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Helping others with study stress

Students need to feel empowered not only to help others, but also to help themselves. This activity gives students the opportunity to role play difficult conversations they may have with friends.

Materials Needed
A4 paper/Microsoft Word or student workbooks

Mapped to
Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education

Refine protective behaviours and evaluate community resources to seek help for themselves and others (AC9HP8P08)

Plan and implement strategies, using health resources, to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing (AC9HP8P10)

Plan, rehearse and evaluate options (including CPR and first aid) for managing situations where their own or others’ health, safety and wellbeing may be at short or long term risk (ACPPS091)

Plan, rehearse and evaluate strategies for managing situations where their own or others’ health, safety or wellbeing may be at risk (AC9HP10P08)
Australian Curriculum: General Capabilities

Personal and Social Capability:

Self-awareness
Self-management
Social management

Ethical Understanding:

Understanding ethical concepts and issues
Reasoning in decision making and actions

Critical and Creative Thinking:

Inquiring
Generating
Analysing

NSW PDHPE Syllabus

Examines and demonstrates the role help-seeking strategies and behaviours play in supporting themselves and others (PD4-2)

Demonstrates self-management skills to effectively manage complex situations (PD4-9)

Researches and appraises the effectiveness of health information and support services available in the community (PD5-2)

Assesses and applies self-management skills to effectively manage complex situations (PD5-9)
Victorian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education

Develop skills to evaluate health information and express health concerns (VCHPEP129)

Plan, rehearse and evaluate options (including CPR and first aid) for managing situations where their own or others’ health, safety and wellbeing may be at risk (VCHPEP144)

Investigate how empathy and ethical decision-making contribute to respectful relationships (VCHPEP146)
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Year Level

7-12

Duration

5 minutes

Type

In class activity
Online learning

SEL Competencies

Social awareness
Relationship skills

Learning Intention

Students are able to articulate how they can support each other.

Key Outcomes

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

recognise different strategies they can use to help themselves
recognise that they can help those around them.

ACTIVITY 01

Instructions 5 min

Ask students to complete the following sentences. You may choose to have students answer verbally or write down their responses.

If I know someone who needs a break from study, I can…
If I’m worried that a friend is putting too much pressure on themselves, I can…
If I notice that a friend isn’t coping, I can…

Debrief discussion:

Discuss with students what they suggested for each statement.

Year Level

Duration

Type

SEL Competencies

Learning Intention

Key Outcomes

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

ACTIVITY 01

Instructions 5 min

Debrief discussion:

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