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
A guide to the progressions for parents
Literacy and numeracy development influences students’ success in most aspects of schooling. The National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions are a resource that describe how literacy and numeracy learning develops over time. There are two progressions …
A guide to the progressions for parents | National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions | Resources
Aims Geography
The Australian Curriculum: Geography aims to ensure that students develop: a sense of wonder, curiosity and respect about places, people, cultures and environments throughout the world a deep geographical knowledge of their own locality, Australia, the …
Aims | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
PDF documents Auslan
Resources and support materials for the Australian Curriculum: Languages – Auslan are available as PDF documents. Languages - Auslan: Auslan glossing conventions and principles Languages - Auslan: Auslan Glossary
PDF documents | Auslan | 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
Rationale/Aims Literature
Rationale Literature focuses on the study of literary texts, developing students as independent, innovative and creative learners and thinkers who appreciate the aesthetic use of language, evaluate perspectives and evidence, and challenge ideas and interpretations. …
Rationale/Aims | Literature | English | Senior secondary 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
PDF documents HASS
Resources and support materials for the Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences F-6/7 are available as PDF documents. F-6/7 HASS - Combined Sequence of Content F-6/7 HASS - Combined Sequence of Achievement F-6/7 History - Sequence of Achievement F-6/7 …
PDF documents | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | 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 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
Rationale/Aims Modern History
Rationale The Modern History curriculum enables students to study the forces that have shaped today’s world and provides them with a broader and deeper comprehension of the world in which they live. While the focus is on the 20th century, the curriculum …
Rationale/Aims | Modern History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
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
Structure of Geography Geography
Units In Senior Secondary Geography, students develop their understanding about themes of immediate relevance to them and which have scope for application at a variety of scales, from the local to the global. There are four units: Unit 1: Natural and …
Structure of Geography | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary 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
Context statement Korean
The place of the Korean culture and language in Australia and the world Korean is the language of one of Australia’s important neighbours in the Asian region and is spoken by around 80 million people in the Korean Peninsula and worldwide. …
Context statement | Korean | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Structure Design and Technologies
The Australian Curriculum: Design and Technologies (F–10) comprises two related strands: Design and Technologies knowledge and understanding – the use, development and impact of technologies and design ideas across a range of technologies contexts Design …
Structure | Design and Technologies | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Context statement German
The place of the German language and culture in Australia and in the world German is an official language of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Belgium, Luxembourg and in South Tyrol in Italy. It is also used as an official …
Context statement | German | 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