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Health and Wellbeing Stage 2
Subject outline

Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024
Accredited in November 2019 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2021. This subject replaces Stage 2 Health. 

Stage 2 | Subject outline | Capabilities | personal-and-social-capability

Personal and social capability

In this subject, students extend and apply their personal and social capability by, for example:

  • collaborating with others to plan and implement health-promoting activities/social action
  • developing awareness of influences, including sociocultural influences, on health and wellbeing factors
  • exploring and developing skills as agents and advocates for change
  • understanding the role of self, community, and culture in health promotion
  • developing the skills to take action to promote social equity
  • evaluating and reflecting on learning about equality and social equity
  • developing skills to manage various aspects of life, including physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellbeing.