Learning Map
Personal & Social DevelopmentEmotional Literacyusually ages 5–7

Triggers and Causes of Feelings

Understand that feelings have causes — something happens (a trigger) and that makes us feel a certain way — and begin to identify what triggers their own emotions

How to tell they’ve got it

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When your child gets upset about something at school, can they explain to you what happened that made them feel that way?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Feelings Change and Differages 5–7Identifying triggers benefits from knowing feelings change
Triggers and Causes of Feelingsthis skill · ages 5–7
Unlocks
How Emotions Feel in Your Bodyages 7–9Body-emotion connection builds on understanding emotional triggers
Expressing Feelings with Wordsages 5–7Expressing feelings in words benefits from understanding triggers

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

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

Show candidate curriculum codes · 2 ACARA · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9HP4P06low confidenceYear 3–4 · Personal, social and community health

explain how and why emotional responses can vary and practise strategies to manage their emotions

AC9HP2P03low confidenceYear 1–2 · Personal, social and community health

identify how different situations influence emotional responses

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2HPFP04medium confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Foundation · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand
VC2HP2P04medium confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 1 and 2 · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand
VC2HP4P06low 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

Expressing Feelings with Wordsages 5–7 Feelings Change and Differages 5–7 Naming Basic Emotionsages 5–7 Emotion Vocabularyages 7–9

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