Year 1 English
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding …
Year 1 | English | F-10 curriculum
Year 2 English
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding …
Year 2 | English | F-10 curriculum
Foundation Year English
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the three strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, …
Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum
Year 3 English
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding …
Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum
Year 4 English
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding …
Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Year 5 English
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding …
Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum
Year 6 English
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding …
Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Year 7 English
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding …
Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
Year 8 English
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding …
Year 8 | English | F-10 curriculum
Year 9 English
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding …
Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum
Year 10 English
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding …
Year 10 | English | 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
Key ideas English
Texts Texts provide the means for communication. They can be written, spoken, visual, multimodal, and in print or digital/online forms. Multimodal texts combine language with other means of communication such as visual images, soundtrack or spoken words, …
Key ideas | English | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard English Year 4
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 4, students understand that texts have different text structures depending on purpose and context. They explain how language features, images and vocabulary are used to engage the interest …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 4 | English | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard English Year 5
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 5, students explain how text structures assist in understanding the text. They understand how language features, images and vocabulary influence interpretations of characters, settings …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 5 | English | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard English Year 6
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 6, students understand how the use of text structures can achieve particular effects. They analyse and explain how language features, images and vocabulary are used by different authors …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 6 | English | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard English Year 7
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 7, students understand how text structures can influence the complexity of a text and are dependent on audience, purpose and context. They demonstrate understanding of how the choice …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 7 | English | F-10 curriculum
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 English Year 9
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 9, students analyse the ways that text structures can be manipulated for effect. They analyse and explain how images, vocabulary choices and language features distinguish the work of …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 9 | English | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard English Year 10
Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 10, students evaluate how text structures can be used in innovative ways by different authors. They explain how the choice of language features, images and vocabulary contributes to …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 10 | English | F-10 curriculum