What is the focus of the literacy progression?
Literacy development influences student success in many areas of learning at school. The progression can be used to support students to successfully engage with the literacy demands of the Foundation to Year 10 Australian Curriculum. The National Literacy …
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How is the literacy progression structured?
Elements and sub-elements The National Literacy Learning Progression has three elements that reflect aspects of literacy development necessary for successful learners of the F–10 Australian Curriculum and in everyday life. The three elements, which align …
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How does the literacy progression cater to students for whom English is an additional language or dialect?
The Shape of the Australian Curriculum describes ACARA’s commitment to supporting equity of access to the Australian Curriculum for all students. As part of this commitment, ACARA developed Student diversity advice and the English as an Additional Language …
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What is the focus of the numeracy progression?
Numeracy development influences student success in many areas of learning at school. The progression can be used to support students to successfully engage with the numeracy demands of the Foundation to Year 10 Australian Curriculum. The National Numeracy …
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How is the numeracy progression structured?
Elements and sub-elements The National Numeracy Learning Progression has three elements that reflect aspects of numeracy development necessary for successful learners of the F–10 Australian Curriculum and in everyday life. The three elements are: Number …
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Learning F-2
Students bring to school a wide range of experiences, abilities, needs and interests. They have a natural curiosity about their world. Their desire to make sense of the world provides a platform to plan and review their learning through interactions with …
Learning F-2 | 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
Rationale Science
Science provides an empirical way of answering interesting and important questions about the biological, physical and technological world. The knowledge it produces has proved to be a reliable basis for action in our personal, social and economic lives. …
Rationale | Science | F-10 curriculum
Introduction
The humanities and social sciences are the study of human behaviour and interaction in social, cultural, environmental, economic and political contexts. The humanities and social sciences have a historical and contemporary focus, from personal to global …
Introduction | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Key ideas
Overarching idea: Creating preferred futures The Technologies curriculum provides students with opportunities to consider how solutions that are created now will be used in the future. Students will identify the possible benefits and risks of creating …
Key ideas | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Rationale
Through learning languages, students acquire: communication skills in the language being learnt an intercultural capability, and an understanding of the role of language and culture in communication a capability for reflection on language use and language …
Rationale | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Rationale Work Studies
Work has intrinsic value and is a fundamental part of everyday life. It fosters human dignity, independence and a sense of personal worth. It is recognised as a right of all people. In an increasingly globalised world, the nature of work …
Rationale | Work Studies | 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
Structure Work Studies
The design, organisation and structure of the Work Studies Years 9–10 curriculum provides flexibility for schools to draw on the interests, capabilities and contexts of their students. It allows schools to accommodate school structures and processes, …
Structure | Work Studies | F-10 curriculum
Safety
Science learning experiences may involve the use of potentially hazardous substances and/or hazardous equipment. It is the responsibility of the school to ensure that duty of care is exercised in relation to the health and safety of all students and that …
Safety | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Program of research (2017-2020)
One of the strategic directions in ACARA’s Charter is for ACARA to assemble the evidence base required to review, develop and refine curriculum. ACARA’s current work plan includes a program of research into emerging curriculum trends to inform future …
Program of research (2017-2020) | Publications | Resources and publications
How can the progressions be used?
The progressions do not describe what to teach; they provide a detailed map of how students become increasingly adept in particular aspects of literacy and numeracy development. Learning area content and achievement standards continue to be the focus …
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How can the benefits of the progressions be maximised?
Whole school In a school, the benefits of the progressions are maximised where there is a whole-school, systematic approach to literacy and numeracy development that ensures: opportunities for professional dialogue and collaboration to strengthen teacher …
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How are the progressions different from the general capabilities and how can they be used?
The National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions are different from the general capability literacy and numeracy continua in scope, structure and intended use. The general capabilities describe what can reasonably be expected of students at particular …
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Version 3 of National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions
In December 2019, the then Education Council agreed that Version 3 of the National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions (NLNLPs) would be used for the alpha phase of the Online Formative Assessment Initiative in 2020. Consistent with that decision, …
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