How can you tell they’ve got it: Asking for Help?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Approach an appropriate person and ask for help clearly; Identify who to go to for different kinds of help (academic, emotional, practical); Explain why asking for help is sensible rather than something to be embarrassed about. Or just try it together: If your child is stuck on something at school or feeling worried about something, will they ask a teacher or friend for help rather than struggling in silence?

Personal & Social Development Friendship & Cooperation Ages 5–7

Asking for Help

Your child can ask for help when they need it — from a teacher, friend or parent. They know asking for help is a strength, not a weakness.

In curriculum terms

Ask for help when they need it — from a friend, teacher, or family member — and understand that asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Approach an appropriate person and ask for help clearly
Identify who to go to for different kinds of help (academic, emotional, practical)
Explain why asking for help is sensible rather than something to be embarrassed about

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Try this together

If your child is stuck on something at school or feeling worried about something, will they ask a teacher or friend for help rather than struggling in silence?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Asking Questionsages 4–11Asking for help benefits from curriculum questioning skills

Listening to Othersages 5–7Asking for help benefits from knowing how to communicate with others

Vocabulary: working with othersages 5–8Asking for help and working with others uses the vocabulary of team and cooperation

Asking for Helpthis skill · ages 5–7

Unlocks

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solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1).

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2HPFP06low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Foundation · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand

VC2HP2P06low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 1 and 2 · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand

VC2HP4P08low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 3 and 4 · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

Nearby on the map

Listening to Othersages 5–7 Makes someone a good friendages 5–7 Taking Turns and Sharingages 5–7 Vocabulary: working with othersages 5–8

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