Year 5 Health – Term 4 (WA Curriculum): Building Positive Relationships Through Movement and Emotional Awareness

What this unit covers

In Term 4, Year 5 Health in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Building Positive Relationships Through Movement and Emotional Awareness”.

Students develop skills to manage emotional responses in relationships while improving movement skills through cooperative physical activities.

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. Recognising Emotions in Social Situations
2. How Anger and Frustration Affect Our Friendships
3. Practising Calm Responses When Things Go Wrong
4. Using Movement Games to Build Team Cooperation
5. Adjusting Force and Speed in Partner Activities
6. Controlling Our Reactions During Competitive Games
7. Accurate Throwing and Catching for Better Teamwork
8. Celebrating Success and Managing Disappointment Together

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 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.