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Mental health and wellbeing in the Australian Curriculum

 

The new Curriculum connection: Mental health and wellbeing resource is now available in Resources.

 

 

Mental health and wellbeing content is embedded across the curriculum in Health and Physical Education, Digital Technologies, English, Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) and The Arts.  

 

This new resource for teachers aims to help students develop their understanding of the factors that influence their own mental health and wellbeing, as well as that of others, including: 

 

  • valuing and building a sense of connectedness and belonging 
  • being able to manage self and their interactions with others 
  • accessing reliable information and services to manage health and safety 
  • engaging in health-enhancing behaviours.  

 

The resources highlight opportunities to address aspects of a range of general capabilities, with a particular emphasis on Personal and Social capability, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Digital Literacy, and Critical and Creative Thinking. 

 

“ACARA has developed a new resource to help our teachers to equip our young people with the tools and knowledge they need to look after their mental health and wellbeing,” ACARA’s CEO, David de Carvalho, said.  

 

“Working with experts in the field, like Beyond Blue, Headspace and the National Mental Health Commission, we have developed a new Curriculum connection resource on this important topic,” Mr de Carvalho said.   

 

“It means teachers will now have a framework to identify and structure information on mental health and wellbeing to support the practical application of the curriculum, across a range of subjects and a sequence of learning from Foundation to Year 10.”