AC9HP4P09 Year 3 Health and Physical Education

AC9HP4P09 – Year 3 Health and Physical Education: Making healthy and safe choices

Strand

Personal, social and community health

Substrand

Making healthy and safe choices

This Content Descriptor from Year 3 Health and Physical Education provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

interpret the nature and intention of health information and messages, and reflect on how they influence personal decisions and behaviours

Elaborations

• accessing different sources of health information and examining the accuracy of these sources, including brochures, websites, TV shows and advertisements, online promotions and food labels
• examining health messages relating to food and nutrition from different sources and exploring choices, behaviours and outcomes conveyed in these messages
• identifying, examining and combining information and opinions from a range of sources to inform decisions and behaviours on a range of health issues
• investigating the level of influence health messages from different people and sources may have on their health decisions

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 3 ASHPEY34

Year 3 Health and Physical Education Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 4, students identify influences that strengthen identities and describe strategies to manage emotions, changes and transitions. They apply skills and strategies to interact respectfully with others. They describe the influences that inclusion and stereotypes have on choices and actions. Students describe and apply protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies to keep themselves and others safe online and offline. They interpret health information to apply strategies to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing. Students apply fundamental movement skills and demonstrate movement concepts across a range of situations. They adapt movement strategies to enhance movement outcomes. Students examine factors that influence participation and propose strategies to incorporate regular physical activity into their own and others’ lives. They demonstrate fair play and inclusion through a range of roles in movement contexts.