How can you tell they’ve got it: Everyday Kindness and Care?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Spontaneously offer comfort to someone who is visibly upset; Help another person with a practical task without being asked; Use kind words to encourage or cheer up someone who is struggling. Or just try it together: 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?

Personal & Social Development Empathy & Social Awareness Ages 5–7

Everyday Kindness and Care

Your child shows care in small ways. They comfort a sad friend, help pick up dropped things, or share without being asked.

In curriculum terms

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

Ages are typical, not deadlines — follow your child’s pace. How to help at home →

How to tell they’ve got it

Tick these off as you see them — no test required.

Spontaneously offer comfort to someone who is visibly upset
Help another person with a practical task without being asked
Use kind words to encourage or cheer up someone who is struggling

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Try this together

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

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

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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