Year 9 Health – Term 1 (WA Curriculum): Navigating Personal Identity and Change

What this unit covers

In Term 1, Year 9 Health in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Navigating Personal Identity and Change”.

This unit develops students' personal and social capabilities to manage transitions and changes while building critical thinking skills to evaluate online health information and stay safe.

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. Understanding Personal Identity: Who Am I Now?
2. Recognizing Physical and Emotional Changes in Adolescence
3. Building Resilience Strategies for Managing Life Transitions
4. Developing Healthy Coping Mechanisms for Change
5. Evaluating Online Health Information: Fact vs Fiction
6. Identifying Reliable Health Sources and Red Flags Online
7. Digital Safety: Protecting Personal Health Information Online
8. Managing Peer Pressure and Social Media Influences
9. Creating Personal Action Plans for Healthy Change Management
10. Reflecting on Growth: Building Confidence for Future Transitions

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 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.