Grade 6 Health BC Learning Standards

Physical literacy

Big Ideas

Healthy and active living

Curricular Competencies

Content

Social and community health

Mental well-being

Explore and describe how personal identities adapt and change in different settings and situations

proper technique for fundamental movement skills, including non-locomotor, locomotor, and manipulative skills

Describe and assess strategies for promoting mental well-being, for self and others

Identify and describe strategies for avoiding and/or responding to potentially unsafe, abusive, or exploitive situations

Participate daily in physical activity designed to enhance and maintain health components of fitness

Develop and apply a variety of fundamental movement skills in a variety of physical activities and environments

Daily physical activity enables us to practice skillful movement and helps us develop personal fitness.

movement concepts and strategies

Describe and assess strategies for managing problems related to mental well-being and substance use, for others

Describe and assess strategies for responding to discrimination, stereotyping, and bullying

Describe how students' participation in physical activities at school, at home, and in the community can influence their health and fitness

Develop and apply a variety of movement concepts and strategies in different physical activities

Physical literacy and fitness contribute to our success in and enjoyment of physical activity.

ways to monitor physical exertion levels

Explore and describe strategies for managing physical, emotional, and social changes during puberty and adolescence

Describe and apply strategies for developing and maintaining healthy relationship

Explore and plan food choices to support personal health and well-being

Apply methods of monitoring and adjusting exertion levels in physical activity

We experience many changes in our lives that influence how we see ourselves and others.

how to participate in different types of physical activities, including individual and dual activities, rhythmic activities, and games

Explore strategies for promoting the health and well-being of the school and community

Describe the impacts of personal choices on health and well-being

Develop and demonstrate safety, fair play, and leadership in physical activities

Healthy choices influence our physical, emotional, and mental well-being.

training principles to enhance personal fitness levels, including the FITT principle and the SAID principle

Analyze health messages and possible intentions to influence behaviour

Identify and describe preferred types of physical activity

Learning about similarities and differences in individuals and groups influences community health.

influences on food choices

Identify, apply, and reflect on strategies used to pursue personal healthy-living goals

practices that promote health and well-being, including those that prevent communicable and non-communicable illnesses

sources of health information

basic principles for responding to emergencies

strategies to protect themselves and others from potential abuse, exploitation, and harm in a variety of settings

consequences of bullying, stereotyping, and discrimination

strategies for managing personal and social risks related to psychoactive substances and potentially addictive behaviours

physical, emotional, and social changes that occur during puberty and adolescence

influences on individual identity, including sexual identity, gender, values, and beliefs