Sustainability
The Australian Curriculum places emphasis on Sustainability as a priority for study that connects and relates relevant aspects of content across learning areas and subjects. Cross-curriculum learning is fundamental to: understanding the ways social, …
Sustainability | Cross-curriculum priorities | F-10 curriculum
Cross-curriculum priorities
The Australian Curriculum is designed to meet the needs of students by delivering a relevant, contemporary and engaging curriculum that builds on the educational goals of the Melbourne Declaration. The Melbourne Declaration identified three key areas …
Cross-curriculum priorities | 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 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
Year 10 Geography
There are two units of study in the Year 10 curriculum for Geography: ‘Environmental change and management’ and ‘Geographies of human wellbeing’. ‘Environmental change and management’ focuses on investigating environmental geography through an in-depth …
Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Years 7 and 8 Dance
In Dance, students: make and respond to dance independently and with their classmates, teachers and communities explore dance as an art form through choreography, performance and appreciation build on their awareness of the body through body part …
Years 7 and 8 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Years 9 and 10 Dance
In Dance, students: build on their awareness of the body and how it is used in particular dance styles extend their understanding and use space, time, dynamics and relationships to expand their choreographic intentions extend the combinations of …
Years 9 and 10 | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Foundation to Year 2 Design and Technologies
Learning in Design and Technologies builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in the Early Years Learning Framework, revisiting, strengthening and extending these as needed. By the end of Year 2 students will have had the opportunity to create …
Foundation to Year 2 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Years 3 and 4 Design and Technologies
Learning in Design and Technologies builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in earlier years, and teachers will revisit, strengthen and extend these as needed. By the end of Year 4 students will have had the opportunity to create designed …
Years 3 and 4 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Years 5 and 6 Design and Technologies
Learning in Design and Technologies builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in earlier years, and teachers will revisit, strengthen and extend these as needed. By the end of Year 6, students will have had the opportunity to create designed …
Years 5 and 6 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Years 7 and 8 Design and Technologies
Learning in Design and Technologies builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in earlier years, and teachers will revisit, strengthen and extend these as needed. By the end of Year 8 students will have had the opportunity to create designed …
Years 7 and 8 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Years 9 and 10 Design and Technologies
Learning in Design and Technologies builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in earlier years, and teachers will revisit, strengthen and extend these as needed. By the end of Year 10 students will have had the opportunity to design and produce …
Years 9 and 10 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Years 5 and 6 Digital Technologies
Learning in Digital Technologies focuses on further developing understanding and skills in computational thinking such as identifying similarities in different problems and describing smaller components of complex systems. It also focuses on the sustainability …
Years 5 and 6 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Years 9 and 10 Digital Technologies
Learning in Digital Technologies focuses on further developing understanding and skills in computational thinking such as precisely and accurately describing problems and the use of modular approaches to solutions. It also focuses on engaging students …
Years 9 and 10 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Years 9 and 10 Arabic
The nature of the learners At this level, students bring to their learning existing knowledge of Arabic language and culture and a range of strategies. They are increasingly aware of the world beyond their own and are …
Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | Arabic | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Years 7 and 8 Chinese
The nature of the learners Students understand the ways in which they use more than one language in their daily lives. They understand the differences between the Chinese and English oral and written language systems and begin to extend their knowledge …
Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Learning Area Achievement Standard Design and Technologies Years 3 and 4
By the end of Year 4, students describe how social, technical and sustainability factors influence the design of solutions to meet present and future needs. They describe features of technologies that influence design decisions and how a range of digital …
Learning Area Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 3 and 4 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Design and Technologies Years 3 and 4
By the end of Year 4, students explain how products, services and environments are designed to best meet needs of communities and their environments. They describe contributions of people in design and technologies occupations. Students describe how the …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 3 and 4 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Learning Area Achievement Standard Design and Technologies Years 5 and 6
By the end of Year 6, students explain how social, ethical, technical and sustainability considerations influence the design of solutions to meet a range of present and future needs. They explain how the features of technologies influence design decisions …
Learning Area Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 5 and 6 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Design and Technologies Years 5 and 6
By the end of Year 6, students describe competing considerations in the design of products, services and environments, taking into account sustainability. They describe how design and technologies contribute to meeting present and future needs. Students …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 5 and 6 | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum