Personal, social and community health

Netiquette and online protocols Year 4 Unit 4

Topic outline Topic 1 — Unsafe online situations

Topic objectives Example learning opportunities Student resources

Students will: Balancing screen time Sheet — Screen time audit
Examine the need to • Analyse their own and others’ use of digital Sheet — Green time
balance the time spent
technologies (screen time) and how the results Sheet — Online communities
using electronic devices
compare to recommended health guidelines.
and playing outdoors. Teacher resources
Recognise the health • Recognise the impact of excessive screen time Supporting learning resource — Netiquette glossary
benefits and risks of on children’s health and their relationships with
other people. Slideshow — Screen time
interacting in online
communities. • Discuss the health benefits for children of Slideshow — Online communities: Connecting over the internet
Evidence of learning balancing screen time and outdoor play Video — Make cyberspace a better place: George — Cyberbullying
(green time).
Can the student: Website — Daniel Morcombe child safety curriculum Years 3-6
• Recommend different ways for children to https://learningplace.eq.edu.au/cx/resources/file/23c8dc44-e367-b13d-e85a-0336f75a4c9b/2/
Recommend plans to
balance screen time and achieve a balance between screen time and S5392.zip/section-02/section-02.html (TLF S5392):
green time? green time.
 Lesson 8: Online and mobile phone safety
Suggest actions children Online communities
 Activity: Cyberbullying (Years 3–4) (page 6-7)
can take to stay safe in
• Define the term ‘online communities’ and
online communities and Helpful information
report cyberbullying discuss safe procedures to join and access
these communities. Website — eSafety (Australian Government) https://esafety.gov.au/
situations?
• List the benefits and negative aspects of Website — #GameOn teaching resources (Australian Government)
belonging to an online community. https://esafety.gov.au/education-resources/classroom-resources/gameon/teaching-resources

• Recognise how bullying takes place online Website — Understanding cyberbullying (Kids Helpline)
https://kidshelpline.com.au/parents/tips/understanding-cyberbullying/
(cyberbullying) and its impact on young people.
Website — What is bullying? (Bullying no way)
• Identify how children can stay safe when
https://bullyingnoway.gov.au/ForKids/Pages/What-is-bullying.aspx
interacting in online communities and manage
cyberbullying situations. Website — Bullying and cyberbullying (BeyondBlue)
http://www.youthbeyondblue.com/understand-what's-going-on/bullying-and-cyberbullying
1 of 2
686071240.docx
Topic concepts Australian Curriculum references for this topic
Years 3–4 Band Health and Physical Education — Content descriptions
Managing health,
 Personal, social and community health
safety and wellbeing
Being healthy, safe and active
Promoting health, Describe and apply strategies that can be used in situations that make them

safety and wellbeing feel uncomfortable or unsafe (ACPPS035)
Identify and practise strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing
 Health messages (ACPPS036)
Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing
Healthy Discuss and interpret health information and messages in the media and

communities internet (ACPPS039)

 Addressed Contributing to healthy and active communities

For assessment Describe strategies to make the classroom and playground healthy, safe and
active spaces (ACPPS040)

General capabilities
Literacy
• Comprehending texts through listening, reading and viewing
• Composing texts through speaking, writing and creating
• Text knowledge
• Grammar knowledge
• Word knowledge
• Visual knowledge
Numeracy
• Recognising and using patterns and relationships
• Interpreting statistical information
• Using measurement

For more information about coverage of other general capabilities,

consult the unit plan.

2 of 2
686071240.docx