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At the end of this module, it is intended that students will be able to:

• identify changes in Australian road environments
• understand changing weather conditions and the time of day can affect road users
• recognise strategies to reduce risk in different road environments

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Year 9 Content Description

Learning Area: Health and Physical Education

Strand: Personal, Social and Community Health

Sub-strand: Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing

Learning intention:

Critically analyse and apply health information from a range of sources to health decisions and situations (ACPPS095)

Learning Activity

Use the graphic organiser to analyse the influences of Australian road environments, weather conditions and times of day on road users from the interactive module. Guide students to recognise strategies they can apply to reduce their risk in different environments.

At the end of this module, it is intended that students will be able to:

• make better choices about crossing roads
• explain how distractions impair cognitive ability
• recognise being a pedestrian comes with personal responsibility

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Year 9 Content Description

Learning Area: Health and Physical Education

Strand: Personal, Social and Community Health

Sub-strand: Being healthy, safe and active

Learning intention:

Propose, practise and evaluate responses in situations where external influences may impact on their ability to make healthy and safe choices (ACPPS092)

Learning Activity

Examine local travel routes, making safe choices as pedestrians and advocating the safest travel route to peers.

Use the graphic organiser to propose travel plans and evaluate the external influences on making safe choices about using the road as a pedestrian.

At the end of this module, it is intended that students will be able to:

• identify laws and general expectations specific to cyclists
• recognise the importance of wearing a helmet, using lights and choosing visible clothing
• demonstrate an awareness of the correct way to signal and keep a safe distance from the vehicle in front when riding on the road

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Year 9 Content Description

Learning Area: Health and Physical Education

Strand: Personal, Social and Community Health

Sub-strand: Contributing to healthy and active communities

Learning intention:

Plan and evaluate new and creative interventions that promote their own and others’ connection to community and natural and built environments (ACPPS097)

Learning Activity

Create a new community newsletter or blog entry that promotes the use of a natural setting within the local community for cycling.

Use the graphic organizer to plan a welcome message, tips to stay safe when cycling, a checklist for a roadworthy bicycle, regulations for cyclists and great parks for bikes.

At the end of this module, it is intended that students will be able to:

• identify protective gear that can help reduce the impact of road trauma
• appreciate the importance of appropriate stopping distances when using rideables
• make appropriate decisions about using rideables in shared spaces

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Year 9 Content Description

Learning Area: Health and Physical Education

Strand: Personal, Social and Community Health

Sub-strand: Being healthy, safe and active

Learning intention:

Evaluate factors that shape identities and critically analyse how individuals impact the identities of others (ACPPS089)

Learning Activity

Analyse how expectations influence the way young people think about risk-taking behaviour in relation to using rideables, such as skateboards and scooters, in road user environments.

At the end of this module, it is intended that students will be able to:

• understand the importance of wearing a seatbelt
• identify safe and unsafe actions of a passenger inside a vehicle
• recognise passengers contribute to the overall safety of a vehicle

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Year 9 Content Description

Learning Area: Health and Physical Education

Strand: Personal, Social and Community Health

Sub-strand: Being healthy, safe and active

Learning intention:

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)

Learning Activity

Plan, rehearse and evaluate a range of realistic responses to manage the safety considerations of passengers in a vehicle creating risk.