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Personal & Social DevelopmentResponsible Decision-Makingusually ages 5–7

Rules and agreements exist

Understand why rules and agreements exist — that they help keep people safe, make things fair, and help groups work well together — and follow agreed rules willingly rather than only when being watched

How to tell they’ve got it

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Does your child follow the class rules or family agreements even when no adult is watching — not because they're scared of punishment but because they understand why the rules matter?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Vocabulary: making decisions and keeping safeages 5–8Understanding why rules exist requires vocabulary of 'rule', 'safe', and 'fair'
Right and Wrong Choicesages 5–7Understanding rules benefits from knowing right/wrong
Rules and agreements existthis skill · ages 5–7
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Community Rights and Responsibilitiesages 9–11Rights and responsibilities builds on understanding why rules exist

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1).

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

PH1-RRS-01low confidencePDHPE K-6 · Stage 1
PHE-RRS-01low confidencePDHPE K-6 · Early Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2HC4K04medium confidenceCivics and Citizenship · Levels 3 and 4 · Knowledge and Understanding strand
VC2HPFM04low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Foundation · Movement and Physical Activity – Physical Education strand
VC2HP2P05low 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

Actions and Their Consequencesages 5–7 Everyday Safety Awarenessages 5–7 Right and Wrong Choicesages 5–7 Vocabulary: making decisions and keeping safeages 5–8

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