Years 1 to 2 Health and Physical Education Achievement Standard
8 statements aligned to content descriptors and elaborations
Achievement standard (as ACARA publishes it)
Achievement standard
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By the end of Year 2, students explain how personal qualities contribute to identities. They describe how emotional responses affect their own and others' feelings. They demonstrate skills and describe strategies required to develop respectful relationships. Students apply protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies to keep themselves and others safe. They explain why health information is important for making choices. Students apply fundamental movement skills in different movement situations and explain how they move with objects and in space effectively. They describe factors that make physical activity beneficial. Students develop and apply rules while collaborating with others in a range of movement contexts.
The 8 achievement standard statements
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By the end of Year 2, students explain how personal qualities contribute to identities.
Content descriptorAC9HP2P01 Personal, social and community health
describe their personal qualities and those of others, and explain how they contribute to developing identities
Elaborations (6)
- Elaboration describing the personal qualities of characters in stories and how they are similar to and different from their own
- Elaboration describing how belonging to First Nations Australian cultural groups contributes to identities
- Elaboration exploring examples of cultural practices, including those of Australians of Asian heritage, that recognise the contributions of family and friends to identities
- Elaboration explaining how personal and cultural identities are influenced by the groups and communities to which we belong
- Elaboration participating in physical activities and describing how their own and others’ personal qualities contribute to successful outcomes
- Elaboration describing personal achievements and sharing how they felt and how it influenced their personal identities
They describe how emotional responses affect their own and others' feelings.
Content descriptorAC9HP2P03 Personal, social and community health
identify how different situations influence emotional responses
Elaborations (6)
- Elaboration recognising own emotions and demonstrating ways to manage how they express their emotions in different situations
- Elaboration exploring self-regulation strategies to manage emotional responses
- Elaboration identifying situations that may trigger strong emotional responses in themselves and others, and recognising the impact the responses can have on others
- Elaboration identifying how someone might feel, think and act during an emergency through role-play and imaginative play
- Elaboration predicting how a person or character might be feeling based on the words they use, their facial expressions and body language
- Elaboration recognising how self and others are feeling in a range of situations
They demonstrate skills and describe strategies required to develop respectful relationships.
Content descriptorAC9HP2P02 Personal, social and community health
identify and explore skills and strategies to develop respectful relationships
Elaborations (5)
- Elaboration identifying characters in texts who demonstrate respect and cooperation to develop respectful relationships
- Elaboration identifying characters in texts who demonstrate respect for different types of families and carers, including those of different cultures, abilities or compositions
- Elaboration demonstrating appropriate language (including verbal, non-verbal, body language and gestures) when encouraging and including others in physical activities, when completing movement tasks or practising for performance
- Elaboration discussing strategies we can use to show respect to First Nations Australians and acknowledge difference using appropriate language
- Elaboration describing behaviours that may cause hurt or harm to others, or cause them to feel disrespected, including verbal and physical forms of bullying
Students apply protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies to keep themselves and others safe.
Content descriptorAC9HP2P04 Personal, social and community health
practise strategies they can use when they need to seek, give or deny permission respectfully
Elaborations (3)
- Elaboration practising strategies they can use when they need to give or refuse consent; for example, saying yes and no in an assertive manner, using non-verbal body cues and gestures
- Elaboration practising ways to interact with others in a fair and respectful way in play and other activities, regardless of differences in gender, abilities, race or personality
- Elaboration exploring situations where they need to seek, give or deny permission and practising strategies to assert themselves; for example, saying no to inappropriate touching
Content descriptorAC9HP2P05 Personal, social and community health
identify and demonstrate protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies they can use to help them and others stay safe
Elaborations (6)
- Elaboration identifying the body’s reaction to a range of situations, including safe and unsafe situations, and comparing the different emotional responses
- Elaboration identifying and rehearsing strategies they can use when requiring assistance, such as asking an adult they trust, reading signs and symbols to identify safe places, and solving a problem with friends
- Elaboration proposing strategies they can use at school and home that promote healthy use of digital tools
- Elaboration recognising photos and locations of safe places and a network of people who can help
- Elaboration discussing the importance of seeking help when problems are too big to solve by themselves
- Elaboration exploring how characters in texts use protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies to keep themselves and others safe
They explain why health information is important for making choices.
