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Grade 6 – Healthy Living

Grade 6 Overall Expectations:

1 – Understanding Health Concepts

Personal Safety and Injury Prevention

Demonstrate ways of being inclusive, respectful, and accepting, and describe how this benefits everyone, including themselves

Substance Use, Addictions, and Related Behaviours

Describe the range of effects associated with using cannabis, other drugs, and intoxicating substances

Human Development and Sexual Health

Demonstrate an understanding of the impacts of viewing sexually explicit media, including pornography

Mental Health Literacy

Identify people, resources, and services in the school and the community that can provide support when a person is dealing with mental health issues and choices or situations involving substance use and addictive behaviours, and describe how to access these supports

Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnections between a person’s thoughts, emotions, and actions, and of the potential impact of positive and negative thinking on mental health

2 – Making Healthy Choices

Healthy Eating

Apply their knowledge of medical, emotional, practical, and societal factors that influence eating habits and food choices to develop personal guidelines for healthier eating

Apply their recognition of internal hunger and thirst cues and their knowledge of physical factors that influence the desire to eat and drink to develop personal guidelines for healthier eating

Personal Safety and Injury Prevention

Apply social-emotional learning skills to promote positive interaction and avoid or manage conflict in social situations, in person or online

Substance Use, Addictions, and Related Behaviours

Use decision-making strategies and skills and an understanding of factors influencing drug use to make safe personal choices about the use of drugs such as alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis

Human Development and Sexual Health

Describe how they can build confidence and lay a foundation for healthy relationships by acquiring a clearer understanding of the physical, social, and emotional changes that occur during adolescence

Make informed decisions that demonstrate respect for themselves and others and help to build healthier relationships, using a variety of social-emotional skills

3 – Making Connections for Healthy Living

Healthy Eating

Explain how healthy eating and active living work together to improve a person’s general health and well-being and how the benefits of both can be promoted to others

Personal Safety and Injury Prevention

Recognize the responsibilities and risks associated with caring for themselves and others, and demonstrate an understanding of related safety practices and appropriate procedures for responding to dangerous situations

Human Development and Sexual Health

Assess the effects of stereotypes and assumptions regarding gender roles and expectations, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, culture, mental health, and abilities on an individual’s self-concept, social inclusion, and relationships with others, and propose appropriate ways of responding to and changing harmful assumptions and stereotypes that can lead to destructive social attitudes including homophobia and racism