Organisation of content into year levels is advisory.

Teachers will continue to make professional judgements about when to introduce content based on students prior learning and achievement .

Early adolescence: Health and Physical Education Integrated scope and sequence
Context

Year 8
Self-understanding o developing and maintaining self-esteem as an adolescent o recognition of roles o recognition of changes in responsibilities o well-being balancing the social, emotional, physical and mental o mental health Types and nature of relationships o importance of family and peers o factors influencing relationships o relating appropriately in relationships o qualities of positive relationships o rights and responsibilities in relationships o appreciating diversity Power in relationships o types of power o peer pressure Being resilient as an adolescent o coping and responding to change and challenge o identifying fears and feelings o dealing with conflicting demands o creating connections friendships and belonging o protective strategies Recognising abuse o feelings and warning signals o protective strategies

Year 9
Self-understanding o influences of different beliefs and values, including those related to sexuality and gender on self-esteem and self-concept o mental health issues Developing respectful relationships o affirming diversity o building and maintaining positive relationships as an adolescent o understanding changing relationships o applying social skills to different situations and relationships o cyber bullying o SMS bullying o seeking advice and help Enhancing resilience as an adolescent o thinking optimistically o making connections o promoting positive attitudes o protective behaviours Plan A/Plan B o preparing for future challenges o time management o study techniques o strategies to seek help o benefits of support

Year 10
Self-understanding o influences of socio-cultural factors o and others self-esteem and self-concept o understanding mental health issues and their impact on self and society Lifelong relationships o relationships and community support to enhance relationships o mental health services o dealing with negative relationships o health promotions government support for building positive relationships o relationships in the work place o enhancing personal health and the health of others o communicating effectively in the community o public health services/agencies o domestic violence Inclusivity o discrimination, harassment and vilification Resilience o balancing your lifestyle o planning for a positive future o managing change o coping with loss and grief o coping with breakdown of relationships o reaching out o study techniques and career education

Wellness

Outcome

Meanings and dimensions of health components of a healthy lifestyle attitudes and values Growth and development influences on growth and development behaviours that influence growth and development Social-emotional well-being different types of relationships values and beliefs

The meaning and dimension of health lifestyle behaviours and consequences Growth and development how to enhance the health of self and others assessing the impact of emotional and mental health on behaviours the positive and negative effects of peer pressure on health behaviours Social-emotional well-being strategies to manage relationships

The meaning and dimension of health social, cultural, environmental and political factors that influence the communitys health and attitudes community strategies to promote health Growth and development lifestyle behaviours and their impact on society societal cohesion the impact of stress and strategies to manage stress

Department of Education and Training Western Australia, Early adolescence: Health and Physical Education Integrated scope and sequence, December 2007

Knowledge and Understandings

Organisation of content into year levels is advisory. Teachers will continue to make professional judgements about when to introduce content based on students prior learning and achievement .

Early adolescence: Health and Physical Education Integrated scope and sequence
Outcome

Year 8
Ways to keep healthier and safer managing risk strategies to enhance resilience rules, laws, policies to promote health enhancing environments Resources and consumer skills health services/agencies

Year 9
Ways to keep healthier and safer plans to avoid and manage risk harm minimisation and coping strategies Resources and consumer skills factors that influence access and use of health services

Year 10
Social-emotional well-being strategies to enhance and encourage societal cohesion Ways to keep healthier and safer risk management in the community taking action to maintain their own and others mental and emotional health preventative measures Resources and consumer skills sources and access to health information for different communities factors that influence a communitys ability to access and use health services Understanding emotions how to examine the influence of others strategies to cope with influences strategies to cope with outside influences on selfunderstanding Managing emotions community strategies that are used to cope with intense emotions in particular situations strategies to cope with and reduce stress Reviewing the situation how to analyse the process and outcomes of the decision making model preventative measure strategies to create awareness and limit fallout Monitoring and evaluating strategies to monitor and evaluate decisions

Knowledge and Understandings (continued) Self-management Skills

Understanding emotions Understanding emotions how to identify the different types of emotions and strategies to identify, interpret and monitor ways they are expressed influences on the self how to take cultural differences into account in how to examine the influence of others on selfself-understanding understanding ways to enhance our self-understanding how to track and challenge the connection between thoughts, feelings and behaviours Managing our emotions Managing emotions how to manage emotions strategies to cope with emotions how to manage emotions and limit the impact of value laden judgements Reviewing the situation strategies to owning and taking responsibility for factors to consider when choosing the most emotional health of self and others appropriate person for help ways to motivate the self and others Deciding and acting ways to identify emotional states and proposed ways to apply the decision making model strategies to cope with them Monitoring and evaluation strategies to monitor thoughts, emotions and how to monitor and evaluate the decision making physical feelings that influence personal identity model and the behaviour of others skills and actions to cope with overt and covert ways to enhance self-confidence peer influence how to review the effectiveness of strategies to resilience

Department of Education and Training Western Australia, Early adolescence: Health and Physical Education Integrated scope and sequence, December 2007

Organisation of content into year levels is advisory. Teachers will continue to make professional judgements about when to introduce content based on students prior learning and achievement .

Early adolescence: Health and Physical Education Integrated scope and sequence
Outcome

Year 8

Year 9
Reviewing the situation how to apply the decision making model when considering beliefs and values; predicting risks and benefits Planning before deciding strategies to assert individual rights and predict the consequence of actions Deciding and acting how to set short-term goals that are specific and measurable

Year 10

Self-management Skills (continued)

Communicating ways to adapt communication skills active listening skills to establish relationships how to read body language Building and nurturing relationships how to behave appropriately in varying relationships/situations Preventing and managing conflict ways to deal appropriately with conflict ways to deal appropriately with teasing/bullying Cooperating and collaborating with peers ways to cooperate with peers strategies to deal with exclusion

Department of Education and Training Western Australia, Early adolescence: Health and Physical Education Integrated scope and sequence, December 2007

Interpersonal Skills

Communicating ways to establish effective communication showing empathy, tolerance and sensitivity ways to communicate effectively when there is conflict Building and nurturing relationships how to build relationships with unfamiliar others ways to cope with dysfunctional relationships how to demonstrate acceptable and appropriate behaviour ways to cope with changes in relationships Preventing and managing conflict assertive communication skills to manage conflict negotiation skills problem solving skills Cooperating and collaborating in groups time management and study skills

Communicating active listening skills to enhance relationships strategies to communicate and collaborate with unfamiliar others in social, team or group situations Building and nurturing relationships ways to build and influence relationships within the community how to treat others when in a position of power Preventing and managing conflict how to manage/resolve conflict when in a position of power ways of selecting, applying and adjusting assertion ways to minimise potential conflict harm minimisation skills ways to cope with change/conflict/challenging situations Leading, initiating and facilitating leadership strategies when supporting others how to express feelings, needs, ideas, empathy and support to others in a socially and culturally appropriate manner