Redcliffe State High School

SOARING ABOVE AND BEYOND EXPECTATIONS.

Redcliffe State High School

7 Health and Physical Education
Navigating Adolescence with Resilience

Student name

Subject Health and Physical Education Unit 1 Approaching Adolescence

Technique Project

Conditions

Duration/length 400 words Individual/group Individual and Group

Date issued Due date

Mode Written

Resources available

Context

The transition to secondary school can be a period of big change for young people. In this unit, students investigate the
transition to adolescents to consider current and future challenges and describe strategies to positively manage these
changes through both health and movement strategies. As students analyse factors that have shaped their values and
beliefs, they investigate the influence of significant life events on personal strengths and skills and the development of
their identities. Students will investigate the skills and resources required to positively manage the transition to
secondary school and describe strategies to support themselves and peers to enhance health and wellbeing.

Task

Students will take on the role of a headspace employee, an organisation that supports the mental health and wellbeing
of young people. You have received an email from a concerned teenager who is experiencing physical changes and is
seeking guidance and support.

Your task is to respond to this email in a thoughtful and empathetic manner, considering the factors that influence
adolescent identify, emotions and responses to change. You are required to access health information to describe
strategies that will assist the concerned teenager effectively manage the changes occurring during adolescence.

Student Goal A B C

Learning Goals

1.1 Students will be able to analyse factors that influence identities,

A B C D E
emotions and responses to change.

1.2 Students will be able to describe strategies to respond to factors that

A B C D E
influence change of identity and emotions.

Overall Result A B C D E
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Part A:
Students must select only ONE character to respond to. Students must complete the table to analyse the
issue and the letter to the character.

1. Tick a box to indicate which character you are analysing in your response.
2. Choose one email to analyse and complete the table below.
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The character I choose to analyse and investigate is (circle):

Alex OR Felicity
Describe the key issue the character is
Identify the causes of the issue:
experiencing.

Identify the Analyse factors that influence:

emotion/s the
character is
feeling
Identity (characteristics and capabilities of a person. These are constructed according to
where we come from, who we relate to, how we belong and what we do):

Emotions:

Responses to change:

Describe strategies that would help the character Describe the steps/details required to implement
respond to change. Provide two strategies the strategy.

Strategy #1:

Strategy #2:

Evaluate how these strategies will help your chosen adolescent overcome their challenges.
How will these strategies influence the change of identity and emotions felt by the character.
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Part B:
Using the information from question 2, write an email response to the character.
In your email, you need to:
 Identify how your character is feeling and explain that this is a normal part of adolescents
 Explain the key issues of the character and describe the influencing factors that influence
indemnities, emotions and response to change
 Describe effective strategies to assist the character in managing the key issue
 Evaluate how these recommendations will strengthen the character’s identity and emotions
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Regards
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