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Health and Career Education K to 7 (Sept 2008)
Rationale for Curriculum
The aim of Health and Career Education K to 7 is to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to be informed decision makers and to make healthy and safe choices. HCE K to 7 provides opportunities for students to:
§ learn and practise decision-making and goalsetting strategies
§ learn about their own personal skills and interests and how these relate to a variety of school contexts, recreational activities, and future careers
§ learn the importance of effective work habits and transferable skills
§ think critically about a variety of health and safety issues
§ acquire the skills necessary to develop and maintain healthy relationships
§ develop safe attitudes and healthy practices in a variety of settings
§ learn about the range of sources of support and information available to them on a variety of education, health, and safety issues
Health and Career Education K to 7 is designed to help students maintain, reinforce, and develop skills, attitudes, and behaviours that can enhance their personal well-being throughout their lives and prepare them to deal with a world of complex, ongoing change. The HCE K to 7 curriculum recognizes the inter-related areas of intellectual development, human and social development, and career development in creating healthy and active educated citizens.
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