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Below you will find links to suggested teaching, learning and assessment activities that will help you to implement your program and ensure that it is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education. Other learning areas that have content descriptions relevant to relationships and sexuality education include Science, Humanities & Social Sciences and English.

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Foundation

Topic Areas	Suggested Activities
Growing Up Personal Identity Changes in growth and development	Download Catching on Early and refer to: When I was a baby – pp.40-44 Baby Olympics – pp.45-48 I know my body too – pp. 49-53
Relationships Emotions Friendships Resolving Conflict Protective behaviours	Download Catching on Early and refer to: Whom can we ask for help at school? – pp.58-61 Other activity ideas: Friendship role plays – create some friendship scenarios for students to act out and discuss the thoughts and feelings involved Discuss how it might feel to be included or not included in activities Respond to stories about characters who have been excluded from a group and discuss how the characters could deal with the situation Identify and describe the emotions of people who are happy, sad, excited, tired, angry, scared or confused Discuss situations when someone might feel happy, sad, excited, tired, angry, scared or confused at home and at school Explore what it means to be kind, fair and respectful to others. Discuss how the health and wellbeing of the class can be improved when everyone is kind, fair and respectful to each other
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Topic Areas

Suggested Activities

Growing Up

Personal Identity
Changes in growth and development

Download Catching on Early and refer to:

When I was a baby – pp.40-44
Baby Olympics – pp.45-48
I know my body too – pp. 49-53

Relationships

Emotions
Friendships
Resolving Conflict
Protective behaviours

Download Catching on Early and refer to:

Whom can we ask for help at school?
– pp.58-61

Other activity ideas:

Friendship role plays – create some friendship scenarios for students to act out and discuss the thoughts and feelings involved
Discuss how it might feel to be included or not included in activities
Respond to stories about characters who have been excluded from a group and discuss how the characters could deal with the situation
Identify and describe the emotions of people who are happy, sad, excited, tired, angry, scared or confused
Discuss situations when someone might feel happy, sad, excited, tired, angry, scared or confused at home and at school
Explore what it means to be kind, fair and respectful to others. Discuss how the health and wellbeing of the class can be improved when everyone is kind, fair and respectful to each other

See Resources section for additional activities

Years 1 and 2

Topic Areas	Suggested Activities
Growing up Personal Identity Changes in growth and development	Download Catching on Early and refer to: Robot buddies – pp.63-67 There’s a name for that – pp.82-91
Relationships Emotions Friendships Resolving conflict Protective behaviours Inclusion, belonging and tolerance	Download Catching on Early and refer to: Family circles – pp.54-57 Whom can we ask for help at school? – pp.58-61 – Revisit and extend by including whom we can ask for help at home Ways we care for one another – pp.78-81 Same and different – pp.68-71 Say “hello” – pp.72-76
See Resources section for additional activities

Topic Areas

Suggested Activities

Growing up

Personal Identity
Changes in growth and development

Download Catching on Early and refer to:

Robot buddies – pp.63-67
There’s a name for that – pp.82-91

Relationships

Emotions
Friendships
Resolving conflict
Protective behaviours
Inclusion, belonging and tolerance

Download Catching on Early and refer to:

Family circles – pp.54-57
Whom can we ask for help at school? – pp.58-61 – Revisit and extend by including whom we can ask for help at home
Ways we care for one another – pp.78-81
Same and different – pp.68-71
Say “hello” – pp.72-76

See Resources section for additional activities

Years 3 and 4

Download all Family Planning Tasmania Years 3-4 activities here

Topic Areas	Suggested Activities
Growing up Personal Identity Changes in growth and development Introduction to puberty	A different view of me Timeline of human growth and development Then and now They tell me this is puberty Download Catching on Early and refer to: Getting information from the right places – pp.96-100
Values and beliefs Diversity The influence of family and peers	Chug chug Under the influence Family constellations
Relationships Emotions Friendships Resolving conflict Protective behaviours Inclusion, belonging and tolerance	Welcome with a kiss? Early warning signals These are the people who can... Relationship circles Tell or don't tell? The touching I like The touching I don't like Reading our feelings Are you someone who...? Network hand of helping people What do you do? Download Catching on Early and refer to: Qualities of friendship – pp.128-131 Gender – pp.132-134
Reproduction Anatomy Conception, pregnancy and birth	Doris and Boris True or false? Mummy laid an egg! Sometimes people need help to make a baby Pregnancy and birth timeline Reproductive body parts
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Topic Areas

Suggested Activities

Growing up

Personal Identity
Changes in growth and development
Introduction to puberty

A different view of me
Timeline of human growth and development
Then and now
They tell me this is puberty

Download Catching on Early and refer to:

Getting information from the right places – pp.96-100

Values and beliefs

Diversity
The influence of family and peers

Chug chug
Under the influence
Family constellations

Relationships

Emotions
Friendships
Resolving conflict
Protective behaviours
Inclusion, belonging and tolerance

Welcome with a kiss?
Early warning signals
These are the people who can...
Relationship circles
Tell or don't tell?
The touching I like
The touching I don't like
Reading our feelings
Are you someone who...?
Network hand of helping people
What do you do?

