Grade by Grade
New Brunswick · Grade 5

Personal Wellness

Includes health, sexual health education and career education.

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

AWellness

Nutrients; screen time; media and peer influences; addiction and the brain; injury prevention; unsafe online situations

BMental Fitness

Sources and signs of stress; managing emotions; seeking help

CHuman Growth and Development

Puberty, reproductive organs and the menstrual cycle; hygiene

DRelationships

Being an ally; target, aggressor, bystander and upstander; conflict strategies

ECareer Connected Learning

Skills for work; careers that address world problems; transition to middle school