Lesson Plan

Day: M T W T F Date: 1st May 2018 Time: 9:00 Year: 5 & 6

Lesson number 1 of 6 (if the lesson is one in a sequence of lessons)

Learning Area: Health and Physical Education

Topic: Mental Health

Australian Curriculum Content Description: (see ACARA or SCASA)

- Plan and practise strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing (ACPPS054 - Scootle )
- Investigate community resources and ways to seek help about health, safety and wellbeing (ACPPS053 - Scootle )

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australia’s engagement

Cross-curriculum priorities: histories and cultures with Asia
Sustainability

Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural

General capabilities: Literacy Numeracy ICT
creative thinking behaviour social capability understanding

Students’ prior knowledge and experience:

(Briefly outline what the students already know about this topic from previous lessons/experiences. Note any particular skills
needed.)

- Students have some prior knowledge of what Mental Health is

- Students have some prior knowledge of how people deal with Mental Health

Teaching purpose: (What is the broad purpose of the lesson? What are you teaching – and why?)
- Give students an understanding of what Mental Health is and different ways of dealing with it

Learning objectives: (What will students know and be able
to do at the completion of the lesson – specific, concise and
attainable objectives. Use relevant taxonomies.)
On completion of this lesson, students will be able
to:
1. Identify what Mental Health is
2. Categorise the positive and negatives of Mental
Health
3. Collaborate as groups
Assessment: (For each learning objective, state how you will
assess the degree to which the objective has been achieved.
What will be the evidence of the learning? Consider formative
and, if appropriate, summative assessment strategies)
1. As students are discussing as a class, teacher
observes students answers to questions
about Mental Health
2. Students categorise Mental Health Cards and
discuss why they are in certain categories
3. Teacher observes students brainstorming and
collaborating in groups
Preparation and Resources:
(Detail what resources will be used and what other preparation of the learning environment will be required)

- Mental Health Digital Explanation ( http://mental-health-and-wellbeing2018.weebly.com/digital-explanation.html)

- Mental Health Cards (positive and negatives)
- List of questions to ask students and prompt answers

Catering for diversity (detail any adjustments or considerations for educational/resource adjustments)
- Collaboration and inclusion of all students through group work
- Students who have more prior knowledge are able to guide and assist teacher in explaining what Mental Health is

Timing Learning experiences

Introduction: (How will you engage the learners and set the scene for the lesson?)

Hook: Have Mental Health Digital Explanation on board so when students walk in they are drawn and have interest in
9:00
what is going to be happening

Begin by asking students if they know what Mental Health is, if they know anyone with a Mental Health issue, if they
believe Mental Health is positive or negative.

Sequence of learning experiences: (What learning experiences will help the students achieve the learning objectives?
What instructional strategies will be used?)

9:05 Begin watching Mental Health Digital Explanation (Duration of 2:30)

Prompt students and ask more questions, specifically based around the video.
9:08
- what was the message of the digital explanation?
- what is mental health?
- what are negative mental health behaviours?
- what are positive mental health behaviours?
- Where can we find support & help?
- How can we manage our own mental wellbeing?
- How does media influence our mental health?

9:15 Ask students to discuss the video with the person next to them.
- What feelings they have towards Mental Health
 - What they believe it is

9:20 Ask students to stand in a line in the classroom. Hand each individual a Mental Health Card (positives and negatives
of mental health). Have one end of the classroom being positive, one end of the classroom negative and the middle
being unsure. Get the students to individually place the cards where they believe it belongs. Once all the. Cards have
been placed on the floor, go around and pick up a few cards (one at a time) and discuss as a class why it is in that
category.

Lesson conclusion: (How will you summarise the learning and relate it to the lesson objectives?)
Get students to sit back in their seats.
9:40
Finish the lesson by showing students resources they can use if they or someone they know is struggling with their
Mental Health.

- Apps
- Headspace
- Reachout
- Beyond blue

Lesson Evaluation:
(Reflect on the lesson. What worked? What did not work? What would you change? Why? Only complete this section if you
actually taught the lesson)