Healthy Choices and Wellbeing

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Part 1: Understanding Healthy Choices

Wellbeing is about looking after different parts of your life. Healthy choices can support your body, thoughts and feelings, relationships, and sense of belonging. The people, messages, and situations around us can influence our choices. We can pause, think about consequences, and ask for support when we need it.

Instructions: Match each word with its best meaning. Write the matching letter next to each word.

1. Wellbeing

2. Influence

3. Choice

4. Consequence

5. Support

A. Help or encouragement from others

B. A result that follows an action

C. A decision between possible actions

D. The overall state of being healthy and well

E. Something that affects the way we think or act

6. Which actions could support wellbeing? Select all that apply.

Getting enough sleep

Talking with a trusted person

Ignoring feelings all the time

Moving your body in a way you enjoy

Part 2: Making Healthy Decisions

Instructions: Read each situation. Identify one healthy choice, one possible consequence, and a trusted support person or service. You do not need to name anyone from your own life.

7. Your friends want you to leave school grounds without permission. What could you do?

Healthy choice: ________________________________________________

Possible consequence: ___________________________________________

Trusted support: _________________________________________________

8. You notice that you are tired and finding it difficult to concentrate before an important day. What could you do?

Healthy choice: ________________________________________________

Possible consequence: ___________________________________________

Trusted support: _________________________________________________

9. Someone sends an unkind message about another student and asks you to forward it. What could you do?

Healthy choice: ________________________________________________

Possible consequence: ___________________________________________

Trusted support: _________________________________________________

Part 3: Wellbeing Check-in and Exit Reflection

Instructions: Think about your wellbeing today. This is private unless you choose to share it. Tick one option for each area, then choose one safe action that could support your wellbeing. You may write “talk to a trusted adult” instead of giving personal details.

10. My wellbeing check-in

Physical: I feel...

Going well

Up and down

Needing support

Mental and emotional: I feel...

Going well

Up and down

Needing support

Social: I feel...

Connected

Sometimes connected

Needing support

Spiritual: I feel...

Connected to meaning or belonging

Unsure

Needing support

One safe action I could take is:

11. Exit reflection: What is one question you can ask yourself before making a healthy decision?

Teacher Answer Guide

Vocabulary: 1–D, 2–E, 3–C, 4–B, 5–A.

Question 6: Getting enough sleep; talking with a trusted person; moving your body in a way you enjoy.

Questions 7–9: Accept reasonable answers that identify a safe, respectful and informed choice, a realistic possible consequence, and an appropriate support person or service. Examples include a parent or caregiver, teacher, dean, school counsellor, coach, health professional, or a trusted helpline.

Question 10: Answers will vary. Students should identify a safe, practical action without needing to disclose sensitive information.

Question 11: Answers will vary. Suitable questions may include: “Is this safe?”, “What could happen next?”, “Does this respect me and others?”, or “Who could support me?”