K–6Personal Development, Health and Physical Education K–6 Syllabus
The new Personal Development, Health and Physical Education K−6 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027.
2025 and 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.
Content
Stage 3
- PH3-RRS-01
explains and applies skills and strategies to manage respectful relationships
- PH3-RRS-02
explains and applies skills and strategies to interact safely in offline and online contexts
Explain how rights and responsibilities contribute to respectful relationships
Explain and apply strategies to manage changes respectfully in relationships
Explain how stereotypes can influence relationships and the wellbeing of individuals and groups
Apply effective ways to resolve conflict and deal with bullying, discrimination and coercion offline and online
Investigate the importance of how celebrating and commemorating Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Cultures supports health and wellbeing
Explain ways to build positive connections within families, groups, community organisations and places to enhance health and wellbeing
Identify and explain how to communicate with and seek help from support networks when in unsafe situations
Apply strategies to enhance protective and upstander behaviours in unsafe or risky situations offline and online
Evaluate and apply strategies to respond to emotional or physically unsafe situations
Describe the right to be safe from abuse and identify protective strategies
Explain and demonstrate communication strategies to assertively gain, give or deny consent and respect responses
Analyse actions and strategies to maintain and enhance safety in the home, school and local environmental contexts
Investigate cultural safety and the impacts of this for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples and others
Apply road, fire and sun safety behaviours and identify influences that can impact decisions
Apply safety behaviours in water and local environments and identify ways to enhance community safety
Investigate the impact of harmful substances on personal and community health
Describe positive choices and actions that reduce risks associated with harmful substances
Describe the purpose of emergency plans and practice procedures to promote safety
Identify and apply strategies to contribute to safety in online environments
Describe and demonstrate ways to report negative, harmful or unsafe situations to trusted adults or in online tools
Demonstrate and explain how respectful and responsible digital citizen behaviours enhance online safety
Demonstrate how and when to assertively gain, give or deny consent when sharing information online and promote help-seeking strategies