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Personal & Social DevelopmentResponsible Decision-Makingusually ages 7–9

Stop, Think, Then Choose

Use a simple decision-making process when faced with a choice — stopping to think, identifying the options, considering the consequences of each option, and then choosing — rather than acting impulsively

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When your child faces a tricky choice — like whether to tell the teacher that a friend cheated — can they think through their options and the consequences rather than just reacting?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Actions and Their Consequencesages 5–7Decision-making process builds on understanding consequences
Planning a Taskages 6–7PSD decision-making processes transfer directly to Learning-to-Learn planning frameworks
Vocabulary: ethics and citizenshipages 7–11Decision-making process applies vocabulary of 'ethical', 'consequence', and 'responsibility'
Choosing a Strategyages 9–10PSD decision-making skills underpin strategy selection in Learning-to-Learn
Stop, Think, Then Choosethis skill · ages 7–9
Unlocks
Difficult Ethical Choicesages 9–11Ethical grey areas builds on basic decision-making process
Peer Pressure and Resisting Itages 9–11Resisting peer pressure builds on decision-making process
Emotions and Decision-Makingages 9–11Understanding emotions affect decisions connects to the decision-making process

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Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 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

VC2HP4P03low 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

Basic digital citizenshipages 7–9 Bystanders and Upstandersages 7–9 Understanding Bullyingages 7–9 Vocabulary: ethics and citizenshipages 7–11

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