Health and Physical Education / Year 5 and 6 / Personal, social and community health / Interacting with others

Curriculum content descriptions

describe strategies for seeking, giving or denying consent and rehearse how to communicate their intentions effectively and respectfully (AC9HP6P07)

Elaborations
  • exploring the steps of seeking, giving or denying consent (asking, responding, listening and reacting) and practising how to communicate their intentions effectively at each step
  • practising and refining strategies for interpreting verbal and non-verbal cues related to seeking, giving and denying consent in a range of situations
  • analysing how a person’s reaction to being denied permission to do something can affect others’ feelings and discussing options for dealing with situations when this may occur; for example, feelings of disappointment, shame and anger associated with rejection
General capabilities
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and Social capability
ScOT terms

Respect,  Help-seeking behaviour,  Assertiveness

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Decision Making

This comprehensive resource teaches students how to make both big and small decision by gathering information, identifying options, weighing options and consequences, and ultimately making choices.

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Communication

In this comprehensive resource, students are taught the importance of understanding nonverbal messages, listening carefully, speaking clearly, being assertive, and expressing opinions constructively.

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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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Safety first

Students investigate strategies that promote safe practices online.

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Online friends and strangers

This presentation follows the story of a young student who makes a friend online and starts to question their unusual behaviour. Students are encouraged to examine and discuss what to do when an online friendship becomes unsafe or worrying.

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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 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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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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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 ...