Personal & Social Development Friendship & Cooperationusually ages 9–11

Self-Reflection in Relationships

Reflect on their own role and behaviour in relationships — recognising patterns in how they interact with others, understanding what they contribute to friendships, and identifying areas where they could improve as a friend or team member

How to tell they’ve got it

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Identify a pattern in their own social behaviour, such as always wanting to lead or avoiding confrontation
Describe what they do well in relationships and one area they'd like to improve
Set a specific social goal, such as 'I will ask others for their ideas before sharing mine'

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Can your child honestly reflect on their friendships and say something like 'I think I sometimes take over in group work and I'm trying to listen more' — showing awareness of their own social patterns?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Assertive Communicationages 9–11Reflecting on social patterns builds on assertive communication skills

Patterns in Your Own Reactionsages 7–9Recognising patterns in how you interact with others is the Friendship domain-specific form of the foundational pattern-noticing habit

Your Impact on Othersages 8–9Reflecting on your role and behaviour in relationships builds on the foundational habit of considering the impact of your behaviour on others

Giving and Receiving Feedbackages 9–11Social reflection benefits from feedback experience

Self-Reflection in Relationshipsthis skill · ages 9–11

Unlocks

Social Cues and Group Dynamicsages 11–12Advanced friendship skills depends on earlier social skills

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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

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

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9HP6P04low confidenceYear 5–6 · Personal, social and community health

describe and demonstrate how respect and empathy can be expressed to positively influence relationships

AC9HP4P10low confidenceYear 3–4 · Personal, social and community health

investigate and apply behaviours that contribute to their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing

AC9HP4P04low confidenceYear 3–4 · Personal, social and community health

select, use and refine personal and social skills to establish, manage and strengthen relationships

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

PH2-RRS-01medium confidencePDHPE K-6 · Stage 2

PH3-RRS-01medium confidencePDHPE K-6 · Stage 3

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2HP6P04medium confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 5 and 6 · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand

VC2HP4P04medium confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 3 and 4 · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand

VC2HP4P10low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 3 and 4 · 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

Assertive Communicationages 9–11 Giving and Receiving Feedbackages 9–11 Helping Others Resolve Conflictsages 9–11 Communication Vocabularyages 7–11

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