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
Introduction
In the Australian Curriculum, The Arts is a learning area that draws together related but distinct art forms. While these art forms have close relationships and are often used in interrelated ways, each involves different approaches to arts practices …
Introduction | The Arts | 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
Representation of General capabilities
Literacy is important in students’ development of Science Inquiry Skills and their understanding of content presented through the Science Understanding and Science as a Human Endeavour strands. Students gather, interpret, synthesise and critically analyse …
Representation of General capabilities | Science | Senior secondary 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
Rationale/Aims Earth and Environmental Science
Rationale Earth and Environmental Science is a multifaceted field of inquiry that focuses on interactions between the solid Earth, its water, its air and its living organisms, and on dynamic, interdependent relationships that have developed between these …
Rationale/Aims | Earth and Environmental Science | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Example of knowledge and skills Visual Arts
In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through visual arts. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through visual arts practices focusing on: Representation Subject matter personal …
Example of knowledge and skills | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Example of knowledge and skills Dance
In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through dance. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through dance practices focusing on: Body body awareness – awareness of body in space in …
Example of knowledge and skills | Dance | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Using the Framework to develop language-specific curricula or programs for Classical languages Framework for Classical Languages
It is intended that the Framework will be used by state and territory jurisdictions to develop language-specific curricula, or by schools and communities to develop teaching and learning programs for Classical languages other than Latin and Classical …
Using the Framework to develop language-specific curricula or programs for Classical languages | Framework for Classical Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Structure Visual Arts
Learning in Visual Arts Learning in Visual Arts involves students making and responding to artworks, drawing on the world as a source of ideas. Students engage with the knowledge of visual arts, develop skills, techniques and processes, and use materials …
Structure | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Rationale Digital Technologies
This rationale complements and extends the rationale for the Technologies learning area. In a world that is increasingly digitised and automated, it is critical to the wellbeing and sustainability of the economy, the environment and society, that the …
Rationale | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
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
Rationale/Aims Chemistry
Rationale Chemistry is the study of materials and substances, and the transformations they undergo through interactions and the transfer of energy. Chemists can use an understanding of chemical structures and processes to adapt, control and manipulate …
Rationale/Aims | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims Physics
Rationale Physics is a fundamental science that endeavours to explain all the natural phenomena that occur in the universe. Its power lies in the use of a comparatively small number of assumptions, models, laws and theories to explain a wide range of …
Rationale/Aims | Physics | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure Framework for Classical Languages
Sequences of learning To reflect current custom, practice and the needs of learners in Australian schools, the Framework has been developed for Years 7–10. Strands, sub-strands and threads The following interrelated strands are derived from the …
Structure | Framework for Classical Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Context statement Japanese
The place of Japanese culture and language in Australia and in the world Japanese is the official language of Japan, Australia’s northern neighbour in the Asia region. It is also widely used by communities of speakers in Hawaii, Peru and …
Context statement | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Structure of Chemistry Chemistry
Units In Chemistry, students develop their understanding of chemical systems, and how models of matter and energy transfers and transformations can be used to describe, explain and predict chemical structures, properties and reactions. There are four …
Structure of Chemistry | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure Digital Technologies
The Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies (F–10) comprises two related strands: Digital Technologies knowledge and understanding – the information system components of data, and digital systems (hardware, software and networks) Digital Technologies …
Structure | Digital Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Structure Drama
Learning in Drama Learning in Drama involves students making, performing, analysing and responding to drama, drawing on human experience as a source of ideas. Students engage with the knowledge of drama, develop skills, techniques and processes, and use …
Structure | Drama | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Using the Framework Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages
The Framework is general in its structure and approach because it needs to be applicable to all Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages in Australia, across the full range of language ecologies. As a consequence, curriculum content and …
Using the Framework | Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages | Languages | F-10 curriculum