K–6Personal Development, Health and Physical Education K–6 Syllabus (2024)
The new Personal Development, Health and Physical Education K–6 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027. The Personal Development, Health and Physical Education K–10 Syllabus (2018) will not be available after December 2028.
2026 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027 – Start teaching the new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts. Schools may choose to implement the new syllabus during the planning and preparation phase.
Content
Early Stage 1
- PHE-RRS-01
identifies how respectful relationships and safety contribute to wellbeing
Identify familiar or personal relationships and connections to family, people and groups
Identify how personal strengths and characteristics contribute to respectful relationships
Identify the ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ Cultural connections to others enhance Loading
Identify people who can be trusted for safety and support
Demonstrate how to assertively ask for help in a range of situations
Describe the meaning of the word ‘private’ and identify private body parts
Recognise emotional and physical signs that can indicate safe and unsafe situations
Identify appropriate and inappropriate touch, contact or interactions and demonstrate ways to respond offline and online
Demonstrate protective strategies including ‘No-Go-Tell’
Demonstrate how to assertively gain, give or deny Loading and respect responses
Identify situations as being safe or unsafe and demonstrate how to seek help
Identify symbols in the home and messages in the school and community that support safety
Identify messages in stories shared within Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families or Loading that teach children how to stay safe on Loading
Identify people who can help maintain health and safety in various contexts
Identify and demonstrate road safety behaviours and describe why they are important
Demonstrate fire safety behaviours and describe why they are important
Demonstrate sun safe behaviours and describe why they are important to protect the eyes and skin
Demonstrate water and local environmental safety behaviours and describe why they are important at home and in the community
Recognise that all data, including personal information and images, can be accessed by others when shared online
Identify ways to contribute to personal safety online and seek help from trusted adults when feeling unsafe