General capabilities
The general capabilities play a significant role in the Australian Curriculum in equipping young Australians to live and work successfully in the twenty-first century. In the Australian Curriculum, capability encompasses knowledge, skills, behaviours …
General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACPPS097
investigating different approaches to managing environmental resources, including how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities demonstrate custodial responsibility for Country/Place
Elaboration (3) | ACPPS097 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Health and Physical Education | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACLJAC166
drawing on content, language, images and presentation formats from a range of Japanese media resources to design posters or leaflets on topics such as environmental sustainability or youth-related issues
Elaboration (4) | ACLJAC166 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Years 9 and 10 Auslan
The nature of the learners This stage of learning coincides with social, physical and cognitive changes associated with adolescence. Learners at this level are developing their cognitive and social capabilities and their communicative repertoire in the …
Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | First Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Consumer and financial literacy: Year 7
The diverse circumstances in which children grow up influence their needs, wants, perceptions and behaviours related to financial and consumer matters. Typically, at age 12 to 13, children are given more responsibility as their roles in family and social …
Consumer and financial literacy: Year 7 | Year levels | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Science - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 Science Understanding Biological sciences Content description with elaborations: Interactions between organisms, including the effects of human activities can be represented by food chains and food webs (ACSSU112) constructing and interpreting …
Science - Years 7 and 8 | Food and fibre dimensions | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Years 5 and 6 Hindi
The nature of learners This is a key transitional phase of learning. Learners communicate more confidently, are more self-directed, and self-reference in relation to wider contexts. Response to experience is more analytical and critical, allowing for …
Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | Hindi | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Consumer and financial literacy: Mathematics
The Australian Curriculum: Mathematics has a significant role in developing consumer and financial literacy in young people. The Mathematics curriculum supports the development of the dimensions of consumer and financial literacy as shown in the diagram …
Consumer and financial literacy: Mathematics | Subjects | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Elaboration (1) ACHASSK107
mapping local, regional and state/territory rural and urban settlement patterns in the 1800s, and noting factors such as geographical features, climate, water resources, the discovery of gold, transport and access to port facilities that shaped these …
Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK107 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Years 7 and 8 Chinese
The nature of the learners Students understand the ways in which they use more than one language in their daily lives. They understand the differences between the Chinese and English oral and written language systems and begin to extend their knowledge …
Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
7-10 Geography - Year 9
Human alteration of biomes to produce food, industrial materials andfibres, and the use of systems thinking toanalysethe environmental effects of these alterations (ACHGK061) Challenges to food production, including land and water degradation, shortage …
7-10 Geography - Year 9 | Knowledge and understanding | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Years 7 to 10 Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages
The nature of the learner, the pathway and particular language The Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) provides opportunities for students to study Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander languages being revived by their owners or custodians and which …
Years 7 to 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | Language Revival Learner Pathway (LR) | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Consumer and financial literacy: English
The Australian Curriculum: English has an important role in developing consumer and financial literacy in young people. The English curriculum develops students’ understanding of how to read, view and interpret texts. Through the literacy strand of the …
Consumer and financial literacy: English | Subjects | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Consumer and financial literacy: 7-10 Economics and Business
The Australian Curriculum: Economics and Business is uniquely positioned to develop consumer and financial literacy in young people. The curriculum supports the development of the dimensions of consumer and financial literacy as shown in the diagram below. Approximate …
Consumer and financial literacy: 7-10 Economics and Business | Subjects | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
7-10 Geography - Year 7
Communicating Content descriptions with elaborations: Present findings, arguments and ideas in a range of communication forms selected to suit a particular audience and purpose; using geographical terminology and digital technologies as appropriate (ACHGS053) presenting …
7-10 Geography - Year 7 | Informed and safe use of information and devices | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Years 5 and 6 Turkish
The nature of the learners This is a key transitional phase of learning. Learners communicate more confidently, are more self-directed, and self-reference in relation to wider contexts. Response to experience is more analytical and critical, allowing …
Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | Turkish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures - Years 9 and 10
The significant contributions of Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the present and past are acknowledged locally, nationally and globally. HPE Yr9/10 (ACPPS097): investigating different approaches to managing environmental resources, …
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures - Years 9 and 10 | Conservation and sustainability | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Food and fibre
Food and fibre | Portfolios | Curriculum connections | Resources
Elaboration (2) ACHASSI154
constructing tables, graphs and annotated diagrams with the help of digital technologies to represent collected data (for example, diagrams showing how water flows through the environment and connects places; graphs quantifying the influence of environmental …
Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI154 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Outdoor learning: Sustainability
Through the priority of Sustainability, students develop the knowledge, skills, values and world views necessary to contribute to more sustainable patterns of living. Outdoor learning enables students to develop a deeper understanding of the relationship …
Outdoor learning: Sustainability | Cross-curriculum priorities | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources