Rationale HASS
In a world that is increasingly culturally diverse and dynamically interconnected, it is important that students come to understand their world, past and present, and develop a capacity to respond to challenges, now and in the future, in innovative, informed, …
Rationale | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Rationale/Aims Ancient History
Rationale The Ancient History curriculum enables students to study life in early civilisations based on the analysis and interpretation of physical and written remains. The ancient period, as defined in this curriculum, extends from the development of …
Rationale/Aims | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale Health and Physical Education
In an increasingly complex, sedentary and rapidly changing world it is critical for every young Australian to not only be able to cope with life’s challenges but also to flourish as healthy, safe and active citizens in the 21st century. This is a strong …
Rationale | Health and Physical Education | F-10 curriculum
Rationale/Aims Modern History
Rationale The Modern History curriculum enables students to study the forces that have shaped today’s world and provides them with a broader and deeper comprehension of the world in which they live. While the focus is on the 20th century, the curriculum …
Rationale/Aims | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Rationale English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) focuses on language learning and the explicit teaching of the structure, linguistic features and sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of Standard Australian English (SAE). Through close …
Rationale/Aims | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Key ideas Health and Physical Education
Health and Physical Education propositions The Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education has been shaped by five interrelated propositions that are informed by a strong and diverse research base for a futures-oriented curriculum: Focus on educative …
Key ideas | Health and Physical Education | F-10 curriculum
Structure
The Australian Curriculum is designed to develop successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens. It is presented as a progression of learning from Foundation - Year 10 that makes clear to teachers, parents, students …
Structure | F-10 curriculum
Structure Work Studies
The design, organisation and structure of the Work Studies Years 9–10 curriculum provides flexibility for schools to draw on the interests, capabilities and contexts of their students. It allows schools to accommodate school structures and processes, …
Structure | Work Studies | F-10 curriculum
Learning F-2
Students bring to school a wide range of experiences, abilities, needs and interests. They have a natural curiosity about their world. Their desire to make sense of the world provides a platform to plan and review their learning through interactions with …
Learning F-2 | F-10 curriculum
Rationale/Aims Geography
Rationale The study of Geography draws on students’ curiosity about the diversity of the world’s places and their peoples, cultures and environments. It enables students to appreciate the complexity of our world and the diversity of its environments, …
Rationale/Aims | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Learning Auslan Auslan
Some linguistic features of Auslan are similar to properties found in spoken languages and others are not. For example, the 26 fingerspelled letters of the Auslan alphabet are based on the 26 letters of English. The occasional contact Auslan has with …
Learning Auslan | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Rationale Geography
In a world of increasing global integration and international mobility, it is critical to the wellbeing and sustainability of the environment and society that young Australians develop a holistic understanding of the world. This requires deep knowledge …
Rationale | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Rationale Music
This rationale complements and extends the rationale for The Arts learning area. Music is uniquely an aural art form. The essential nature of music is abstract. Music encompasses existing sounds that are selected and shaped, new sounds created by composers …
Rationale | Music | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Rationale Design and Technologies
This rationale complements and extends the rationale for the Technologies learning area. In an increasingly technological and complex world, it is important to develop knowledge and confidence to critically analyse and creatively respond to design challenges. …
Rationale | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Structure of Geography Geography
Units In Senior Secondary Geography, students develop their understanding about themes of immediate relevance to them and which have scope for application at a variety of scales, from the local to the global. There are four units: Unit 1: Natural and …
Structure of Geography | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Introduction
The Australian Curriculum: Technologies describes two distinct but related subjects: Design and Technologies, in which students use design thinking and technologies to generate and produce designed solutions for authentic needs and opportunities Digital …
Introduction | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Structure Digital Technologies
The Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies (F–10) comprises two related strands: Digital Technologies knowledge and understanding – the information system components of data, and digital systems (hardware, software and networks) Digital Technologies …
Structure | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Structure of English as an Additional Language or Dialect English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Units 1–4 Unit 1 focuses on investigating how language and culture are interrelated and expressed in a range of contexts. A variety of oral, written and multimodal texts are used to develop understanding of text structures and language features. The relationship …
Structure of English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale Framework for Classical Languages
The study of Classical languages allows students to enter and explore ancient worlds that have shaped contemporary life and societies. Authentic engagement with seminal works of great literature and antiquities gives direct access to ancient ways of living …
Rationale | Framework for Classical Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Rationale/Aims Earth and Environmental Science
Rationale Earth and Environmental Science is a multifaceted field of inquiry that focuses on interactions between the solid Earth, its water, its air and its living organisms, and on dynamic, interdependent relationships that have developed between these …
Rationale/Aims | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum