Year 9 Health – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Building Positive Relationships and Managing Conflict

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Year 9 Health in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Building Positive Relationships and Managing Conflict”.

Students develop skills for managing emotions, resolving conflicts, and improving movement capabilities within social and physical activity contexts.

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 Emotional Responses in Relationships
2. Identifying Triggers and Warning Signs in Social Situations
3. Developing Self-Regulation Strategies for Emotional Control
4. Building Effective Communication Skills for Conflict Prevention
5. Learning Negotiation Techniques for Family Disputes
6. Coping with Rejection and Social Disappointment
7. Practicing Conflict Resolution in Peer Relationships
8. Movement Skills for Team-Based Physical Activities
9. Improving Speed and Accuracy in Collaborative Sports
10. Applying Emotional Management Skills in Physical Activity Settings

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.