Personal & Social Development Responsible Decision-Makingusually ages 5–8

Vocabulary: making decisions and keeping safe

Know and use the vocabulary of making decisions and keeping safe — choice, consequence, rule, safe, fair, honest, trusted adult, and right and wrong — and understand that naming these ideas clearly helps make better choices

How to tell they’ve got it

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Explain what 'consequence' means and give an example of a positive and a negative consequence of a choice
Use 'responsible' and 'safe' correctly when talking about everyday decisions — e.g. 'The responsible choice is to tell an adult'
Define 'rule' and 'fairness' and explain why rules exist using their own examples from school or home

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If your child faces a situation where they need to make a choice — like whether to tell the truth about something that went wrong — can they talk through what might happen using words like 'consequence' and 'fair'?

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Vocabulary: making decisions and keeping safethis skill · ages 5–8

Unlocks

Actions and Their Consequencesages 5–7Understanding that actions have consequences requires the vocabulary word 'consequence' as a named concept

Right and Wrong Choicesages 5–7Distinguishing right from wrong requires vocabulary including 'honest', 'fair', 'trust', and 'right and wrong'

Rules and agreements existages 5–7Understanding why rules exist requires vocabulary of 'rule', 'safe', and 'fair'

Everyday Safety Awarenessages 5–7Safety awareness draws on vocabulary of 'safe', 'trusted adult', and 'choice'

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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

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

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

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2HC4K02low confidenceCivics and Citizenship · Levels 3 and 4 · Knowledge and Understanding strand

VC2HP2P06low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 1 and 2 · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand

VC2HPFP06low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Foundation · 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 Rules and agreements existages 5–7

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