Year 10 Health – Term 2 (WA Curriculum): Staying Safe - Managing Risks and Building Respectful Relationships

What this unit covers

In Term 2, Year 10 Health in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Staying Safe - Managing Risks and Building Respectful Relationships”.

Students develop skills to manage risky situations, respond to emergencies, and build respectful relationships while taking responsibility for their own safety and the wellbeing of others.

Lesson sequence (10 lessons)

The unit breaks down into the following lesson-by-lesson sequence — each title below is a teachable lesson, in order:

1. Recognising and Responding to Peer Pressure in Risky Situations
2. Strategies for Saying No When Others Encourage Risk-Taking
3. Building Confidence to Resist Pressure for Intimate Relationships
4. Essential First Aid Skills for Water-Based Emergency Situations
5. Responding Effectively to Road Traffic Accidents and Trauma
6. Managing Emergencies Involving Alcohol and Substance Use
7. Understanding Consent and Communication in Relationships
8. Developing Respectful Communication Skills for Different Relationships
9. Taking Responsibility for Your Actions and Their Impact on Others
10. Creating Safety Plans for High-Risk Social Situations

Curriculum codes in this unit

Content codes:

Reading the codes: WA codes (the ones starting with WA) pack the year level, learning area, strand and content number into one string, while the national Australian Curriculum v9 uses a different anatomy that starts with AC9 — same content family, different labels. Our complete WA Curriculum guide decodes both, character by character.

Planning notes for Term 2

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 2 runs from Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July — 11 weeks for WA public schools. With 10 lessons in this unit, that leaves breathing room for assessment, moderation and the weeks that disappear to carnivals, camps and public holidays — plan the assessable work to land two to three weeks before the end of term rather than in the final week.