Download Catching on Early and refer to:

Qualities of friendship – pp.128-131
Gender – pp.132-134

Reproduction

Anatomy
Conception, pregnancy and birth

Doris and Boris
True or false?
Mummy laid an egg!
Sometimes people need help to make a baby
Pregnancy and birth timeline
Reproductive body parts

See Resources section for additional activities

Years 5 and 6

Download all Family Planning Tasmania Years 5-6 activities here

Topic Areas	Suggested Activities
Growing up Physical, social and emotional changes of puberty Sexual development	Interview with a puberty survivor Common concerns about the changing body Puberty statements Explanation of menstruation Investigating sanitary products Embarrassing situations Dear teen doctor Download Catching on Early and refer to: Coping with body changes – pp.158-166 Finding reliable information – pp.180-182
Values and beliefs Diversity The influence of family and peers	Every picture tells a story Stories about peer pressure Forced choice How would you feel? Sexuality collage
Relationships Emotions Friendships Resolving conflict Protective behaviours Inclusion, belonging and tolerance	Network hand of helping people Visualising success How do you know someone likes you? Intimacy scale Forgive or forget Other activity ideas: Develop an A-Z of emotions, defining, describing and illustrating an emotion for each letter of the alphabet Explore stereotypes: discuss what stereotypes are; analyse famous fairy tales and identify any stereotypes; write a new fairy tale that challenges stereotypes
Reproduction Anatomy Conception, pregnancy and birth	Naming it right Male and female reproductive body parts Reproductive bingo Ways to conceive - when you need medical help to conceive Download Catching on Early and refer to: Menstruation, sperm production and conception – pp.167-176
See Resources section for additional activities

Topic Areas

Suggested Activities

Growing up

Physical, social and emotional changes of puberty
Sexual development

Interview with a puberty survivor
Common concerns about the changing body
Puberty statements
Explanation of menstruation
Investigating sanitary products
Embarrassing situations
Dear teen doctor

Download Catching on Early and refer to:

Coping with body changes – pp.158-166
Finding reliable information – pp.180-182

Values and beliefs

Diversity
The influence of family and peers

Every picture tells a story
Stories about peer pressure
Forced choice
How would you feel?
Sexuality collage

Relationships

Emotions
Friendships
Resolving conflict
Protective behaviours
Inclusion, belonging and tolerance

Network hand of helping people
Visualising success
How do you know someone likes you?
Intimacy scale
Forgive or forget

Other activity ideas:

Develop an A-Z of emotions, defining, describing and illustrating an emotion for each letter of the alphabet
Explore stereotypes: discuss what stereotypes are; analyse famous fairy tales and identify any stereotypes; write a new fairy tale that challenges stereotypes

Reproduction

Anatomy
Conception, pregnancy and birth

Naming it right
Male and female reproductive body parts
Reproductive bingo
Ways to conceive - when you need medical help to conceive

Download Catching on Early and refer to:

Menstruation, sperm production and conception – pp.167-176

See Resources section for additional activities

Years 7 and 8

Download all Family Planning Tasmania Years 7-8 activities here

Topic Areas	Suggested Activities
Growing up Physical, social and emotional changes during adolescence Variations in relationships	Helpful and unhelpful thinking Puberty statements Dear teen doctor Telling it your way
Values and beliefs Personal identity and values Influence of family and peers Respect for differing values and beliefs held in local, national and global contexts	Big I, little i How would you feel? Under the influence Thinking, feeling, acting Values wheel In my opinion Stepping out
Relationships Positive relationships Roles and responsibilities in sexual health Sexual and gender diversity Skills and strategies to prevent and resolve conflict Sex and the law, media and community attitudes	Relationship timeline What do you think? Intimacy scale Friendship scenarios Take a walk in my shoes Ways to say no Forgive or forget Collapsing friendships Giving relationships the green light Forced choice Network hand of helping people and helping places Download Catching on Later and refer to: When is the right time? – pp.163-168
Sexual health Safer sex and abstinence, contraception and prevention of STIs Reproductive health Accessing health care Sexual decision making	Contraception kit Condom sequencing Dear fertility doctor Jump up game Handshake activity Decision making map
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Years 9 and 10

Download all Family Planning Tasmania Years 9-10 activities here

Topic Areas	Suggested Activities
Values and beliefs Personal identity and values Influence of family and peers Respect for differing values and beliefs held in local, national and global contexts	Singing between the lines Gender stem statements Diverse, modern families Man in a box Choosing values Party risk taking
Relationships Positive relationships Roles and responsibilities in sexual health Sexual and gender diversity Sexuality, gender and power Skills and strategies to prevent and resolve conflict Sex and the law, media and community attitudes	Home interview: dating Hear, see and feel What is a healthy relationship? Intimacy scale Dear Dr. Love Okay or not okay? Warning signals Different stories What's the harm? What's going on? Phil and Cindy The porn industry Rate the risk: technology, safety and young people
Sexual health Safer sex and abstinence, contraception and prevention of STIs Reproductive health Accessing health care Sexual decision making	Katie and David Sexual continuum Living with HIV A spider web of STIs Accessing sexual health services First experiences of sex Stepping out - partying Fertility facts Fertility optimisation Contraception matching Condom demonstration Who would you go to?
See Resources section for additional activities