Health 6

Personal Health

The need for balance and variety in daily activities

Risks of sharing personal care items

How health habits influence body image and self worth

Analyze personal eating behaviours

Safety and Responsibility

Risk factors associated with exposure to blood-borne diseases

Identify and communicate values and beliefs that affect healthy choices

Examine how laws, rules contribute to health and safety practices

Evaluate the impact of personal behaviour on safety of others

Babysitting skills, Heimlich manoeuvre

Understanding and Expressing Feelings

Individuals choose their own emotional reactions

Personal guidelines for expressing feelings

Develop strategies for dealing with stress/change

Barriers to communication

Interactions

Developing strategies to build family relationships

Strategies to maintain appropriate cross-age relationships within family, school and community

Applying strategies for resolving conflict – differences of opinion

Group roles and Processes

Analyze the influence of groups and cliques on self and others

Make decisions cooperatively – consensus-building

Learning Strategies

Expand strategies for effective personal management – budget, positive thinking

Identify personal skills for future development

Influences on decision making – family, peers, values, culture, quality of information gathered

Strategies to overcome possible challenges to goal fulfillment – backup plans, etc

Life Roles - Career Development

Relate knowledge, skills and attitudes of a successful student to those of successful adults

Predict, plan and prepare for transition to the next grade

Volunteerism

Volunteer activities of the community; communicate information and appreciation and analyze impact of volunteerism

Stages of human development from conception to birth