AC9HP4P10 Year 3 Health and Physical Education

AC9HP4P10 – 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

investigate and apply behaviours that contribute to their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing

Elaborations

• identifying how medications and other substances can be stored safely in the home and at school
• exploring the benefits of following eating patterns that reflect The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, and investigating nutritional information about foods
• discussing the importance of a sense of belonging and connection in promoting mental health and wellbeing
• exploring benefits of regular physical activity and identifying opportunities when they can be active at school, at home and in the community
• explaining how characters in texts take responsibility for their own and others’ safety in a range of situations, including water and road environments
• exploring recommendations around time spent on screen-based activities in the Australian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Young People and discussing ways to create or maintain a healthier balance
• identifying ways they can change their behaviours to support the sustainability of the Earth’s systems; for example, recycling or composting systems to minimise waste in the school, and community fruit and vegetable gardens to create healthy and sustainable lunches or snacks

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• practising strategies for enhancing mental wellbeing such as positive self-talk, mindfulness and meditation

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

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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.