Core Skills Analysis
Health and Personal Development
During Term 3, Enid attended fortnightly sessions with her psychologist, Sara, taking part in a regular activity focused on psychological support. The sessions provided a setting for Enid to engage with a health professional and attend to her personal wellbeing. Keeping a fortnightly appointment also gave her experience with a recurring support routine. The activity itself does not specify particular topics or skills, so no more specific learning can be attributed to it.
Tips
Tips — To extend the learning while respecting Enid’s privacy, invite her to choose a simple, comfortable way to reflect on how regular support fits into a wellbeing routine, such as a private journal or a calendar check-in. She could explore age-appropriate information about what psychologists do and how trusted adults can support wellbeing. If she wishes, she might create a personal “people and places that help me” map, sharing only what she feels comfortable sharing. Keep these activities optional and led by Enid, and avoid asking her to disclose details of her sessions.
Book Recommendations
- What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Huebner: An illustrated, practical guide for children exploring worry and coping strategies; useful for general wellbeing conversations.
- The Feelings Book by Todd Parr: A colourful introduction to the variety of feelings people may experience, suitable for shared discussion.
Learning Standards
- Australian Curriculum v9.0 — Health and Physical Education: Attending recurring sessions with a psychologist connects broadly with learning about personal health and wellbeing and accessing support. No specific HPE code is supplied in the provided Year 6 standards, so a code-level match cannot be confirmed.
- English — AC9E6LY07: The optional private reflection or wellbeing map could involve planning and creating a written or multimodal text for a personal purpose; this is a suggested extension, not an activity reported as completed.
Try This Next
- Wellbeing routine calendar: mark recurring appointments and other activities that support everyday wellbeing.
- Optional reflection prompt: “What helps me feel supported?” Enid can write, draw, or keep her response private.
- Psychologist role quiz: match general descriptions of health professionals with how they can support people.