Activities

4. Bodies - similarities and differences

Pre-primary
Growing bodies
Staying safe
Students explore the physical features of people and identify similarities and differences between them.

5. My body inside and out

Pre-primary
Growing bodies
Staying safe
Students identify the correct names and location of their body parts (which may include genitalia). 

6. Public vs private body parts

Pre-primary
Growing bodies
Staying safe
Students develop their understanding of the differences between public and private body parts.

7. Trusted adults

Pre-primary
Staying safe
Students explore trusted adults who can help them to feel safe on a 'helping hand'.

3. Feelings, body signals and positive coping strategies

Year 1
Communication skills
Staying safe
Students explore different emotions, the signals their bodies give for each emotion, and positive coping strategies for different scenarios.

Consent for touch (hugs)

Year 2
Communication skills
Staying safe
Students use a video and T chart for exploring different ways to ask for and give consent for touch (e.g. hugs).

Consent - sharing photos

Year 3
Communication skills
Staying safe
Students use a scenario and emotion statutes to explore consent for photos to be shared online and actions they can take if someone has shared photos without consent.

Self-protecting against bullying

Year 4
Communication skills
Relationships
Staying safe
Students develop a repertoire of strategies to use to protect themselves from bullying. They also examine ways to help someone else that may be being bullied.

Online vs face-to-face communication

Year 4
Relationships
Staying safe
Students explore different kinds of online communication and face-to-face communication and discuss the pros and cons of each.

Safety first

Year 5
Communication skills
Staying safe
Students investigate strategies that promote safe practices online.

HPV vaccination

Year 7
Sexual health
Staying safe

Activities for use with students before they receive their HPV vaccine at school. Videos and an activity sheet to explore HPV, how it can be prevented, what happens on vaccination day, and feelings about vaccinations.

Issues with online communication

Year 7
Staying safe
Students discuss the positives and challenges of using technology to communicate. They also reflect on their own and other people’s online behaviour.

Respectful relationships online

Year 9
Communication skills
Relationships
Staying safe

Students develop an understanding of cyberbullying and the implications of sharing information online.

Choices and consequences

Year 9
Communication skills
Sexual health
Sexuality and sexual behaviour
Staying safe
Students watch Kaiyai Girl, an interactive DVD about an Aboriginal Girl, Missy, who is faced with many choices and consequences regarding alcohol and other drugs and sexual health.

Power to manage relationships

Year 10
Relationships
Sexuality and sexual behaviour
Staying safe
Understanding gender

Students explore effective strategies such as refusal skills, communicating choices, expressing opinions and initiating contingency plans when dealing with challenging relationships.

Sexually transmissible infections

Year 10
Sexual health
Sexuality and sexual behaviour
Staying safe
Students investigate the risks, symptoms and methods of transmission of STIs.

Sexting: To send or not to send

Year 10
Year 8
Year 9
Communication skills
Relationships
Sexuality and sexual behaviour
Staying safe

Students use a video and a decision mapping process to explore situations where people might be asked to send a sext. Emotional, social, ethical and legal consequences of sending or not sending a sext are unpacked.

Sexual consent and the law

Year 10
Year 9
Communication skills
Sexuality and sexual behaviour
Staying safe

Students analyse sexual consent and the law through real life scenarios.

Keeping safe in sexual situations

Year 10
Year 9
Relationships
Sexual health
Sexuality and sexual behaviour

Students explore legal, physical, social and emotional safety, and respectful relationships using placemat strategy and video stimulus.

Safer sex - condoms

Year 10
Year 9
Relationships
Sexual health
Sexuality and sexual behaviour

Students use a video stimulus; explore condom use stats; brainstorm what safer sex is, reasons why people use/don't use condoms and the life skills required for condom negotiation

Assessment task: Safer sex quiz questions

Year 10
Year 9
Sexual health
Sexuality and sexual behaviour

Students research and develop quiz questions about safer sex. Teacher combines student's questions to create a class quiz assessment.

Blood-borne virus safety

Year 10
Year 9
Sexual health
Sexuality and sexual behaviour
Staying safe

Students complete a pre-quiz then use a video stimulus and websites to research BBV transmission/prevention and share their findings in creative formats.