History Achievement Standard HASS Year 4
By the end of Year 4, students recognise the significance of events in bringing about change. They explain how and why life changed in the past and identify aspects of the past that have remained the same. They describe the experiences of an individual …
History Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
History Achievement Standard HASS Year 5
By the end of Year 5, students describe the significance of people and events/developments in bringing about change. They identify the causes and effects of change on particular communities and describe aspects of the past that have remained the same. …
History Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Mathematics Year 5
By the end of Year 5, students solve simple problems involving the four operations using a range of strategies. They check the reasonableness of answers using estimation and rounding. Students identify and describe factors and multiples. They identify …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 5 | Mathematics | F-10 curriculum
Years 5 and 6 Indonesian
The nature of the learners Students are expanding their social networks, experiences and communication repertoire in both their first language and Indonesian. They continue to need guidance and participate in structured, …
Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | Indonesian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Years 7 and 8 Indonesian
The nature of the learners Students are beginning their study of Indonesian and typically have had little prior exposure to the language and associated cultures. Many will have learnt an additional language in primary school, some have proficiency in …
Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Indonesian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Foundation to Year 2 Italian
The nature of the learners Children enter the early years of schooling with established communication skills in one or more languages and varying degrees of early literacy capability. For young students, learning typically focuses on their immediate …
Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Foundation to Year 2 Japanese
The nature of the learners Children enter the early years of schooling with established communication skills in one or more languages and varying degrees of early literacy capability. For young students, learning typically focuses on their immediate …
Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
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
Years 9 and 10 Hindi
The nature of the learners This stage of learning coincides with social, physical and cognitive changes associated with adolescence. Increased cognitive maturity enables learners to work more deductively with language and culture systems, to apply more …
Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | Hindi | Languages | F-10 curriculum
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
Years 9 and 10 Turkish
The nature of the learners This stage of learning coincides with social, physical and cognitive changes associated with adolescence. Increased cognitive maturity enables learners to work more deductively with language and culture systems, to apply more …
Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Turkish | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10 Essential Mathematics
For all content areas of Essential Mathematics, the proficiency strands of Understanding, Fluency, Problem solving and Reasoning from the F–10 curriculum are still very much applicable and should be inherent in students’ learning of the subject. Each …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10 Mathematical Methods
In Mathematical Methods, there is a strong emphasis on mutually reinforcing proficiencies in Understanding, Fluency, Problem solving and Reasoning. Students gain fluency in a variety of mathematical and statistical skills, including algebraic manipulations, …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Rationale English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) focuses on language learning and the explicit teaching of the structure, linguistic features and sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of Standard Australian English (SAE). Through close …
Rationale/Aims | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Key ideas Science
In the Australian Curriculum: Science, there are six key ideas that represent key aspects of a scientific view of the world and bridge knowledge and understanding across the disciplines of science, as shown Figure 1 below. These are embedded within each …
Key ideas | Science | F-10 curriculum
Years 3 and 4 Auslan
The nature of the learners Learners at this level are developing their cognitive and social capabilities and their communicative repertoire in the language, as well as becoming increasingly aware of their social worlds and their membership of various …
Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Auslan | Languages | 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
Years 9 and 10 Arabic
The nature of the learners At this level, students bring to their learning existing knowledge of Arabic language and culture and a range of strategies. They are increasingly aware of the world beyond their own and are …
Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | Arabic | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Years 7 and 8 French
The nature of the learners Students are beginning their study of French and typically have had little prior exposure to the language and associated cultures. Many will have learnt an additional language in primary school, some have proficiency in different …
Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | French | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Foundation to Year 2 Hindi
The nature of learners Children in this pathway enter the early years of schooling with established oracy skills in Hindi, English and sometimes other languages or dialects. There will be variation in terms of proficiency in Hindi, depending on variables …
Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Hindi | Languages | F-10 curriculum