Year 7 Health – Term 2 (WA Curriculum): Staying Safe and Making Smart Choices

What this unit covers

In Term 2, Year 7 Health in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Staying Safe and Making Smart Choices”.

Students develop protective behaviours, help-seeking strategies, assertive communication skills, and informed decision-making abilities to ensure safety and wellbeing in various situations including online environments.

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 Safe and Unsafe Situations in Daily Life
2. Building Your Personal Safety Network and Help-Seeking Skills
3. Developing Assertive Responses to Peer Pressure
4. Staying Safe Online: Recognising Digital Dangers
5. Understanding Consent: Your Rights and Responsibilities
6. Communicating Assertively in Challenging Situations
7. Basic First Aid for Common Medical Emergencies
8. Making Informed Health Choices: Evaluating Information Sources
9. Creating Nutritious Meal Plans for Active Lifestyles
10. Media Messages and Their Impact on Health Decisions

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.