Year 5 & 6 Health - Protective Behaviours Unit - Australian Curriculum

Empower your students with the knowledge and confidence to stay safe, seek help and communicate respectfully in this comprehensive 10-lesson Year 5/6 Health unit aligned to Version 9 of the Australian Curriculum. Focused on protective behaviours, help-seeking strategies and consent in online and offline contexts, this unit makes teaching sensitive but essential content clear, engaging and curriculum-aligned.

Designed to save you time while maximising impact, this ready-to-teach unit includes an editable planner, PowerPoint, worksheets, grading guide and learning intentions/success criteria, everything you need for confident, explicit instruction.

An alternative WA Curriculum planner (2026+) is also included, making this unit ideal for Western Australian teachers preparing for the new requirements.

Why Teachers Love This Unit

✓ Australian Curriculum Version 9 Aligned

Built specifically to address Year 5/6 Health outcomes, this unit ensures full curriculum coverage with clear links embedded throughout the editable planner.

✓ 10 Structured, Time-Efficient Lessons

Each of the 10 lessons follows a simple five-to-six step format with clear teaching instructions, discussion prompts and active learning opportunities. The streamlined structure allows you to:

• Reduce planning time
• Focus on student engagement
• Deliver explicit, meaningful Health instruction
• Build student confidence around protective behaviours and consent

✓ Engaging & Inclusive Learning Experiences

This unit moves beyond worksheets. Lessons incorporate cooperative learning strategies, role-play, discussion, scenario analysis and rehearsal of real-life skills. Students actively practise:

• Help-seeking strategies
• Communicating personal boundaries
• Seeking, giving or denying consent respectfully
• Applying protective behaviours in online and offline situations

✓ Clear Assessment & Reporting Support

The included grading guide clearly outlines what achievement looks like across A–E standards based on two key assessment tasks. It is directly aligned to the Year 5/6 Achievement Standard, making assessment and reporting straightforward and defensible.

What’s Included

• ♦ Editable Unit Planner (6 pages) + WA Curriculum alternative
• ♦ Editable PowerPoint
• ♦ Teaching Resources (36 pages)
• ♦ Editable Grading Guide (1 page)
• ♦ Editable Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

Everything is organised and classroom-ready to help you deliver high-quality Health lessons with confidence.

🎯 Full Curriculum Alignment (Version 9)

• Analyse and rehearse protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies that can be used in a range of online and offline situations (AC9HP6P08)
• Describe strategies for seeking, giving or denying consent and rehearse how to communicate their intentions effectively and respectfully (AC9HP6P07)

🎯 WA Curriculum Outcome

Year 5

Protective behaviours that can be implemented in uncomfortable or unsafe situations (WA5HEHPS1)

Strategies that promote safety (WA5HEHPS2)

Strategies for seeking, giving or denying consent are described, and how to communicate intentions effectively are rehearsed (WA5HEHPS4)

Year 6

Protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies that can be used when students feel unsafe online (WA6HEHPS1)

Strategies that promote safety (WA6HEHPS2)

Strategies for seeking, giving or denying consent are described, and how to communicate intentions effectively are rehearsed (WA6HEHPS3)

If you're looking for a comprehensive Year 5/6 Health unit on protective behaviours and consent, aligned to Australian Curriculum v9, structured across 10 engaging lessons, and designed to save you hours of planning time, then this unit delivers clarity, confidence and curriculum compliance in one powerful package.

→Other than where stated, this product is not editable ←