Print resources to support the teaching of PDHPE

This section includes an annotated list of resources produced by the DET. Click here to download a DET Sales catalogue and order form to order copies.

Talking sexual health

Talking sexual health is a resource to assit teachers to focus on issues related to education about STIs, HIV/AIDS and other BBVs. It has been designed primarily to use with students in Years 9 and 10, but is suitable to use with students in Years 11 and 12. As with any teaching and learning resource, teachers will need to review the activities and materials provided and modify them according to the needs of their students and their school community.

Negotiating consent

Negotiating consent is a teaching and learning resource that was developed by the Strategy for Reducing Violence Against Women to guide teachers in generating discussion about date rape and consent to sexual activity. As with any teaching and learning resource, teachers will need to review the activities and materials provided and modify them according to the needs of their students and their school community.

Get skilled:Get active

This resource identifies the 12 fundamental movement skills necessary for children to be able to play the major games and sports in our society. It provides information for teachers and other professionals on how to incorporate fundamental movement skills into PDHPE programs.

Move Ahead with Street Sense

A road safety education resource that provides comprehensive support materials to support the teaching of road safety as part of PDHPE in primary schools.

Child protection education materials - Stage 4

This resource provides teaching and learning activities that will assist teachers to implement child protection education as part of Stage 4 PDHPE programs.

Child protection education materials - Stage 5

This resource provides teaching and learning activities that will assist teachers to implement child protection education as part of Stage5 PDHPE programs.

Computer-based technologies in the PDHPE KLA

This document provides ideas and suggestions for integrating computer-based technologies into PDHPE.

Journey with a purpose

This document explores the integration of environmental education and outdoor education in PDHEP. It was developed by the Department of Education and Training in cooperation with the National Parks and Wildlife Service and provides a range of teaching and learning activities.

Mind matters: A mental health promotion resource for secondary schools

MindMattersis an initiative and a resource kit designed to promote mental health and support suicide prevention in secondary schools. It provides information and teaching and learning materials to assist schools in developing environments where young people feel safe, valued, engaged and purposeful. Some of the issues addressed include bullying and harassment, loss and grief, enhancing resilience, stress and coping and mental illness.

Personal safety plans

This document provides teachers with information and ideas about planning for personal safety as part of Stage 5 PDHPE. The activities in this resource build on the child protection materials used within PDHPE programs and are designed to be implemented in conjunction with whole-school anti-violence initiatives.

Fast, smart, safe

This resource has been developed by the State Rail Authority in conjunction with the Department of Education and Training, and is designed to support teachers in addressing rail safety issues as part of Stage 4 PDHPE programs. It provides teaching and learning units focusing on risk-taking, decision-making, personal safety plans, relationships and safety.

No body is perfect- Stage 3

This resource provides teachers with a series of teaching and learning activities which they incorporate into Stage 3 programs.

No body is perfect- Stage 4 and 5

This resource focuses on the way students are affected by social and personal issues relating to femininity, masculinity, diet and body image. It consists of two separate booklets containing teaching and learning activities which can be incorporated into Stage 4 PDHPE programs and Stage 5 English programs.

K-6 Drug Education Resource

This resource has been developed to support the implementation of drug education within school PDHPE programs. It includes seven units of work, linked to relevant outcomes and strands of the PDHPE K-6 syllabus.

Fitness and physical activity: A resource to support school communities

In this document, information and practical advice on ways that school communities can encourage children to be physically active are provided. Information sheets and professional development activities are also included.

Guidelines for the safe conduct of sport and physical activity in schools

This document was developed to inform and support school communities in planning and implementing safe sport and physical activity in NSW government schools.

Smokescreen: A smoking prevention resource

Smoke screenaims to provide young people with knowledge relating to the effects of smoking and the skills to advocate against smoking.

The Australian guide to healthy eating

The materials contained in this package were developed to support the teaching of nutrition within PDHPE programs. It provides background information and ideas on how to utilise The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating chart in nutrition education.

NSW schools fitness and physical activity survey, 1997

This document provides detailed information and results of the NSW Schools Fitness and Physical Activity Survey. The results obtained provide a picture of the fitness and physical activity patterns of students in primary and secondary schools in NSW.

A fair go for all

A fair go for all is designed to assist schools in effective teaching and learning about positive relationships and personal safety. It is a set of materials for students from Kindergarten to Year 10.

Health promotion within schools: A policy for the health system

This document was produced by NSW Health in collaboration with the education sectors. It is designed to assist health personnel work with schools. It provides teachers with an increased understanding of the ways health workers can support schools in the effort to improve the health of the school community.

Towards a health promoting school

This document explores the concept of a health promoting school. It provides practical advice to schools on how they can work towards becoming a health promoting school.

Drug education: an annotated bibliography for K-12 teachers

This document provides reviews of the most recent drug education resources available to support teaching and learning in primary and secondary schools.

Drugs: Just the facts

This guide provides information about a wide variety of drugs, their effects and the myths and facts surrounding them.

Educational outcomes and adolescent cannabis use

This is a report prepared by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre into the effects of cannabis on students' cognitive development, motivation and educational outcomes.

Rethinking drinking: You're in control

This resource is designed to equip students, teachers and parents with the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to minimise the harm young people experience in relation to the use of alcohol.

Literacy: Teaching literacy in PDHPE in Year 7

This document provides teachers of Year 7 students with a broad range of strategies to support and enhance students' literacy skills in PDHPE. It provides advice on how to use assessment information to plan appropriate literacy programs and ideas for developing whole-school literacy initiatives.

Students who smoke

This resource was developed as an intervention for students who are consistently caught smoking at school. Schools may use this resource to support students as part of their student welfare policy and program.

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