Coward Punch - At Risk Of Violence

Australian Curriculum content descriptions: 

Years 7 & 8 Health and Physical Education:

• Analyse factors that influence emotions, and develop strategies to demonstrate empathy and sensitivity (ACPPS075).
• Plan and use health practices, behaviours and resources to enhance health, safety and wellbeing of their communities (ACPPS077).

Syllabus outcomes: PDHPE4.3, PDHPE4.6, PDHPE4.7, PDHPE4.8, PDHPE4.11, PDHPE4.13

General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability

Relevant parts of Years 7 & 8 achievement standards: 
Students investigate strategies and practices that enhance their own, others’ and community health, safety and wellbeing. They demonstrate skills to make informed decisions, and propose and implement actions that promote their own and others’ health, safety and wellbeing.

This lesson is part of the wider unit of work STOP the Coward Punch: HPE – Years 7 & 8

Time required: 60 mins.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Low – provide support as students work through the activities in this lesson.

• Butchers paper and markers
• Device capable of presenting a video to the class
• Student Worksheets – one copy per student

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Community engagement
• Creativity
• Empathy
• Problem solving
• Collaboration

These resources have been designed in partnership with Danny Green's STOP the Coward's Punch campaign.

Danny Green’s STOP the Coward Punch campaign was started in 2012 with the aim of raising awareness of the devastating effects of the coward punch on the community, including the physical and mental scars survivors, families and friends are left with for life.

STOP the Coward Punch believes in the right of all people to enjoy themselves, safely and free from violence. With support from entertainers, athletes, community leaders, politicians and everyday Australians, the campaign aims to raise awareness of the simple precautions we – as a community and as individuals – can take to ensure safe and enjoyable outings and, ultimately, reduce the number of coward punch occurrences in our communities.