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English - Foundation Year

Interacting with others Content descriptions with elaborations: Use interaction skills including listening while others speak, using appropriate voice levels, articulation and body language, gestures and eye contact (ACELY1784) learning how to use …

English - Foundation Year | Wellbeing | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources

Years 7 and 8 Framework for Classical Languages

The nature of the learners Students are beginning their study of Classical Greek and typically have little prior knowledge and understanding of the language and ancient Greek history and culture. Most will have learnt …

Rationale Auslan

The formal study of Auslan contributes to the overall intellectual and social enrichment of both first language (L1) and second language (L2) learners by providing: opportunities for engagement with the Deaf community and insight into its rich cultural …

Rationale | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Unit 1: Biodiversity and the interconnectedness of life Biology

The current view of the biosphere as a dynamic system composed of Earth’s diverse, interrelated and interacting ecosystems developed from the work of eighteenth and nineteenth century naturalists, who collected, classified, measured and mapped the distribution …

Unit 1 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Unit 2: Cells and multicellular organisms Biology

The cell is the basic unit of life. Although cell structure and function are very diverse, all cells possess some common features: all prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells need to exchange materials with their immediate external environment in order to maintain …

Unit 2 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Unit 1: Chemical fundamentals: structure, properties and reactions Chemistry

Chemists design and produce a vast range of materials for many purposes, including for fuels, cosmetics, building materials and pharmaceuticals. As the science of chemistry has developed over time, there has been an increasing realisation that the properties …

Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum

Example of knowledge and skills Music

In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through Music. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through music practices focusing on: Elements of music Rhythm sound/silence, long/short, …

Example of knowledge and skills | Music | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACELA1428

learning to ask relevant questions and to express requests and opinions in ways that suit different contexts

Elaboration (2) ACELA1433

learning about front and back covers; title and author, layout and navigation of digital/screen texts

Elaboration (3) ACELA1433

learning about simple functions of keyboard and mouse including typing letters, scrolling, selecting icons and drop-down menu

Elaboration ACELA1435

learning that word order in sentences is important for meaning (for example 'The boy sat on the dog', 'The dog sat on the boy')

Elaboration (1) ACELA1443

learning some signs in Auslan and finding out about ‘Hear a Book’ and Braille technologies for hearing and visually impaired people

Elaboration (1) ACELA1452

learning how a sentence can be made more vivid by adding adjectives, adverbs and unusual verbs

Elaboration ACELA1454

learning forms of address for visitors and how to use language appropriately to ask directions and for information, for example on excursions

Elaboration (4) ACELY1656

learning to value listening, questioning and positive body language and understanding that different cultures may approach these differently

Elaboration (4) ACELY1660

building knowledge about the topic of the text and learning new vocabulary before and during reading

Elaboration (2) ACELY1661

learning how to plan spoken and written communications so that listeners and readers might follow the sequence of ideas or events

Elaboration (1) ACELA1466

learning about features of screen texts including menu buttons, drop down menus, links and live connections

Elaboration (1) ACELA1467

learning how to join simple sentences with conjunctions, for example ‘and’, ‘but’ or ‘so’, to construct compound sentences

Elaboration (1) ACELT1592

learning to recite, sing or create interpretations of poems, chants, rhymes or songs from students’ own and other different cultures

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