How can you tell they’ve got it: Giving and Receiving Feedback?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Give feedback that includes both a specific positive point and a constructive suggestion; Receive feedback about their own work without getting upset or dismissive; Explain why constructive feedback helps people improve. Or just try it together: If your child reviews a classmate's story and finds mistakes, can they give feedback that's helpful — like 'I loved this part, and this bit could be clearer' — rather than just saying 'it's wrong'?

Personal & Social Development Friendship & Cooperation Ages 9–11

Giving and Receiving Feedback

Your child can give helpful feedback: 'I loved this part, and this bit could be clearer'. They can take feedback too, without getting upset.

In curriculum terms

Give and receive constructive feedback — telling someone what they did well and what could be improved in a way that is helpful rather than hurtful, and receiving feedback about their own work without becoming defensive

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Give feedback that includes both a specific positive point and a constructive suggestion
Receive feedback about their own work without getting upset or dismissive
Explain why constructive feedback helps people improve

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Try this together

If your child reviews a classmate's story and finds mistakes, can they give feedback that's helpful — like 'I loved this part, and this bit could be clearer' — rather than just saying 'it's wrong'?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Working Well in a Groupages 7–9Giving/receiving feedback builds on group work skills

Communication Vocabularyages 7–11Constructive feedback uses vocabulary from assertive communication and conflict resolution

Engaging Listeners and Valuing Viewpointsages 7–8Giving feedback benefits from evaluating viewpoints and building on contributions

Assertive Communicationages 9–11Giving feedback benefits from assertive communication

Giving and Receiving Feedbackthis skill · ages 9–11

Unlocks

Leadership Styles and Influenceages 13–14Advanced friendship and community skills depends on earlier social connection concepts

Self-Reflection in Relationshipsages 9–11Social reflection benefits from feedback experience

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Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 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

VC2HP6M10low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 5 and 6 · Movement and Physical Activity – Physical 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

Assertive Communicationages 9–11 Helping Others Resolve Conflictsages 9–11 Self-Reflection in Relationshipsages 9–11 Communication Vocabularyages 7–11

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