MIND YOUR MEDICINE A: Links to the Australian Curriculum Life Education Content Descriptions Post Visit Lessons Describe the factors that influence the way a person values themselves Who we are is what we feel, do and think Australian Curriculum Learning Area: Health and Physical Education YEAR 3&4 Personal, social and community health Being healthy, safe and active ACPPS033 Links to other Learning Areas General Capabilities English – Literacy PSC ACELY1792 Self awareness ACELY1687 Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing ACPPS038 Positive is a plus YEAR 3&4 Personal, social and community health Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing ACPPS037 English – Literacy PSC ACELY1792 Self awareness ACELY1687 Social awareness Social management Identifies medicines as drugs and the consequences of their misuse Getting in and going around YEAR 3&4 Personal, social and community health Being healthy, safe and active ACPPS036 English – Literacy LIT ACELY1792 Composing texts through ACELY1687 speaking, writing and creating Identifies, people and products that advise, educate and inform the community about medicines Health professionals YEAR 3&4 Personal, social and community health Being healthy, safe and active ACPPS036 English – Literacy LIT ACELY1792 Word knowledge ACELY1687 Investigates and evaluates a variety of behaviours and situations that may be harmful to a person’s health Healthy mind, healthy body YEAR 3&4 Personal, social and community health Being healthy, safe and active ACPPS035, ACPPS036 English – Literacy LIT ACELY1792 Comprehending texts through ACELY1687 listening, reading and viewing Practises strategies to communicate effectively and maintains and supports a positive selfimage Doing it right YEAR 3&4 Personal, social and community health Being healthy, safe and active ACPPS035 English – Literacy PSC ACELY1792 Self awareness ACELY1687 Social awareness Social management Recognises that effective communication is an essential component of maintaining positive relationships Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing ACPPS037 MIND YOUR MEDICINE A: Links to Complimentary Resources The following resources complement the Life Education post visit lessons. See the following page for details on how to access these resources. Post Visit Lesson Who we are is what we feel, do and think External drug and health resource Challenges and Choices: resilience, drug and road safety education Focus Area 1: Resilience and wellbeing Year 3: Activity: 2,3 & 4 Year 4: Activity: 2 Positive is a plus Challenges and Choices: resilience, drug and road safety education Focus Area 1: Resilience and wellbeing Year 3: Activity 7 Year 4: Activity 4 Getting in and going around Indigenous Drug Education Support Materials Resilience Curriculum Unit: Early Childhood Lesson Plan page 247 Resilience Curriculum Unit: Middle Primary Lesson Plan: page 250 Primary Pathways Unit 2b: Choices and challenges Rules for a friendly classroom, pages 115 -116 Indigenous Drug Education Support Materials Resilience Curriculum Unit: Early Childhood Lesson Plan: page 247 Drug Education K-12 Teacher Support Package Phase 1: Topic 8, Activity 2 Phase 2: Activity 1 Challenges and Choices: resilience, drug and road safety education Yr 3 Focus Area 2: Drug education Activity: 5 & 8 Primary Pathways Unit 2a: Our community Safe handling of medicines, pages 104 -105 Drug Education R - 12 Teacher Support Package Primary Years: Activity 2 & 5 Drug Education Teacher Support Package Students with disabilities and learning difficulties, R - 12 Topic: Medicine - Activity 5 Topic: Medicine – Activity 11 Health professionals Primary Pathways Unit 2a: Our community Health in our community, page 89 Interviews with health care providers, pages 92 -93 Safe handling of medicines, pages 104 -105 Drug Education Teacher Support Package Students with disabilities and learning difficulties, R - 12 Topic: Medicine – Activity 12 Topic: Medicine – Activity 13 Healthy mind, healthy body Drug Education K-12 Teacher Support Package Phase 2: Activity 5 Indigenous Drug Education Support Materials Resilience Curriculum Unit Early Childhood Lesson Plan: page 249 Drugs an Overview Curriculum Unit Early Childhood Lesson Plan: page 343 Resilience Curriculum Unit: Middle Primary Lesson Plan: page 252 Doing it right Primary Pathways Unit 2b: Choices and challenges Friendship recipe, pages 112-114 Assertiveness role plays, pages 128-129 Challenges and Choices: resilience, drug and road safety education Focus Area 1: Resilience and wellbeing Year 3: Activity 6 Year 4: Activity 3 Drug Education R - 12 Teacher Support Package Primary Years: Activity 9 Primary Pathways Unit 2a: Our community Healthy ways of having fun with friends, page 88 What a headache!, page 106 -107 STATE RESOURCES Indigenous Drug Education Support Materials This resource is available from: www.decs.sa.gov.au/drugstrategy/pages/resources/indigenous Drug Education R - 12 Teacher Support Package The resource is available from the DECS Drug Strategy website: www.drugstrategy.central.sa.edu.au Drug Education Teacher Support Package: Students with disabilities and learning difficulties, R – 12 (SA) The resource is available from the DECS Drug Strategy website: www.drugstrategy.central.sa.edu.au Challenges and Choices: Resource for resilience, drug and road safety education The resource is available from the School Drug Education and Road Aware website: www.sdera.wa.edu.au Drug Education K - 12 Teacher Support Package The resource is available from the School Drug Education and Road Aware website: www.sdera.wa.edu.au NATIONAL RESOURCES Primary Pathways: an integrated approach to drug education by Emily Chen, Australian Drug Foundation, 2005, ISBN 0 85809 090 2 Available for purchase from Australian Drug Foundation: www.bookshop.adf.org.au NOTES