Health and Physical Education / Year 1 and 2 / Personal, social and community health / Making healthy and safe choices

Curriculum content descriptions

identify and demonstrate protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies they can use to help them and others stay safe (AC9HP2P05)

Elaborations
  • identifying the body’s reaction to a range of situations, including safe and unsafe situations, and comparing the different emotional responses
  • identifying and rehearsing strategies they can use when requiring assistance, such as asking an adult they trust, reading signs and symbols to identify safe places, and solving a problem with friends
  • proposing strategies they can use at school and home that promote healthy use of digital tools
  • recognising photos and locations of safe places and a network of people who can help
  • discussing the importance of seeking help when problems are too big to solve by themselves
  • exploring how characters in texts use protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies to keep themselves and others safe
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and Social capability
ScOT terms

Help-seeking behaviour,  Private body parts,  Personal space

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