Learning Map
Personal & Social DevelopmentEmpathy & Social Awarenessusually ages 5–7

Everyday Kindness and Care

Show kindness and care towards others in simple everyday ways — comforting a friend who is upset, helping someone who has dropped their things, sharing without being asked, and saying kind words

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If a younger child at school falls over in the playground, does your child go over to help or comfort them without being told to by an adult?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Vocabulary: understanding othersages 5–8Showing kindness meaningfully requires vocabulary for empathy, care, and community
Naming Basic Emotionsages 5–7Showing kindness benefits from recognising emotions in others
Other People's Feelings and Thoughtsages 5–7Showing kindness benefits from knowing others have feelings
Everyday Kindness and Carethis skill · ages 5–7
Unlocks
Bystanders and Upstandersages 7–9Being an upstander builds on caring for others

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9HP4P08low confidenceYear 3–4 · Personal, social and community health

describe and apply protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies in a range of online and offline situations

AC9HP4P06low confidenceYear 3–4 · Personal, social and community health

explain how and why emotional responses can vary and practise strategies to manage their emotions

AC9HPFP03low confidenceFoundation · Personal, social and community health

express and describe emotions they experience

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

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
VC2HPFP06low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Foundation · 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

Other People's Feelings and Thoughtsages 5–7 Similarities & Differencesages 5–7 Vocabulary: understanding othersages 5–8 Different Lives and Experiencesages 7–9

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