Descriptors›Health and Physical Education›Years 5 to 6›Personal, social and community health›Making healthy and safe choices›AC9HP6P10
AC9HP6P10 Years 5 to 6 Health and Physical Education

AC9HP6P10 | Years 5 to 6 Health and Physical Education: Making healthy and safe choices

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor analyse how behaviours influence the health, safety, relationships and wellbeing of individuals and communities
Strand
Personal, social and community health
Substrand
Making healthy and safe choices

This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 5 to 6 Health and Physical Education. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

  • • Elaboration recognising actions that can help keep classmates safe, including strategies to reduce potential for contamination, infection and anaphylaxis
  • • Elaboration investigating practices that help promote and maintain health and wellbeing, such as eating a diet reflecting The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, meeting recommendations for daily physical activity and creating connections with others to enhance social health
  • • Elaboration exploring how kinship and extended family structures in First Nations Australian communities support and enhance the health, safety and wellbeing of their communities
  • • Elaboration proposing strategies they can use in daily routines to increase physical activity levels and reduce sedentary behaviour
  • • Elaboration practising and refining assertive communication techniques that can be used in a range of situations where they may be asked to do something they don’t believe is appropriate
  • • Elaboration proposing and implementing strategies to positively contribute to online environments, such as evaluating the impact of “character” behaviour when gaming with peers
  • • Elaboration examining sustainable food practices to measure the quality of food available in the school canteen or local area
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  • • Elaboration describing strategies to support a sense of belonging and connection, and recognising the importance of social support for enhancing mental health and wellbeing

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