The Mass Casualty Commission’s Recommendation C.17 calls for province-wide implementation of curriculum addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and bystander intervention (BI) education. This will ensure that every student in grades primary to 12 will learn how to recognize, prevent, and respond to GBV and other harms. The updated at-a-glance document can be found to the right, with the older version for reference to be phased out by the fall of 2026. Additional information can be found in this one-pager or by clicking on the resources link. Course Outline Health education grades 4–6 builds on foundational learning and skill development from grades Primary–3 and continues its focus on the development of life skills through investigation of concepts related to mental health literacy, safe and healthy relationships, substance misuse prevention, injury prevention, human growth and development, and chronic disease prevention through a study of health behaviours that together promote physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health. Health education curriculum is integrated primarily within English language arts and secondarily within mathematics in accordance with Plan for Instruction: Revised Time-to-Learn Strategy: Grades 4–6 (2016). Within this strategy there is discreet time available for learning and teaching within health education. The curriculum offers many opportunities for links to and integration with learning outcomes in other content areas, including science, social studies, and visual arts. Outcomes Learners will investigate how health behaviours enhance physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health. Learners will investigate the components of mental health literacy Learners will investigate sexual and reproductive health information Learners will analyse how relationships impact physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health Learners will analyse the impacts of substances on the health and safety of children Updated June 19, 2025