Personal & Social Development Friendship & Cooperationusually ages 7–9

Roles in a Group

Understand different roles people play in groups — leader, supporter, mediator, idea-generator — and recognise that effective groups need a mix of roles, not everyone trying to be the leader

How to tell they’ve got it

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

Name at least three different roles people can play in a group
Identify their own preferred role and describe its strengths
Explain why groups work better when different people take different roles

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Try this together

In a group project, can your child recognise that they don't always have to be in charge — and that sometimes the group works better when they support someone else's idea rather than pushing their own?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Working Well in a Groupages 7–9Understanding group roles builds on group work experience

Communication Vocabularyages 7–11Understanding group roles requires vocabulary including 'mediator', 'leader', and 'peer pressure'

Roles in a Groupthis skill · ages 7–9

Unlocks

Helping Others Resolve Conflictsages 9–11Mediation requires understanding different group roles

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9HS1S04low confidenceYear 1 · Skills

discuss perspectives related to objects, people, places and events

AC9HS4K09low confidenceYear 4 · Knowledge and understanding

diversity of cultural, religious and/or social groups to which they and others in the community belong, and their importance to identity

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

PH3-IHW-01low confidencePDHPE K-6 · Stage 3

PH2-MSP-01low confidencePDHPE K-6 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2HP4M10high confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 3 and 4 · Movement and Physical Activity – Physical Education strand

VC2HP6M10high confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 5 and 6 · Movement and Physical Activity – Physical Education strand

VC2HC4K06low confidenceCivics and Citizenship · Levels 3 and 4 · Knowledge and Understanding 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 Resolving Disagreements with Friendsages 7–9 Working Well in a Groupages 7–9

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