Health and physical education / Year 7 and 8 / Personal, Social and Community Health / Being healthy, safe and active

• TLF-IDA006162

Based on a New York Times article about what life is like for teenage girls in the era of social media, this resource includes a set of questions that can be used with this age-group to generate conversations about mental health, social media usage, identity and other topics related to wellbeing.

• TLF-IDA005423

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 ...

• TLF-IDA004877

These short videos and associated lesson plans are designed to help young people create a positive online world and reinforce respectful and responsible online behaviour. Find topics such as Respect, Responsibility, Empathy, Resilience and Critical thinking.

• TLF-IDA004736

This resource supports the film A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl which documents the lives of twelve 12-year old girls. It can be used to explore ideas and representations of identity. It can also be used to unpack the director’s intention to make a film that walks the ‘line of fact and fiction’.

• TLF-IDA004776

This set of learning materials covers eight topics of Social and Emotional Learning across the Years 7 and 8 levels of schooling. Topics include Emotional Literacy; Personal strengths; Positive Coping; Problem Solving; Stress Management; Help Seeking; Gender and Identity; and Positive Gender Relationships.

• TLF-IDA004767

Using the example of Dylan Alcott, who received the 2022 Australian of the Year award, students learn why it’s important to recognise the achievements and contributions to our communities of people with disability, and reflect on factors that shape the identities and experiences of people with disability.

• TLF-IDA004761

This set of resources is designed for teachers and other adults working with First Nations students. The resources describe new, hidden forms of disrespect that many young people are engaging with every day online. Find conversation starters, a Coaching Clinic presentation about respect and other useful resources on this webpage.

• TLF-IDA004746

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 ...

• TLF-IDA004717

This resource supports the exploration of themes in the film series First Day. First Day explores the experiences of a transgender student who is starting secondary school. The resource will help students to prepare for, process, and reflect on their own transitions to secondary school as well as some elements of respectful ...

• TLF-IDA004025

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 and 8 Health and Physical Education. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an ...