2015 Year 7 HEALTH Outline – Semester 1
Weeks
1 -4
5-8
9 -12
Topic
Explanation
Personal Identity Students further investigate
what makes them unique,
what make their classmates
unique and why it is terrific.
Relationships
The world exists with effective
relationships, our school is no
different. This aspect of
school is as important as any
other to equip every
individual with the skills
necessary to deal with others
throughout their school life.
Safety/Risk
To ensure each individual lives
Taking
life to the fullest, they need to
be able to identify risks, to
not be scared of them but be
informed in managing the
situations.
13 - 16 Food/Diet
16 - 20 Values
Applications
Develop self- esteem and
confidence to exist at
school and the wider
community
Co-exist with others in the
wider community without
social problems.
What you will learn and be able
to do:
About themselves
Identify characteristics that make
them and others individuals
Interact in more meaningful way
Students will have the strategies
required to build relationships
They will be able to identify the
positives and negatives in
relationships
Basic understanding of restorative
practises.
Harm minimisation,
Students can identify dangers in
awareness of risks and
their environment
benefits of safe risk taking They learn how to minimise risk in
situations
Law
Learn how to manage risk for your
Outdoor Education
own benefit
OHS
Understanding the fuel system Healthy eating
Explore the different parts of
of what is an effective diet to Awareness of nutrients and Nutrition
meet the needs of each life
how they are used by the Healthy Eating
stage. Knowledge of healthy
body
Food components
foods enables choices to be
Maintenance of a Healthy Nutrients
made.
Diet
Fuels for the body to use
Effects of food intake on the body
(Nutritionist, Dietician,
Buying food)
Will enable each student to
Role Model or Leadership, Establish what is important to each
identify what is important in
valued member of Society student
one’s life, the concepts or
Understand the type of person the
Assessment
Passport
A mock passport
identifying important
personal information.
Relationship Mindmap
Poster
Create a mind map that
displays all of their
relationships >50 and
analyses them for
value and type.
Safety poster
Develop a safety poster
that promotes safe
behaviours in an
activity where the
students have hurt
themselves in the past
AssessmentDevelopment of a
Healthy MenuRestaurant Owner
(utilising the healthy
eating pyramid and
including dietary
information)
Open minded portrait
(photo)- describing
what is important to
individual rules to base one’s
actions on.
individual wants to become by
building on their values and
morals
them as an individual