Health

This term we will be teaching Health. As per the Victorian Curriculum, by the end of Level 2, students will describe changes that occur as they grow older. They will recognise how strengths and achievements contribute to identities. They will understand how emotional responses impact on others’ feelings. They will examine messages related to health decisions and describe how to help keep themselves and others healthy, safe and physically active. They will identify areas where they can be active and how the body reacts to different physical activities.

These lessons will be taught each week starting in Week 5 of term.

Here is an outline of what each lesson will cover so you can choose to have some discussions at home with your child and address any questions they might have.

Lesson 1: Family Circles

• Families can be all shapes and sizes.

• Some people have family members that are spread acrossdifferent households, cities, countries.

• You don’t have to be ‘born’ into a family; you can be ‘adopted’ into one.

• Families are about identity, care, connection and belonging.

Learning Intention:

• Explore and acknowledge the diversity in family structure andcomposition.

• Develop students understanding of what constitutes a family.

Lesson 2: Finger Prints

• I know some things that make me different.

• I know some things about me that I have in common with my classmates.

• There is no one quite like me.

• Life can be more interesting because we are different.

Learning Intention:

• Learn about their unique fingerprints

• Develop an understanding that we are all different and important

Lesson 3: Who can we go to when we need help at school?

• I can ask for help when I need it.

• I know there are different types of problems

• I can identify the people at school I can ask for help (for big problems and little problems).

Learning Intention:

• Explore people in the school, home and community that can help them feel safe and supported.

• Identify different methods of asking for help that lead to positive outcomes.

Lesson 4: Robot Buddy

• I know what makes us the same and what makes us different.

• I can identify what makes me unique.

• I can identify what makes other people unique.

Learning Intention

• To teach body structure.

• To highlight an individual's personality, hopes and dreams.

• To develop student's self-awareness.

Lesson 5: Teaching Social Rules

• I can learn social conventions/rules such as using the following:greetings, saying please and thank you, saying excuse me etc.

• I can learn situations when these social conventions are not necessary.

Learning Intention:

• To rolepay different situations

• To identify when  might need to use my EWS