Health and Physical Education / Foundation / Personal, social and community health / Identities and change

Curriculum content descriptions

investigate who they are and the people in their world (AC9HPFP01)

Elaborations
  • making personal connections with stories that explore identity and belonging; discussing who they are, where they come from and people in their lives
  • exploring similarities and differences in family structures in First Nations Australian communities and other cultures
  • exploring cultural practices from different cultures, including the cultures of Asia, that are important to individuals, families and communities
  • identifying different families in their communities; for example, 2-parent, single-parent, extended and non-traditional families
  • identifying ways they use their strengths in physical activities to help themselves and others to be successful
  • recognising that they have a right to belong and contribute to a variety of groups
General capabilities
  • Personal and social capability Personal and Social capability
ScOT terms

Achievement,  Personal identity

Text

Banjo and Ruby Red: Unit of work

This unit of work has been written to support the story 'Banjo and Ruby Red'. The story is a funny and touching story of antagonism and love. Explore themes of country life, compassion, friendship, opposites and responsibility. This unit provides practical teaching ideas, assessment tasks and suggestions about how students ...

Text

The Last Laugh

This imaginative digital text is an illustrated narrative for teachers to read aloud to students. It is about Monkey, and how she learns an important message about friendship. The resource includes a teaching sequence related to the Big Six components of literacy development (oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, ...

Interactive

The Orb

The Orb is a collection of multimedia learning resources about Tasmanian Aboriginal histories and cultures. It explores the interconnections between people, Country, culture, identity, and the living community. The multimedia resources have between three and five sections in which Tasmanian Aboriginal people share their ...

Online

Everyone Everyday Program - Foundation Year

This resource is a unit of work about disability awareness with a focus on the concept of inclusion. It includes an introductory page for teachers and five lesson plans. Each lesson has an overview, links to the Australian Curriculum, sequence of learning, activities and linked resources. Themes explored include: feelings, ...

Online

Everyone Everyday Program

This resource is a disability awareness program that focuses on the concept of inclusion. The aim of the program is to equip students with the knowledge, skills and confidence to take action to enhance the inclusion of people with disability, especially children, in everyday life. It includes an overview, teacher background ...