Safety

addresses safety issues that students may encounter in their daily lives. The content supports students to develop knowledge, understanding and skills to make safe decisions and behave in ways that protect their own safety and that of others.

It is expected that all students at appropriate intervals across the continuum of learning from Foundation to Year 10 will learn about the following:

• safety at school
• safe practices at home, in road or transport environments, in the outdoors and when near water
• safe and unsafe situations at home, school and parties and in the community
• strategies for dealing with unsafe or uncomfortable situations
• safe practices when using information and communication technologies (ICT) and online services, including dealing with cyberbullying
• managing personal safety
• first aid and emergency care, including safe blood practices
• safety when participating in physical activity, including sports safety, sun safety, use of protective equipment and modifying rules
• relationship and dating safety.