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Other People's Feelings and Thoughts

Understand that other people have their own feelings and thoughts, and that these might be different from your own — a foundational awareness that not everyone sees or feels things the same way

How to tell they’ve got it

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Try this together

If your child loves dogs but their friend is scared of dogs, can your child understand that their friend's fear is real even though they don't feel it themselves?

Where this sits on the map

Stuck here? Check the skills it builds on first. Confident? Here’s what it unlocks.

Builds on
Vocabulary: understanding othersages 5–8Understanding that others have perspectives and feelings requires the vocabulary of empathy and perspective
Other People's Feelings and Thoughtsthis skill · ages 5–7
Unlocks
Seeing Someone Else's Point of Viewages 7–9Perspective-taking builds on knowing others have feelings
Everyday Kindness and Careages 5–7Showing kindness benefits from knowing others have feelings

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9HS2K01low confidenceYear 2 · Knowledge and understanding

a local individual, group, place or building and the reasons for their importance, including social, cultural or spiritual significance

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2HPFP04low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Foundation · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand
VC2HP2P02low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 1 and 2 · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand
VC2HP2P04low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 1 and 2 · 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.

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All Empathy & Social Awareness skills →