Thriving online
Stay safe in a connected world
Date and time: Anytime between the dates 20-25 October, 2025
Year 7 students can learn to build essential skills to navigate online interactions safely.
Students learn to:
- distinguish between personal, private, and public spaces online
- identify tactics used by cybercriminals to deceive and exploit
- recognise risks when making online connections
- understand the dangers of sharing intimate content
- learn how to take control and report abuse or cyberbullying.
Syllabus outcomes
PH5-RRL-01: evaluates and applies strategies for promoting and maintaining safe and respectful relationships in a range of contexts
PHLS-SHW-02: recognises and demonstrates strategies to promote safety in a range of situations
PHLS-IBC-01: recognises factors that contribute to identity
TELS-DIG-01: uses digital technologies responsibly and safely in a range of environments
TE4-DIG-01: demonstrates technological literacy to safely interact in digital environments
CT5-DAT-01: explains how data is stored, transmitted and secured in digital systems and how information is communicated in a range of contexts
CT5-SAF-01: selects and applies safe, secure and responsible practices in the ethical use of data and computing technology
Practising digital safety and wellbeing - Manage online safety
Identify online abuse and bullying and report them to trusted adults, appropriate authorities and in online tools
Digital Technologies
AC9HP8P04: examine the roles of respect, empathy, power and coercion in developing respectful relationships
AC9HP8P08: explain and apply skills and strategies to communicate assertively and respectfully when seeking, giving or denying consent
AC9TDI8P12: select and use a range of digital tools efficiently and responsibly to share content online, and plan and manage individual and collaborative agile projects
Personal and Social capability
Self-awareness:
- Personal awareness
- Emotional awareness R
- Reflective practice
Self-management:
- Goal setting
- Emotional regulation
- Perseverance and adaptability
Social awareness:
- Empathy
- Relational awareness
- Community awareness
Social management:
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Leadership
- Decision-making
- Conflict resolution
Digital Literacy
Practising digital safety and wellbeing:
- Manage online safety
- Mange digital privacy and identity
Creating and exchanging:
- Respect intellectual property
Managing and operating:
- Manage content
- Protect content