
  • exploring why emotional responses can be unpredictable
  • exploring the emotions associated with feeling unsafe or uncomfortable and how emotions can vary according to different contexts and situations
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Social relations,  Emotions,  Decision making

Online

TrackSAFE Education Primary School Resources: Year 5, Year 6 Health & Physical Education

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Non-Verbal Communication

This lesson plan supports students to consider the many ways in which people communicate non-verbally, to identify their own preferences, and begin to think about the importance of this concept when interacting with others who may be different from them.

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Confidence Building

This resource is designed to help in facilitating the development of confidence in young people. Self-respect, respect, identification and use of strengths and weaknesses, healthy life habits, the significance of clarifying values, avoidance of stereotyping, and development of personal power are all covered throughout this ...

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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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Growing and developing healthy relationships: Activities

Find a range of lesson plans for topics such as managing relationships, puberty, resilience, body image, bullying, and peer pressure across a range of year levels.

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Module 1: Talking about Money

These two activities cover different forms of payment, practising money conversations and reflecting on different attitudes towards money.

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Changes in relationships

Students discuss the changes that take place in relationships over time and identify feelings and strategies to help and cope with these changes.

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Making good choices online

This presentation explores three different scenarios asking students to place themselves in the shoes of the main character and decide what he should do in each online situation using the think, evaluate, choose (TEC) model.

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Lockie Leonard for Teachers

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Guide to thrive

The practical classroom activities in the Classroom Implementation Guide focus on students in Years 6 and 7 and the challenges of transition. The activities focus on communication skills, managing change and other associated topics. They are suitable for most students to complete independently or with teacher support.

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Years 5 and 6: Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships

This set of learning materials covers eight topics of Social and Emotional Learning across the Years 5 and 6 levels of schooling. Topics include Emotional Literacy; Personal strengths; Positive Coping; Problem Solving; Stress Management; Help Seeking; Gender and Identity; and Positive Gender Relationships.

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Child protection units and resources

Find units of work on topics such as Keeping myself safe, My right to be safe, Safe and unsafe relationships, Online/Offline relationships, and Using my personal power positively on this webpage. The resource includes advice about teaching respectful relationships effectively and examples of information appropriate for ...

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Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud & Proud

This resource was curated in response to the theme of the 2024 NAIDOC week: Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud! The theme highlights the diverse achievements and knowledge passed down through generations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The resource provides a series of curated, age-appropriate ...

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First Day: Teaching Toolkit

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How can I keep myself and others safe? - Stage 3

In this unit students investigate safe and unsafe features of specific environments and explore actions to enhance their own and others’ safety and wellbeing. Through practical application students develop help-seeking skills and adopt strategies to help keep themselves and others safe. Students develop their ability to ...

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How am I responsible for my increasing independence?

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Video

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Interactive

Assess your classroom environment

Not every classroom is specifically designed to respond to the needs of all students. Using this interactive questionnaire, audit a classroom environment and create a task list of simple changes that can be made to create a more space inclusive for neurodivergent students.