Board Developed Course - 2 Units for each of Preliminary and HSC
Exclusions: Community and Family Studies
The Community and Family Studies Life Skills Stage 6 course provides opportunities for students to explore the nature of wellbeing and develop an understanding of how individuals can support their own and others’ wellbeing. Students learn about the role of individuals and groups within society and how the interactions between individuals and groups can affect wellbeing. Students develop skills and values to contribute effectively to groups, including families and communities.
Students learn about groups in various contexts, including the school community, workplace and wider community, and develop an awareness of how their participation in groups may change over time.
The structure of the Community and Family Studies Life Skills Stage 6 course allows teachers to provide a broad and balanced program that reflects the needs of individual students within the context of the collaborative curriculum planning process. Students may study outcomes and content selected from one or more of the following modules:
Wellbeing of individuals
Families
Participating in groups
Specific groups in society
Transition to adulthood
Participating in work and community environments.
Teachers design a program based on the selected outcomes and appropriate to the students’ priorities, needs and interests.
Students are expected to address or achieve one or more of the Community and Family Studies Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes. They need not address or complete all of the content to demonstrate achievement of an outcome.
The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.
Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website: