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

Curriculum content descriptions

Investigate how emotional responses vary in depth and strength (ACPPS038)

Elaborations
  • recognising own emotional responses and levels of their response in different situations
  • understanding that emotional responses vary across cultures and differ between people and different situations
  • analysing scenarios and identifying possible triggers and warning signs to predict emotional responses
  • describing strategies they can use to identify and manage their emotions before making a decision to act
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Emotions,  Emotional health

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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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Managing emotions

Students explore the implications of intense emotions on themselves and others and develop personal strategies to cope with the types of emotions that can result from adverse situations and the demands of others.

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How to help someone being bullied

Students develop an understanding of what to do in situations where others are being bullied, with actions that show empathy and respect for the rights of others.

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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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Years 3 and 4: Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships

This set of learning materials covers eight topics of Social and Emotional Learning across the Years 3 and 4 levels of schooling. Topics include Emotional Literacy; Personal strengths; Positive Coping; Problem Solving; Stress Management; Help Seeking; Gender and Identity; and Positive Gender Relationships.

Video

Get ready to learn! Interoception and self-regulation

Interoception (mindful body awareness) refers to the perception, recognition and understanding of the internal physical states. These body signals can be understood as emotions and/or feelings which can then be responded to. Self-regulation is the ability to moderate or control emotions and actions in order to function ...

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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 ...

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.