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Personal & Social DevelopmentFriendship & Cooperationusually ages 7–9

Resolving Disagreements with Friends

Resolve simple disagreements with peers by talking it through — explaining how they feel, listening to the other person's side, and finding a compromise or solution that both can accept

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If your child and a friend disagree about which game to play at break time, can they talk it through and find a compromise — rather than one person always getting their way or the argument escalating?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Listening to Othersages 5–7Resolving disagreements builds on listening to others
Makes someone a good friendages 5–7Conflict resolution builds on understanding friendship qualities
Communication Vocabularyages 7–11Resolving disagreements requires vocabulary for conflict, resolution, and compromise
Group discussionsages 4–11Resolving disagreements through conversation requires the collaborative speaking skills — staying on topic, building on others' contributions — from Speaking & Listening
Expressing Feelings with Wordsages 5–7Resolving disagreements benefits from expressing feelings in words
Resolving Disagreements with Friendsthis skill · ages 7–9
Unlocks
Assertive Communicationages 9–11Assertive communication builds on basic conflict resolution
Helping Others Resolve Conflictsages 9–11Mediating others' conflicts builds on resolving own disagreements
Friendships change over timeages 7–9Navigating friendship changes benefits from conflict resolution skills

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Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 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

VC2HC4S04low confidenceCivics and Citizenship · Levels 3 and 4 · Skills strand
VC2HP2P03low 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.

Nearby on the map

Communication Vocabularyages 7–11 Friendships change over timeages 7–9 Roles in a Groupages 7–9 Working Well in a Groupages 7–9

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