Y5 Content Descriptions - Personal Social and Community Health
Content descriptions
Personal identity and change
Ways that individuals and groups adapt to different contexts and situations
WA5HEHPP1
For example:
- the influence of stereotypes
Strategies to manage physical, mental/emotional and social changes associated with puberty
WA5HEHPP2
For example:
- use reliable resources and information to investigate developmental changes that occur
Staying safe
Protective behaviours that can be implemented in uncomfortable or unsafe situations
WA5HEHPS1
For example:
- normalising and encouraging help-seeking behaviour so all students feel comfortable and confident to seek help
- maintaining online safety when using digital tools and environments
- options and processes for reporting negative or harmful behaviour
Strategies that promote safety
WA5HEHPS2
For example:
- using action plans for emergency situations to ensure the safety of themselves and others
Reliable sources of information that inform health and safety decisions:
- internet-based information, publications and other media
- community health organisations
WA5HEHPS3
Strategies for seeking, giving or denying consent are described, and how to communicate intentions effectively are rehearsed
WA5HEHPS4
For example:
- exploring the steps of asking, responding, listening, reacting, and practising how to communicate their intentions effectively at each step
- interpreting verbal and non-verbal cues related to seeking, giving and denying consent in a range of situations
Healthy and active communities
Strategies that promote a safe, healthy lifestyle
WA5HEHPH1
For example:
- comparing food and drink labels on products
- awareness of mental health and wellbeing
Health messages that support and maintain an individual’s health, safety and wellbeing
WA5HEHPH2
Interacting with others
Skills and strategies to establish and maintain respectful relationships
WA5HEHPI1
For example:
- building new friendships
- dealing with bullying and harassment, including strategies to challenge disrespect and discrimination
- assessing the impact of changing relationships on health and wellbeing
Ways in which inappropriate emotional responses impact on relationships
WA5HEHPI2