Year 5 & 6 Health - Wellbeing Unit - Australian Curriculum

Empower your students with this comprehensive Year 5/6 Health and Wellbeing unit, featuring 10 engaging lessons that explore help-seeking strategies, wellbeing, preventive health, and informed health decision-making. Fully aligned to the Australian Curriculum (Version 9), this unit equips students with the knowledge and skills to confidently access reliable health information and make positive choices for themselves and others.

Designed to save you time while maximising impact, this unit blends explicit teaching, cooperative learning, and meaningful assessment to create a dynamic and inclusive classroom experience.

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

✨ Comprehensive, Curriculum-Aligned Planning

Take the stress out of planning with an editable 5-page unit planner, clearly linked to the Australian Curriculum. The structured framework ensures clarity, coherence, and confidence in delivering high-quality Health instruction.

✨ 10 Efficient, Engaging Lessons

Each of the 10 lessons follows a simple, streamlined structure (5–6 clear steps), making delivery smooth and purposeful. With explicit instructions and highlighted key teaching points, you can spend less time deciphering plans and more time focusing on student learning and wellbeing.

✨ Editable PowerPoint

Every lesson comes with an editable PowerPoint, allowing you to personalise content, adapt examples, and teach in your own style.

✨ Dynamic & Cooperative Learning Strategies

This unit incorporates a variety of interactive and cooperative learning strategies that encourage discussion, critical thinking, and reflection. While not every lesson relies on worksheets, each session is rich in purposeful activities that deepen understanding and promote student voice.

✨ Clear, Standards-Based Assessment

Assessment is simple and transparent with an editable A–E grading guide, explicitly linked to the Year 5/6 Health Achievement Standard. The guide provides clear descriptors based on two key unit activities, supporting consistent and confident teacher judgement.

What’s Included

• ♦ Editable Unit Planner (5 pages) + WA Curriculum alternative
• ♦ Editable PowerPoint (10 lessons)
• ♦ Teaching Resources (17 pages)
• ♦ Editable Grading Guide (1 page)
• ♦ Editable Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

🎯 Full Curriculum Alignment (Version 9)

Investigate different sources and types of health information and how these apply to their own and others’ health choices (AC9HP6P09)

🎯 WA Curriculum Outcome

Year 5

Reliable sources of information that inform health and safety decisions:

• internet-based information, publications and other media
• community health organisations (WA5HEHPS3)

Strategies that promote a safe, healthy lifestyle (WA5HEHPH1)

Year 6

Strategies that promote a safe, healthy lifestyle (WA6HEHPH1)

Criteria that can be applied to sources of information, including online, to assess their credibility (WA6HEHPH2)

Actions that promote and maintain community health, safety and wellbeing (WA6HEHPH3)

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