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Week Four

Secondary·Years 7–10

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Week Four brings together social interaction, creativity, and physical activity to create a lively, connected, and meaningful learning experience. Students dive into energetic group games that promote teamwork, coordination, and confidence while also engaging in reflective activities that invite them to express gratitude, kindness, and positive emotions. Through fast-paced movement, creative drawing, and connection-building conversations, students learn how fun and meaningful it can be to interact, communicate, and support their peers.

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This week also helps students explore emotional expression and appreciation in a playful yet thoughtful way. By sharing gratitude, identifying meaningful relationships, and expressing emotions creatively, students strengthen empathy and deepen their understanding of those around them. Combined with active games that build coordination and social bonding, Week Four nurtures a positive group atmosphere where students feel energised, encouraged, and connected, supporting their physical, social, and emotional well-being in equal measure.

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Head Shoulder Knee Toe Add Up

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The Happiness Boomerang

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Space Invaders

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Gratitude Pictionary

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From the Secondary curriculum · last updated 10 Dec 2025

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Personal & Social Capability and HPE Version 2.0, VCAA, used by Victorian schools.

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VC2CP8S02Levels 7–8: How to distinguish between productive and unproductive coping strategies; strategies for peer support and empathetic communication during adversity.
VC2CP8O04Levels 7–8: Situations that benefit from collaboration; strategies for setting team goals; and ways team members can support one another to achieve goals.
VC2CP10O05Levels 9–10: When and how to adapt skills and strategies to prevent, defuse or resolve conflict within and between groups in different contexts.

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VC2CP8S03Levels 7–8: Strategies for reflecting on and developing personal strengths in different contexts; connecting personal interests to broader life/careers.
VC2CP8O03Levels 7–8: Factors that affect how personal and group relationships are expressed and experienced, including personal boundaries, intimacy, distribution of power and social expectations.
VC2CP10O03Levels 9–10: Personal, social and cultural factors that influence the ability to experience respectful relationships; the rights and responsibilities of individuals in relationships.

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VC2CP8S01Levels 7–8: Ways to recognise emotional complexity and its causes and consequences.
VC2CP10S01Levels 9–10: Ways to analyse and evaluate emotional complexity in different contexts and from different perspectives.
VC2CP10S04Levels 9–10: How to identify and adapt strategies for improving confidence, adaptability and perseverance, considering personal and social enablers and barriers.

View official curriculum →Victorian Curriculum F–10 v2.0

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