Key ideas Science
In the Australian Curriculum: Science, there are six key ideas that represent key aspects of a scientific view of the world and bridge knowledge and understanding across the disciplines of science, as shown Figure 1 below. These are embedded within each …
Key ideas | Science | F-10 curriculum
Year 7 History
The ancient world The Year 7 curriculum provides a study of history from the time of the earliest human communities to the end of the ancient period, approximately 60 000 BC (BCE) – c.650 AD (CE). It was a period defined by the development of cultural …
Year 7 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 8 History
The ancient to the modern world The Year 8 curriculum provides a study of history from the end of the ancient period to the beginning of the modern period, c.650– 1750 AD (CE). This was when major civilisations around the world came into contact with …
Year 8 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Years 7 and 8 Visual Arts
In Visual Arts, students: build on their awareness of how and why artists, craftspeople and designers realise their ideas through different visual representations, practices, processes and viewpoints extend their thinking, understanding and use of …
Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
ACLTUU046
Understand the relationships between intonation and stress in Turkish, and apply this understanding to their own written and spoken language and meaning-making[Key concepts: accent, emphasis, vowel harmony, discrimination; Key processes: understanding, …
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ACLTUU046 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | Turkish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Year 2 HASS
Our past and present connections to people and places The Year 2 curriculum extends contexts for study beyond the personal to the community and to near and distant places that students are familiar with or aware of, exploring connections between the …
Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 3 HASS
Diverse communities and places and the contribution people make The Year 3 curriculum focuses on the diversity of people and places in their local community and beyond, and how people participate in their communities. Students study how places are represented …
Year 3 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 4 HASS
How people, places and environments interact, past and present The Year 4 curriculum focuses on interactions between people, places and environments over time and space and the effects of these interactions. Students gain opportunities to expand their …
Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 5 HASS
Australian communities – their past, present and possible futures The Year 5 curriculum focuses on colonial Australia in the 1800s and the social, economic, political and environmental causes and effects of Australia’s development, and on the relationship …
Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 6 HASS
Australia in the past and present and its connections with a diverse world The Year 6 curriculum focuses on the social, economic and political development of Australia as a nation, particularly after 1900, and Australia’s role within a diverse and interconnected …
Year 6 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 7 HASS
Sustainable pasts, present, futures The Year 7 curriculum deepens discipline-specific knowledge, understandings and skills with opportunities for integration across the sub-strands. Students study ancient societies of the East and West, how they are …
Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Exploring different cultural perspectives through two-way teaching
Medina Primary School is a government school located 39km south of the Perth CBD on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk People. The school has an enrolment of 231 students, of whom 28% are Aboriginal. In this illustration of practice, Years 5 and 6 …
Exploring different cultural perspectives through two-way teaching | Illustrations of practice | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures | Resources
ACAMUM089
Develop technical and expressive skills in singing and playing instruments with understanding of rhythm, pitch and form in a range of pieces, including in music from the community
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ACAMUM089 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Music | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
ACLINU033
Recognise that Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia and is one of many languages in the Asia-Pacific region[Key concept: official language; Key process: understanding]
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ACLINU033 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Indonesian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLINU048
Develop understanding of how grammatical structures and rules influence textual organisation[Key concept: coherence; Key processes: connecting, applying]
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ACLINU048 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | Indonesian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLINC054
Interact with others by making requests, seeking clarification, checking understanding and expressing opinions[Key concept: interaction; Key processes: requesting, clarifying]
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ACLINC054 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Indonesian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLINU065
Expand understanding of textual conventions, particularly related to social and informational media[Key concept: convention; Key processes: comparing, experimenting]
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ACLINU065 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Indonesian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLINU116
Develop understanding of textual conventions and how they shape meaning and influence responses[Key concepts: power, influence, emotion; Key processes: analysing, evaluating]
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ACLINU116 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Indonesian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLITU130
Analyse lexical and grammatical choices made in a range of texts in different contexts to develop an understanding that language use varies in the contexts of situation and culture
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ACLITU130 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLVIU137
Explore how language use varies according to the age, gender and relationship of participants and the context[Key concept: variation; Key processes: identifying, understanding]
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ACLVIU137 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Vietnamese | Languages | F-10 curriculum