Content descriptorAC9HP2P06 Personal, social and community health
investigate a range of health messages and practices in their community and discuss their purposes
Elaborations (5)
- Elaboration identifying poison labels and medicine packaging and understanding to ask an adult before taking medicines
- Elaboration discussing how eating a variety of fresh foods can influence health and wellbeing by using The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
- Elaboration investigating how foods are marketed and promoted to children through advertisements in online spaces, promotion in supermarkets, and labelling and packaging
- Elaboration exploring sustainable practices that students can implement in the classroom to improve the health and wellbeing of the class, such as composting food waste, creating an edible garden and reducing single-use plastics
- Elaboration creating rules and applying them at school and home to implement healthy and manageable practices with their use of digital tools
Students apply fundamental movement skills in different movement situations and explain how they move with objects and in space effectively.
Content descriptorAC9HP2M01 Movement and physical activity
practise fundamental movement skills and apply them in a variety of movement situations
Elaborations (5)
- Elaboration performing locomotor movements using different body parts to travel in different directions
- Elaboration selecting and implementing different movement skills to be successful in a range of games
- Elaboration performing fundamental movement skills involving controlling objects with equipment and different parts of the body
- Elaboration practising gliding forward and backward in the water using arm and kicking movements
- Elaboration demonstrating balances and describing what helps to maintain stable positions
Content descriptorAC9HP2M02 Movement and physical activity
investigate different ways of moving their body, and manipulating objects and space, and draw conclusions about their effectiveness
Elaborations (5)
- Elaboration demonstrating changes in speed, direction and level as they use locomotor and non-locomotor skills in sequences
- Elaboration inventing new games, based on rules and equipment from familiar games, and drawing conclusions about whether the rules and choice of equipment provide for an interesting, challenging and enjoyable game
- Elaboration using stimuli such as equipment, rhythm, music and words to create simple playground games and assessing which games they enjoy most
- Elaboration using different types of equipment to create an original game or solve a movement challenge and evaluating the game or solution against a set of criteria
- Elaboration participating in activities that require students to move around different outdoor spaces and discussing which types of movement are most appropriate to move around safely and efficiently
They describe factors that make physical activity beneficial.
Content descriptorAC9HP2M03 Movement and physical activity
participate in a range of physical activities in natural and outdoor settings, and investigate factors and settings that make physical activity enjoyable
Elaborations (4)
- Elaboration recognising the physical features in a range of different environments, including natural and outdoor settings, that make physical activity in these spaces enjoyable
- Elaboration participating in children's games from First Nations Australian cultures, such as Keentan played by the Kalkadoon People of the north-west central districts of Queensland, and discussing similarities with other games and activities they enjoy
- Elaboration participating in a range of minor games and exploring which ones they enjoy and what makes them enjoyable
- Elaboration comparing the characteristics and benefits of physical activities that can take place in an outdoor setting to those that take place inside
Students develop and apply rules while collaborating with others in a range of movement contexts.
Content descriptorAC9HP2M04 Movement and physical activity
co-construct and apply rules to promote fair play in a range of physical activities
Elaborations (3)
- Elaboration discussing changes to rules that will make an activity fairer or more inclusive of all learners
- Elaboration explaining how rules contribute to fair play and applying them in group activities
- Elaboration demonstrating turn-taking and sharing equipment when participating in play and minor games
Content descriptorAC9HP2M05 Movement and physical activity
apply strategies to work collaboratively when participating in physical activities
Elaborations (3)
- Elaboration working cooperatively with a partner when practising new skills
- Elaboration describing and demonstrating how to include others in physical activities
- Elaboration proposing and trialling how a game can be changed so that everyone can be included
This achievement standard describes the expected learning for Years 1 to 2 Health and Physical Education. Use it to plan teaching and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
At a Glance
| Strand | Substrand | CDs | Elaborations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movement and physical activity | Moving our bodies | 2 | 10 |
| Movement and physical activity | Making active choices | 1 | 4 |
| Movement and physical activity | Learning through movement | 2 | 6 |
| Personal, social and community health | Identities and change | 1 | 6 |
| Personal, social and community health | Interacting with others | 3 | 14 |
| Personal, social and community health | Making healthy and safe choices | 2 | 11 |
| Total | 11 | 51 | |