Health and physical education / Year 5 and 6 / Personal, Social and Community Health / Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing

Curriculum content descriptions

Examine the influence of emotional responses on behaviour and relationships (ACPPS056)

Elaborations
  • analysing situations in which emotions can influence decision-making, including in peer-group, family and movement situations
  • discussing how inappropriate emotional responses impact relationships
  • exploring why emotional responses can be unpredictable
  • exploring the emotions associated with feeling unsafe or uncomfortable and how emotions can vary according to different contexts and situations
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Social relations,  Emotions,  Decision making

Online

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