Student diversity
ACARA is committed to the development of a high-quality curriculum that promotes excellence and equity in education for all Australian students. All students are entitled to rigorous, relevant and engaging learning programs drawn from the Australian Curriculum: …
Student diversity | Languages | F-10 curriculum
F-6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences - Foundation
History Content descriptions with elaborations: How the stories of families and the past can be communicated, for example, through photographs, artefacts, books, oral histories, digital media and museums (ACHASSK013) engaging with the oral traditions, …
F-6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences - Foundation | Respectful relationships | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
7-10 Geography - Year 7
Collecting, recording, evaluating and representing Content descriptions with elaborations: Evaluate sources for their reliability and usefulness and select, collect and record relevant geographical data and information, using ethical protocols, from …
7-10 Geography - Year 7 | Digital media literacy | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Music - Years 3 and 4
Sharing artworks through performance, presentation or display Create, perform and record compositions by selecting and organising sounds, silence, tempo and volume (ACAMUR086) Responding to and interpreting artworks Identify intended purposes …
Music - Years 3 and 4 | Multimedia dimensions | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Music - Years 5 and 6
Exploring ideas and improvising with ways to represent ideas Explore dynamics and expression, using aural skills to identify and perform rhythm and pitchpatterns (ACAMUM088) Sharing artworks through performance, presentation or display Rehearse …
Music - Years 5 and 6 | Multimedia dimensions | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
F-6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 4
Geography The use and management of natural resources and waste, and the different views on how to do this sustainably (ACHASSK090) Civics and citizenship The role of local government and the decisions it makes on behalf of the community (ACHASSK091) The …
F-6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 4 | Knowledge and understanding | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
7-10 Economics and Business - Year 8
The ways markets in Australia operate to enable the distribution of resources, and why they may be influenced by government (ACHEK027) The traditional markets of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and their participation in contemporary …
7-10 Economics and Business - Year 8 | Knowledge and understanding | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
F-6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences - Years 3 and 4
F-6/7 HASS (Geography sub-strand) Year 4 The use and management of natural resources and waste, and the different views on how to do this sustainably (ACHASSK090) The importance of environments, including natural vegetation, to animals and people (ACHASSK088) The …
F-6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences - Years 3 and 4 | Conservation and sustainability | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Health and Physical Education - Foundation Year
Identify personal strengths (ACPPS001) Identify and describe emotional responses people may experience in different situations (ACPS005) Identify actions that promote health, safety and wellbeing (ACPPS006) Participate in play that promotes engagement …
Health and Physical Education - Foundation Year | Health and wellbeing | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Health and Physical Education - Years 5 and 6
Examine how identities are influenced by people and places (ACPPS051) Examine the influence of emotional responses on behaviour and relationships (ACPPS056) Investigate the role of preventive health in promoting and maintaining health, safety and wellbeing …
Health and Physical Education - Years 5 and 6 | Health and wellbeing | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Civics and Citizenship - Years 7 and 8
How Australia is a secular nation and a multi-faith society with a Christian heritage - ACHCK051 How groups, such as religious and cultural groups, express their particular identities; and how this influences their perceptions of others and vice versa …
Civics and Citizenship - Years 7 and 8 | Understanding respect | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
7-10 Civics and Citizenship - Year 8
Questioning and research Content descriptions with elaborations: Identify, gather and sort information and ideas from a range of sources (ACHCS069) identifying sources offering different perspectives on an issue (for example, finding out about the …
7-10 Civics and Citizenship - Year 8 | Digital media literacy | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Dance - Years 3 and 4
Sharing artworks through performance, presentation or display Perform dances using expressive skills to communicate ideas, including telling cultural or community stories (ACADAM007) Responding to and interpreting artworks Identify how the elements …
Dance - Years 3 and 4 | Multimedia dimensions | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Dance - Years 7 and 8
Analysing and reflecting upon intentions Analyse how choreographers use elements of dance and production elements to communicate intent (ACDAR018) Responding to and interpreting artworks Identify and connect specific features and purposes of …
Dance - Years 7 and 8 | Multimedia dimensions | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Dance - Years 9 and 10
Analysing and reflecting upon intentions Evaluate their own choreography and performance, and that of others to inform and refine future work (ACADAM025) Analyse a range of dance from contemporary and past times to explore differing viewpoints and …
Dance - Years 9 and 10 | Multimedia dimensions | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Drama - Years 5 and 6
Exploring ideas and improvising with ways to represent ideas Rehearse and perform devised and scripted drama that develops narrative, drives dramatic tension, and uses dramatic symbol, performance styles and design elements to share community and cultural …
Drama - Years 5 and 6 | Multimedia dimensions | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Music - Years 7 and 8
Structuring and organising ideas into form Structure compositions by combining and manipulating the elements of music using notation (ACAMUM095) Analysing and reflecting upon intentions Analyse composers’ use of the elements of music and stylistic …
Music - Years 7 and 8 | Multimedia dimensions | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
F-6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences - Years 3 and 4
F-6/7 HASS (Geography sub-strand) Year 3 The similarities and differences between places in terms of their type of settlement, demographic characteristics and the lives of the people who live there, and people’s perceptions of these places (ACHASSK069) F-6/7 …
F-6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences - Years 3 and 4 | Human-nature relationships | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Achievement Standard Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages Foundation to Year 2
The achievement standards for the Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages First Language Learner Pathway are generalised in order to cater for the range of languages that may be learnt as an L1 in the school context. …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway (L1) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Two-way science at Areyonga: investigating the health of local springs
Areyonga School is a Northern Territory government school located in a remote community 225 km west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory on the traditional lands of the Pitjantjatjara people. It has an enrolment of 50 students, of whom 100% are …
Two-way science at Areyonga: investigating the health of local springs | Illustrations of practice | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures | Resources