What is Life Ready?

• Life Ready is a mandatory Stage 6 course (25-hours) designed to prepare and support students as they navigate health and safety situations, becoming more independent and taking on greater responsibilities.
• Schools can choose to implement Life Ready in a manner that accommodates their own context, using the resources they have available to them.
• The content of the school’s Life Ready course should be based on the needs and interests of students.
• Life Ready must be completed in either Year 11 or Year 12 or across both years.

Professional Learning:

1. Life Ready - coordinator and teacher introduction

• 2 hour online professional learning module to support understanding of the Life Ready course

2. Stage 6 Life Ready: Teaching the skills through safe travel

• full day workshop to support teachers with effective implementation of Life Ready by exploring it through the context of Safe Travel
• register via My PL for face to face sessions AC00121 or webinar AC00139
• casual teacher relief funding is available if your school hasn’t attended in the last 4 years.

Safe travel teaching and learning resources:

• The impact of road crashes (PDF 235KB) - through this activity, students explore the effects that road trauma can have on individuals and communities.
• The choices we make (PDF 209KB) – through this activity, students explore the importance of being assertive when faced with difficult or uncomfortable decisions.

Further PDHPE curriculum support:

• Course content – Life Ready course requirements
• Implementation advice – Life Ready principles and models of delivery
• Support materials – optional teaching and learning resources