Achievement Standard English Year 8
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 8, students understand how the selection of text structures is influenced by the selection of language mode and how this varies for different purposes and audiences. Students explain …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Mathematics Year 9
By the end of Year 9, students solve problems involving simple interest. They interpret ratio and scale factors in similar figures. Students explain similarity of triangles. They recognise the connections between similarity and the trigonometric ratios. …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 9 | Mathematics | F-10 curriculum
Implications for teaching, assessing and reporting
The Australian Curriculum defines a solid foundation in knowledge, understanding, skills and values for all Australian children. It recognises that children are different: they develop at different rates, have different learning preferences and areas …
Implications for teaching, assessing and reporting | F-10 curriculum
Unit 3 Mathematical Methods
In this unit the study of calculus continues with the derivatives of exponential and trigonometric functions and their applications, together with some differentiation techniques and applications to optimisation problems and graph sketching. It concludes …
Unit 3 | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4 Mathematical Methods
The calculus in this unit deals with derivatives of logarithmic functions. In probability and statistics, continuous random variables and their applications are introduced and the normal distribution is used in a variety of contexts. The study of statistical …
Unit 4 | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10 Specialist Mathematics
For all content areas of Specialist Mathematics, the proficiency strands of the F–10 curriculum are still very much applicable and should be inherent in students’ learning of the subject. The strands of Understanding, Fluency, Problem solving and Reasoning …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Achievement Standard Work Studies Year 10
By the end of Year 10 students explain the relationship between changing circumstances, learning and 21st century work opportunities and identify the skills needed to manage changes. They evaluate work-related communication tools and analyse the …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 10 | Work Studies | F-10 curriculum
Unit 2 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Unit 2 focuses on analysing and evaluating perspectives and attitudes presented in texts and creating extended texts for a range of contexts. SAE language skills for effective communication in an expanding range of contexts are consolidated. The use of …
Unit 2 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Unit 3 focuses on analysing how language choices are used to achieve different purposes and effects in a range of contexts. SAE language skills are developed so that they can be used to describe, inform, express a point of view and persuade for different …
Unit 3 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 4 English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Unit 4 focuses on analysing, evaluating and using language to represent and respond to issues, ideas and attitudes in a range of contexts. By extending and consolidating language and communication skills, critical use of SAE for a range of contexts, purposes …
Unit 4 | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 1 Mathematical Methods
This unit begins with a review of the basic algebraic concepts and techniques required for a successful introduction to the study of calculus. The basic trigonometric functions are then introduced. Simple relationships between variable quantities are …
Unit 1 | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 2 Mathematical Methods
The algebra section of this unit focuses on exponentials and logarithms. Their graphs are examined and their applications in a wide range of settings are explored. Arithmetic and geometric sequences are introduced and their applications are studied. Rates …
Unit 2 | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Achievement Standard Mathematics Year 7
By the end of Year 7, students solve problems involving the comparison, addition and subtraction of integers. They make the connections between whole numbers and index notation and the relationship between perfect squares and square roots. They solve …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 7 | Mathematics | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Science Year 5
By the end of Year 5, students classify substances according to their observable properties and behaviours. They explain everyday phenomena associated with the transfer of light. They describe the key features of our solar system. They analyse how the …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 5 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Health and Physical Education Years 7 and 8
By the end of Year 8, students evaluate strategies and resources to manage changes and transitions and investigate their impact on identities. Students evaluate the impact on wellbeing of relationships and valuing diversity. They analyse factors that …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Health and Physical Education | F-10 curriculum
Structure of Physics Physics
Units In Physics, students develop their understanding of the core concepts, models and theories that describe, explain and predict physical phenomena. There are four units: Unit 1: Thermal, nuclear and electrical physics Unit 2: Linear motion and waves Unit …
Structure of Physics | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
How can the progressions be used?
The progressions do not describe what to teach; they provide a detailed map of how students become increasingly adept in particular aspects of literacy and numeracy development. Learning area content and achievement standards continue to be the focus …
How can the progressions be used? | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources
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
Years 7 and 8 Digital Technologies
Learning in Digital Technologies focuses on further developing understanding and skills in computational thinking such as decomposing problems and prototyping; and engaging students with a wider range of information systems as they broaden their experiences …
Years 7 and 8 | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Learning 3-6
The Australian Curriculum across Years 3–6 assists students to develop their ability to take positive action for well-being; relate and communicate well with others; pose questions and solve problems; make informed decisions and act responsibly. It engages …
Learning 3-6 | F-10 curriculum