Year 2 Health – Term 1 (WA Curriculum): Understanding Myself and Staying Safe

What this unit covers

In Term 1, Year 2 Health in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Understanding Myself and Staying Safe”.

Students explore their emotional reactions and develop strategies to manage feelings while learning protective behaviours to stay safe in various situations.

Lesson sequence (8 lessons)

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

1. What Are Emotions and How Do They Feel?
2. My Body's Warning Signs When I Feel Strong Emotions
3. Breathing Techniques to Help Me Feel Calm
4. Walking Away and Other Calming Strategies
5. Who Are My Trusted Adults?
6. Recognising Safe and Unsafe Situations
7. Speaking Up and Asking for Help
8. Practising My Safety Skills

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 1

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 1 runs from Monday 2 February to Thursday 2 April — 9 weeks for WA public schools. With 8 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.