Term 1
Unit Objectives:
- Body Image and Self Esteem
- Understanding Mental Health
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Lesson Objectives
WAC
Resources
Body Image and Self Esteem

What is Body Image

Genetics

Diet

Exercise

Self Esteem

Who influences your self-esteem?

Improving your self-esteem
Contributing to healthy and active communities
Benefits to individuals and communities of valuing diversity and promoting inclusivity, such as:
Researching how stereotypes and prejudices have been challenged in various contexts.
Body Image and the Media

Critiquing the media

Eating Disorders

Anorexia nervosa

Bulimia nervosa
Male body image and ideas of masculinity

Adonis Syndrome
Female body image and ideas of femininity
Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing
Personal, social and cultural factors influencing emotional responses and behavior, such as: Prior
experience, norms and expectations, personal beliefs and attitudes
Health Work Book – Pages 10-15
Being health, safe and active
Communication techniques to persuade someone to seek help
Sources of health information that can support people who are going through a challenging time
Health Work Book – Pages 15-18
Health Work Book – Pages 5-9
Being health, safe and active
Skills and strategies to promote physical and mental health, safety and wellbeing in various environments
such as: Assertive responses, stress management, contingency plans, making informed choices
“What is beauty” Assessment task preparation
Understanding Mental Health
What is Mental Health?

Self-Esteem

Relationships

Fun and relaxation
Mental Illness

Causes of mental illness
Types of Mental Illness

Depression

Anxiety Disorder

Schizophrenia
Managing Mental Illness
Managing Mental Illness

Mental health workers
Assessment and
feedback
“What is beauty”
Assessment task
handed out
Being health, safe and active
Strategies for managing the changing nature of peer and family relationships
Being health, safe and active
Skills and strategies to promote physical and mental health, safety and wellbeing in various
environments, such as:
 assertive responses
 stress management
 refusal skills
 contingency plans
 making informed choices
Health Work Book – Pages 21-26
Health Work Book – Pages 26-28
Health Work Book – Pages 28-32
Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing
Sources of health information that can support people who are going through a challenging time
Contributing to healthy and active communities Health promotion activities which target relevant health
issues for young people and ways to prevent them
Health Work Book – Pages 32-34
Health Work Book – Pages 34-36
“What is beauty”
Assessment task due
Term 2
Unit Objectives:
- How my body works
Week
1
2
Lesson Objectives
How my Body Works

Introduction

Identification of different body
systems
How my Body Works

Skeletal System
3
How my Body Works

Muscular System
4
How my Body Works

Cardiorespiratory System
5
How my Body Works

Cardiorespiratory System

Responses during Physical Activity
6
How my Body Works

Circulatory System
7
How my Body Works

Healthy functioning body

Energy and Food, Drinking Water
8
How my body works revision
9
How my body works revision
10
WAC
How my Body Works Test
Resources
Assessment and
feedback
Health Work Book – Page 38
Health Work Book – Pages 38 - 39
Understanding Movement
Measurement of the body’s response to physical activity:
 heart rate
 breathing/respiration
Understanding Movement
Measurement of the body’s response to physical activity:
 heart rate
 breathing/respiration
Understanding Movement
Measurement of the body’s response to physical activity:
 heart rate
 breathing/respiration
Understanding Movement
Measurement of the body’s response to physical activity:
 heart rate
 breathing/respiration
Understanding Movement
Measurement of the body’s response to physical activity:
 heart rate
 breathing/respiration
Health Work Book – Pages 40 - 41
Health Work Book – Pages 41 - 44
Health Work Book – Pages 41 - 44
Health Work Book – Pages 44 - 45
Health Work Book – Pages 46 - 48
How my Body Works
Test
Term 3
Unit Objectives:
- Drug Education
- Australian and Community Health Issues
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
Lesson Objectives
Introduction to different types of drugs

Legal and illegal

Stimulants

Depressants

Hallucinogens
Legal Drugs

Alcohol

Nicotine

Caffeine

Prescription Drugs

Inhalants
Illegal Drugs

Marijuana, Ecstasy, Cocaine

Amphetamines and
Methamphetamines

Heroin, Acid, Magic Mushrooms
Mental Health

Treatments
Assessment Task – “Safer Choices”

