PDHPE Foundation Me Homeschool Unit PDF

Foundation Me PDHPE Homeschool Unit

Help your child explore identity, emotions, relationships, personal safety and movement with this practical, engaging Health and Physical Education unit designed especially for homeschooling families.

Created for children in their first year of school, this unit includes 10 flexible lessons exploring what makes each person unique, how people grow and change, recognising and managing emotions, body awareness, personal strengths, learning new skills, boundaries, friendship, preferences and family. Children learn through discussion, drawing, movement, games, role-play, practical challenges and hands-on activities.

The unit also helps children develop positive self-awareness, communicate preferences and personal boundaries, identify trusted adults, practise respectful interactions and discover how physical activity supports health and wellbeing.

Topics include:

• What makes each person unique
• Growing, changing and developing new skills
• Recognising, expressing and managing emotions
• Body parts, movement and body percussion
• Personal strengths, effort, practice and confidence
• Learning new skills and encouraging others
• Personal space, body signals, boundaries and trusted adults
• Qualities of a caring, inclusive and respectful friend
• Communicating likes, dislikes and preferences respectfully
• Family values, traditions, symbols and belonging
• A final All About Me assessment

Designed for homeschooling

Each lesson is designed to take approximately 30–45 minutes and can be shortened, extended or completed over several sessions.

Activities include creating self-portraits and growth timelines, exploring emotion faces and calming strategies, completing body and movement challenges, practising new skills, identifying personal boundaries and trusted adults, responding to friendship scenarios, comparing preferences and designing a family shield.

Written work can be replaced with verbal explanations, pointing, matching, photographs, drawings, role-play, demonstrations or parent-scribed responses, making the unit flexible for different learning styles and abilities.

What is included:

• 10 complete lesson plans
• Clear learning intentions
• Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 Foundation HPE alignment
• Discussion questions and practical activities
• Movement games and fundamental movement skill activities
• Support and extension ideas for every lesson
• Simple assessment opportunities
• Final All About Me assessment task and assessment criteria
• Suggested books, videos and learning resources

This unit provides families with a clear and manageable way to teach personal identity, emotional wellbeing, respectful relationships, safety and movement at home while encouraging confidence, conversation and active learning.