AC9HP6P09 Year 5 Health and Physical Education

AC9HP6P09 – Year 5 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 5 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 different sources and types of health information and how these apply to their own and others’ health choices

Elaborations

• examining how family, friends, media and public identities may influence the way people act and the choices they make in relation to their health
• analysing nutritional information of different foods and developing strategies to communicate healthier choices to their family
• identifying trusted people in their lives with whom they can share their health needs and concerns, and rehearsing ways to communicate concerns about their health to a variety of support people
• examining and comparing relevant health information and opinions, and identifying which aspects can be verified as accurate and reliable

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 5 ASHPEY56

Year 5 Health and Physical Education Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 6, students explain how different factors influence identities. They propose strategies to manage emotions, developmental changes and transitions. They propose strategies to demonstrate respect, empathy and inclusion. They explain how stereotypes influence roles and responsibilities. Students explain how communication skills, protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies keep themselves and others safe online and offline. They analyse health information to refine strategies to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing. Students refine and modify movement skills and apply movement concepts across a range of situations. They transfer movement strategies between situations and evaluate the impact on movement outcomes. Students propose strategies to promote physical activity participation that enhance health, fitness and wellbeing. They describe contributions they can make as a group and team member to support fair play and inclusion across a range of movement contexts.