Aims Health and Physical Education
The Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education (F–10) aims to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to enable students to: access, evaluate and synthesise information to take positive action to protect, enhance and advocate for their …
Aims | Health and Physical Education | F-10 curriculum
Student diversity
ACARA is committed to the development of a high-quality curriculum that promotes excellence and equity in education for all Australian students. All students are entitled to rigorous, relevant and engaging learning programs drawn from the Australian Curriculum: …
Student diversity | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Nature of work studies Work Studies
Applied learning Practically-based learning in realistic contexts is recognised internationally as being important for students in preparing for the world of work. Applied learning is essentially teacher-guided and student-centred. …
Nature of work studies | Work Studies | F-10 curriculum
Remote learning: Learning partnerships
Staying positive during this time is important – each day of maintaining physical distancing is contributing to the lifting of the current restrictions. One day, teachers and students will return to working collaboratively, face to face, in the classroom. …
Remote learning: Learning partnerships | Publications | Resources and publications
Structure of Specialist Mathematics Specialist Mathematics
Specialist Mathematics is structured over four units. The topics in Unit 1 broaden students’ mathematical experience and provide different scenarios for incorporating mathematical arguments and problem solving. The unit provides a blending of algebraic …
Structure of Specialist Mathematics | Specialist Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale English
The study of English is central to the learning and development of all young Australians. It helps create confident communicators, imaginative thinkers and informed citizens. It is through the study of English that individuals learn to analyse, understand, …
Rationale | English | F-10 curriculum
What is literacy?
Literacy is fundamental to a student’s ability to learn at school and to engage productively in society. In the Australian Curriculum, … students become literate as they develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions to interpret and use language confidently …
What is literacy? | National Literacy Learning Progression | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources
Example of knowledge and skills Media Arts
In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through Media Arts. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through media arts practices focusing on: Representation and story principles Structure representing …
Example of knowledge and skills | Media Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
PDF documents Geography
Resources and support materials for the Australian Curriculum: Geography are available as PDF documents. Geography: Sequence of content 7-10 Geography: Sequence of achievement 7-10
PDF documents | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Key ideas
Through their learning in each subject or sub-strand, students develop knowledge and understanding relating to broader enduring ideas that underpin the Humanities and Social Sciences in the Australian Curriculum, which are represented in varying ways …
Key ideas | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Remote learning: Open Access College
Courtney Miels is an educator at Open Access College where she works through distance education with primary age students in remote locations. Open Access College was established in 1991 as an amalgamation of the SA Correspondence School and the School …
Remote learning: Open Access College | Publications | Resources and publications
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
Context statement Italian
The place of the Italian language and culture in Australia and the world Italian, also known as Standard Italian or italiano standard, is the official language of Italy, the Vatican City, San Marino and parts of Switzerland. It is also …
Context statement | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Key ideas
Strands Content descriptions in each arts subject reflect the interrelated strands of making and responding. making includes learning about and using knowledge, skills, techniques, processes, materials and technologies to explore arts practices and make …
Key ideas | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
PDF documents Italian
Resources and support materials for the Australian Curriculum: Languages - Italian are available as PDF documents. Languages - Italian: Sequence of content Languages - Italian: Sequence of Achievement - F-10 Sequence Languages - Italian: Sequence of …
PDF documents | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Rationale History
History is a disciplined process of inquiry into the past that develops students’ curiosity and imagination. Awareness of history is an essential characteristic of any society, and historical knowledge is fundamental to understanding ourselves and others. …
Rationale | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Rationale Economics and Business
As mass global flows of people, resources, finances and information produce social, economic, political and environmental complexities and challenges, Australia needs enterprising individuals who can make informed decisions and actively participate …
Rationale | Economics and Business | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Rationale Media Arts
This rationale complements and extends the rationale for The Arts learning area. Media arts involves creating representations of the world and telling stories through communications technologies such as television, film, video, newspapers, radio, video …
Rationale | Media Arts | The Arts | F-10 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
Aims HASS
The F–6/7 Australian Curriculum for Humanities and Social Sciences aims to ensure that students develop: a sense of wonder, curiosity and respect about places, people, cultures and systems throughout the world, past and present, and an interest in and …
Aims | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum