Starting high school video
Starting high school can be a difficult time for students. Watch this video with your students and discuss the suggested tips to help them with the transition. Use the video as an orientation activity, or share it with students in the first few weeks of high school.
Year level
Transition
Duration
20 minutes
Type
In class activity
Take away activity
Year assembly activity
Online learning
SEL Competencies
Self-awareness
Self-management
Learning intention
Students will learn strategies to help them start high school.
Key outcomes
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
Identify strategies to help them cope with starting high school.
Materials needed
Access to ReachOut.com video: Tips for starting high school
Mapped to
Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education
Analyse the impact of changes and transitions, and devise strategies to support themselves and others through these changes (AC9HP8P02)
Australian Curriculum: General Capabilities
Personal and Social Capability:
Self-awareness
Self-management
Critical and Creative Thinking:
Reflecting
Inquiring
NSW PDHPE Syllabus
Examines and evaluates strategies to manage current and future challenges (PD4-1)
Victorian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education
Investigate the impact of transition and change on identities (VCHPEP123)
Activity 1
Starting high school video
20 minutes
Show students the ReachOut.com video: Tips for starting high school.
Ask students:
How do you feel about starting high school?
How can we help each other when we are starting something new?
How could the strategies suggested in the video help us?
Debrief
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Reassure students that it's normal to feel nervous and unsure about starting high school. There are different things they can try that could help them feel more comfortable and confident. If students are struggling to cope, remind them of the support available at the school and how this could be accessed.