Year 7 Health – Term 1 (WA Curriculum): Personal Identity and Change

What this unit covers

In Term 1, Year 7 Health in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Personal Identity and Change”.

This unit explores how students can manage the physical, emotional, and social changes of puberty while developing help-seeking strategies and staying 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 Becoming?
2. Recognizing Physical Changes During Puberty
3. Managing Emotional Changes and Mood Swings
4. Developing Effective Coping Skills for Stress
5. Building Strong Communication Skills with Family and Friends
6. Problem-Solving Strategies for Social Challenges
7. Navigating Social Changes and Peer Relationships
8. Identifying Trusted Health Information Sources
9. Accessing Health Services and Support Networks
10. Creating My Personal Help-Seeking Action Plan

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.