Create a Website
Australian and Community Health Issues

Diabetes
WAC
Being Healthy, Safe and Active
Resources
Health Work Book – Pages 50 - 52
The reasons why young people choose to use or not use drugs
Being Healthy, Safe and Active
Health Work Book – Pages 53 - 59
The reasons why young people choose to use or not use drugs
Communication techniques to persuade someone to seek help
Being Healthy, Safe and Active
Health Work Book – Pages 60 - 64
The reasons why young people choose to use or not use drugs
Communication techniques to persuade someone to seek help
Being Healthy, Safe and Active
Health Work Book – Pages 65 - 66
Communication techniques to persuade someone to seek help
Safer Choices – “Create
a Website”
Safer Choices – “Create
a Website” DUE
Contributing to healthy and active communities
Health promotion activities which target relevant health issues for young people and ways to
prevent them
Health Work Book – Pages 72 - 73
7
Australian and Community Health Issues

Heart Disease

Osteoporosis
Contributing to healthy and active communities
Health promotion activities which target relevant health issues for young people and ways to
prevent them
Health Work Book – Pages 73 - 74
8
Australian and Community Health Issues

Asthma

Anaphalaxis
Contributing to healthy and active communities
Health promotion activities which target relevant health issues for young people and ways to
prevent them
Health Work Book – Pages 75 - 78
9
Australian and Community Health Issues

Gambling

Cancer

Australian and Community Health Issues

Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Health Issues
Being Healthy, Safe and Active
Health Work Book – Pages 78 - 79
10
Assessment and
feedback
Communication techniques to persuade someone to seek help
Contributing to healthy and active communities
Benefits to individuals and communities of valuing diversity and promoting inclusivity, such as:
 respecting diversity
 exploring how the traditions, foods and practices of different cultures enhance the wellbeing of
the community
 challenging racism, homophobia, sexism and disability discrimination
 researching how stereotypes and prejudices have been challenged in various contexts
Health Work Book – Pages 81- 86
Term 4
Unit Objectives:
- Fit and Healthy
- Fitness Improvement
Week
Lesson Objectives
WAC
1
Fit and Healthy

Physical Activity

Benefits of Physical Activity

Physical activity levels
Being Healthy, Safe and Active
2
Physical Activity

Energy balance

Options for physical activity
Being Healthy, Safe and Active
3
“Working Out” Assessment Task”
4
5
“Working Out” Assessment practical lesson
6
Fitness Improvement

FITT Principle
Moving our body
Movement skills and sequences within different physical activity contexts with a focus on:
 increased accuracy and efficiency in skill performance
 control of balance and stability
7
Fitness Improvement

Design a Training Program
8
Design a training Program
9
Perform the training program
10
Perform the training program
Understanding Movement
Measurement of the body’s response to physical activity:
 heart rate
 breathing/respiration
Understanding Movement
Measurement of the body’s response to physical activity:
 heart rate
 breathing/respiration
Understanding Movement
Measurement of the body’s response to physical activity:
 heart rate
 breathing/respiration
Understanding Movement
Measurement of the body’s response to physical activity:
 heart rate
 breathing/respiration
Resources
Assessment and
feedback
Health Work Book – Pages 95-100
Skills and strategies to promote physical and mental health, safety and wellbeing in various
environments, such as:
 assertive responses
 stress management
 refusal skills
 contingency plans
 making informed choices
Health Work Book – Pages 100-104
Skills and strategies to promote physical and mental health, safety and wellbeing in various
environments, such as:
 assertive responses
 stress management
 refusal skills
 contingency plans
 making informed choices
Health Work Book – Pages 105-109
“Working Out” Assessment theory lesson
“Working Out” Task
handed out
“Working Out”
Assessment Task DUE
Health Work Book – Pages 114 - 120
Health Work Book – Pages 114 - 120
Health Work Book – Pages 114 - 120
Health Work Book – Pages 114 - 120