Years 3 and 4
The Year 3 and 4 curriculum further develops students' knowledge, understanding and skills in relation to their health, wellbeing, safety and participation in physical activity. In these years, students begin to explore personal and social factors that support and contribute to their identities and emotional responses in varying situations. They also develop a further understanding of how their bodies grow and change as they get older.
The content explores knowledge, understanding and skills that supports students to build and maintain respectful relationships, make health-enhancing and safe decisions, and interpret health messages from different sources to take action to enhance their own health and wellbeing.
The curriculum in Years 3 and 4 builds on previous learning in movement to help students develop greater proficiency across the range of fundamental movement skills. Students combine movements to create more complicated movement patterns and sequences. Through participation in a variety of physical activities, students further develop their knowledge about movement and how the body moves. They do this as they explore the features of activities that meet their needs and interests and learn about the benefits of regular physical activity.
The Year 3 and 4 curriculum also gives students opportunities to develop through movement personal and social skills such as leadership, communication, collaboration, problem-solving, persistence and decision-making.
Focus areas to be addressed in Years 3 and 4 include:
- alcohol and other drugs (AD)
- food and nutrition (FN)
- health benefits of physical activity (HBPA)
- mental health and wellbeing (MH)
- relationships and sexuality (RS)
- safety (S)
- active play and minor games (AP)
- challenge and adventure activities (CA)
- fundamental movement skills (FMS)
- games and sports (GS)
- lifelong physical activities (LLPA)
- rhythmic and expressive movement activities (RE).
(source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)
Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 4, students recognise strategies for managing change. They identify influences that strengthen identities. They investigate how emotional responses vary and understand how to interact positively with others in a variety of situations. Students interpret health messages and discuss the influences on healthy and safe choices. They understand the benefits of being healthy and physically active. They describe the connections they have to their community and identify local resources to support their health, wellbeing, safety and physical activity.
Students apply strategies for working cooperatively and apply rules fairly. They use decision-making and problem-solving skills to select and demonstrate strategies that help them stay safe, healthy and active. They refine fundamental movement skills and apply movement concepts and strategies in a variety of physical activities and to solve movement challenges. They create and perform movement sequences using fundamental movement skills and the elements of movement.
(source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)
- Plus Plan
My Personal Coping Skills Plan – Template
Ensure your students have a personalised coping plan for those challenging moments with this comic-themed printable template.
- Plus Plan
Chill Out! Calm Down Corner Poster
Welcome students into your class calm down corner with this cool classroom poster.
- Plus Plan
5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Exercise – Worksheet
De-escalate difficult situations with a printable grounding exercise.
- Plus Plan
Positive and Negative Coping Skills – Sorting Activity
Explore the difference between positive and negative coping skills with these real-life scenario sorting cards.
- Plus Plan
NAIDOC Week 2022 Find-a-Word – Lower Years
A lower-years find-a-word puzzle emphasising topic words from information sheet about the NAIDOC 2022 theme: “Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!”
- Plus Plan
I Can Help My Brain to Learn - Posters
Display these classroom posters to remind your students of things they can do to ensure the three brains are functioning at their best.
- Plus Plan
'I Have a Dream' Mobile
A motivational writing activity to encourage positivity and well-being.
- Plus Plan
Worry Jar – Cut and Assemble Kit
Create a worry jar for your students to help them recognise and cope with their worries.
- Plus Plan
Are We There Yet? — Growth Mindset Posters
Print thse large growth mindset posters to help students learn to work more resourcefully and independently in the classroom.
- Plus Plan
Frida's Fiesta: Dietary Requirements – Projects
A project where students can explore different dietary requirements and the types of food that cater for them.
- Plus Plan
Digital Warriors Comic: Email Etiquette – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for the comic from the Year 4 magazine (Issue 2).
- Plus Plan
Snake Sheds Its Skin Active Game
A whole class active game that encourages teamwork.
- Plus Plan
Chomp Like a Champion - Food Journal
A worksheet addressing the importance of balanced nutrition and regular physical activity.
- Plus Plan
Chomp Like a Champion - Worksheet
An independent research task in which students make links between athletic performance and balanced nutrition.
- Plus Plan
What Is Perseverance? Teaching Slides
Teach your students perseverance strategies with this comprehensive slideshow perfect for your social-emotional learning lessons.
- Plus Plan
Peer Pressure Poster
Give your students strategies to deal with peer pressure by displaying and reviewing the tips on this classroom poster.
- Plus Plan
Escape from Stress Board Game
Introduce this board game in your classroom to help students practise identifying which stress management coping strategies to use and when.
- Plus Plan
Coping Strategies to Manage Stress Flipbook
Get crafty with your students creating this colourful flip book containing their own preferences of strategies for managing stress.
- Plus Plan
Reboot Remote
Help students work through tough situations with this remote control template.
- Plus Plan
Coping Strategies Bingo
Identify and remember different coping strategies that can be used at home or in the classroom when feeling overwhelmed with an emotion.
- Free Plan
Tattling vs Telling Worksheet
Explore the differences between ‘tattling’ and ‘telling’ with this simple worksheet.
- Plus Plan
Tattling vs Telling Sorting Activity
Explore the differences between 'tattling' and 'telling' with this hands-on sorting activity.
- Plus Plan
NAIDOC Week 2022 – Teacher Information Sheet
A teacher information sheet about the NAIDOC 2022 theme: “Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!”
- Plus Plan
NAIDOC Week 2022 Comprehension Activity
A worksheet with text and comprehension questions exploring the 2022 NAIDOC theme.
- Plus Plan
NAIDOC Week 2022 Crossword Puzzle
A student crossword puzzle based on the information sheet about the NAIDOC 2022 theme: “Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!”
- Plus Plan
Positive and Negative Coping Skills Worksheet
Identify positive and negative coping skills with this real-life scenarios worksheet.
- Plus Plan
Are We There Yet? Captain Yet's Joyous Journey – Poster
A Captain Yet poster to help students learn more resourcefully and independently in the classroom.
- Plus Plan
International Women's Day Gender Ground Rules – Task Cards
A set of literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with the International Women's Day comic Gender Ground Rules.
- Plus Plan
International Women's Day Gender Ground Rules – Comic
A two-page comic that shows an example of a gender stereotype about learning abilities.
- Plus Plan
Captain Yet: Pirate Nup's Odyssey It's Not Over Yet – Poster
A Captain Yet poster to help students learn more resourcefully and independently in the classroom.
- Plus Plan
Captain Yet – Values Poster
A classroom display poster to help students focus on positive learning habits.
- Plus Plan
Calming Down Strategies Classroom Poster
Make calming down strategies easily accessible for your students with this classroom display poster.