AC9HP10P10
Years 9 to 10
Health and Physical Education
AC9HP10P10 | Years 9 to 10 Health and Physical Education: Making healthy and safe choices
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor plan, justify and critique strategies to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing
Strand
Personal, social and community health
Substrand
Making healthy and safe choices
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 9 to 10 Health and Physical Education. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration investigating community-action initiatives young people have started that have a positive influence on the health and wellbeing of their communities
- • Elaboration proposing, sharing and evaluating a presentation on serving and eating food that has been prepared sustainably; for example, using local ingredients to cut down on emissions, using sustainably produced foods and not using single-use plastic for serving
- • Elaboration engaging in nature experiences to understand how these activities can promote the development of eco-identity and positive sense of wellbeing, including exploring how a deep connection to Country/Place enhances health and wellbeing for First Nations Australians
- • Elaboration investigating how cultural rights of First Nations Australians include maintaining traditional diets and explaining how these have proven health and wellbeing benefits
- • Elaboration analysing the influence social, cultural and economic factors may have on health behaviours and help-seeking, such as factors associated with the cost of help or stigma associated with menstrual health, gender and sexual diversity, sexual health and mental illness
- • Elaboration investigating the pharmacopeia and health practices of First Nations Australian communities while showing respect for Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) protocols and cultural knowledge
- • Elaboration proposing constructive, healthy and manageable actions when using tools and digital environments to promote respect, inclusion and the wellbeing of others, such as researching what to do if they, or someone they know, is being targeted online
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- • Elaboration designing and evaluating strategies that enhance their own and others’ mental health and wellbeing, such as regular physical activity, positive self-talk, consistent sleep habits, mindfulness and social connection
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Read the full Years 9 to 10 Health and Physical Education achievement standard