Year 7 Health – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Building Respectful Relationships and Understanding Emotions

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Year 7 Health in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Building Respectful Relationships and Understanding Emotions”.

Students explore how gender stereotypes influence relationships, develop emotional intelligence and empathy skills, and apply movement activities to enhance social interactions.

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. Identifying Gender Stereotypes in Everyday Interactions
2. Exploring How Gender Expectations Affect Decision-Making
3. Building Empathy Through Understanding Different Perspectives
4. Developing Respectful Communication Skills Across Gender Lines
5. Understanding What Triggers Our Emotional Responses
6. Learning Self-Management Strategies for Strong Emotions
7. Practicing Alternative Responses to Challenging Situations
8. Using Movement Activities to Build Trust and Cooperation
9. Applying Empathy Skills in Physical Activity Settings
10. Creating Action Plans for Respectful Relationship Building

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 4

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 4 runs from Monday 12 October to Thursday 17 December — 10 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.