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
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
Structure English
Strands, sub-strands and threads The Australian Curriculum: English Foundation to Year 10 is organised into three interrelated strands that support students' growing understanding and use of Standard Australian English (English). Each strand interacts …
Structure | English | F-10 curriculum
Aims Science
The Australian Curriculum: Science aims to ensure that students develop: an interest in science as a means of expanding their curiosity and willingness to explore, ask questions about and speculate on the changing world in which they live an understanding …
Aims | Science | F-10 curriculum
Structure Science
The three interrelated strands of science The Australian Curriculum: Science has three interrelated strands: science understanding, science as a human endeavour and science inquiry skills. Together, the three strands of the science curriculum provide …
Structure | Science | F-10 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
Key ideas
Overarching idea: Creating preferred futures The Technologies curriculum provides students with opportunities to consider how solutions that are created now will be used in the future. Students will identify the possible benefits and risks of creating …
Key ideas | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Structure Health and Physical Education
Strands, sub-strands and threads The Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education is organised into two content strands: personal, social and community health and movement and physical activity. Each strand contains content descriptions which …
Structure | Health and Physical Education | F-10 curriculum
Structure
Learner background and time-on-task are two major variables that influence language learning and they provide the basis for the structure of the Australian Curriculum: Languages. These variables are addressed through the specification of content and the …
Structure | Languages | 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
Senior secondary Mathematics subjects
The Senior Secondary Australian Curriculum: Mathematics consists of four subjects in mathematics, with each subject organised into four units. The subjects are differentiated, each focusing on a pathway that will meet the learning needs of a particular …
Senior secondary Mathematics subjects | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Primary matters - Issue 11, May 2017
The Primary Matters newsletter, prepared by the ACARA Curriculum team, highlights news and updates on projects relating to primary education in Australia. Three dimensions of Australian Curriculum In this edition, we highlight the three dimensions of …
Primary matters - Issue 11, May 2017 | Publications | Resources and publications
Curriculum activity report October to December 2017
Dear colleagues, This is the final report for 2017 and I would like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a safe, relaxing and restorative festive season. Dr Fiona Mueller left her position as Director, Curriculum in November and I am sure I speak …
Curriculum activity report October to December 2017 | Publications | Resources and publications
Primary matters - Issue 14 - Safety, June 2018
‘Safety’ Matters, June 2018 Welcome to the June issue of Primary Matters. In this edition, we explore the topic of safety in the Australian Curriculum. Read about the Office of the eSafety Commissioner’s work in providing resources, programs and services …
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Curriculum activity report - January to June 2018
State and territory authorities and sectors continue to implement the English curriculum with an increasing number of teachers using the National Literacy progression in conjunction with the curriculum. The English work sample portfolio has been reviewed …
Curriculum activity report - January to June 2018 | Publications | Resources and publications
Primary matters - Issue 15 - STEM, September 2018
All about STEM Welcome to the September issue of Primary Matters. In this edition, we explore how Penrhos College (WA) developed STEM skills in the early years beginning with a focus on Science and how Gordon Primary School (ACT) collaborated with the …
Primary matters - Issue 15 - STEM, September 2018 | Publications | Resources and publications
Curriculum activity report July to December 2018
Collection and annotation of new work samples for the English curriculum (F-10) is underway across Australian schools in all sectors. The new work samples will include a greater range of multi-modal samples, as well as samples which demonstrate the purposeful …
Curriculum activity report July to December 2018 | Publications | Resources and publications
Primary matters - Issue 17 - Literacy, March 2019
“Literacy enables students to access, understand, analyse and evaluate information, make meaning, express thoughts and emotions, present ideas and opinions, interact with others and participate in activities at school and in their lives beyond school.” …
Primary matters - Issue 17 - Literacy, March 2019 | Publications | Resources and publications
Primary matters - Issue 18 - Digital Technologies, June 2019
“Digital Technologies empowers students to shape change by influencing how contemporary and emerging information systems and practices are applied to meet current and future needs. A deep knowledge and understanding of information systems enables students …
Primary matters - Issue 18 - Digital Technologies, June 2019 | Publications | Resources and publications
Primary matters - Issue 19 - The Arts, October 2019
Welcome to the October issue of Primary Matters. In this edition, we unpack curriculum content in the ‘Sharing arts works through performance, presentation or display’ sub-strand of Australian Curriculum: The Arts and look at some examples of ways students …
Primary matters - Issue 19 - The Arts, October 2019 | Publications | Resources and publications