Curriculum planning and programming, assessing and reporting to parents K-12 policy

The Department's Curriculum planning and programming, assessing and reporting to parents K-12 policy (2025) states:

1.1.3 Road safety education is taught in each stage of learning in the:

• Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) syllabus Kindergarten to Year 10
• 25-hour mandatory course for stage 6 students, Life Ready.

Road safety education procedures

The Department's Road safety education procedures provide direction and guidance to support effective implementation of road safety education in NSW public schools Kindergarten to Year 12.

Schools should adopt a whole-school approach to effectively implement road safety education by:

1.1 providing quality teaching through the curriculum

1.2 communicating with parents, carers and the community

1.3 managing road safety environment and culture.

Student health and wellbeing policy

The department's revised Student health and wellbeing policy (2025) states:

1.3 Schools recognise physical activity is essential for the overall wellbeing of students.

2.3 The department seeks to provide opportunities for students to learn about and practise ways to adopt and maintain a healthy, productive and active life through curriculum and pedagogy and the Wellbeing Framework for Schools.

The Wellbeing Framework for Schools adopts a strengths-based approach, enabling schools to build on each student’s individual strengths. This approach helps position students to succeed and thrive throughout their lives.

A key aspect of student wellbeing is physical wellbeing, which refers to the extent to which students feel physically safe and healthy. To support physical wellbeing, the Wellbeing Framework encourages schools to:

• promote and facilitate walking or riding bikes to school.