Rationale Mathematics

Learning mathematics creates opportunities for and enriches the lives of all Australians. The Australian Curriculum: Mathematics provides students with essential mathematical skills and knowledge in number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics …

Rationale | Mathematics | F-10 curriculum

Senior secondary Mathematics subjects

The Senior Secondary Australian Curriculum: Mathematics consists of four subjects in mathematics, with each subject organised into four units. The subjects are differentiated, each focusing on a pathway that will meet the learning needs of a particular …

Senior secondary Mathematics subjects | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum

Achievement Standard Chinese Years 3 and 4

By the end of Year 4, students use spoken and written Chinese in simple personal interactions with familiar participants about self, family, people, places, routine, school life, and their own interests and preferences, for example, 你叫什么名字？ 你上几年级？ …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Chinese Years 7 and 8

By the end of Year 8, students use spoken and written Chinese to sustain interactions in a range of social and personal contexts. They exchange ideas and opinions, for example, 你要去看电影吗？；我们可以六月份一起去. They summarise the main points of information …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Second Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Chinese Years 7 and 8

By the end of Year 8, students use spoken and written Chinese to maintain exchanges, to analyse and evaluate information, and to share opinions (for example, 电视节目，纪录片，教育片，微电影, 报纸，杂志， 网站，博客， 少年百科) and experiences, for example, 我们为什么要保护熊猫？中国和澳大利亚的一些差异, …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Chinese Years 7 and 8

By the end of Year 8, students use spoken and written Chinese to sustain interactions in their personal and social worlds (for example, 你叫什么名字？你多大了？你住在哪个城市？,不对，我是说… and 老师，我可以用电脑吗？), making appropriate language choices for different roles, relationships …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Background Language Learner Pathway | Chinese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Vietnamese Years 3 and 4

By the end of Year 4, students use Vietnamese to interact with the teacher and peers to exchange information and experiences relating to themselves, their family and friends. They use formulaic expressions to participate in simple transactional …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Vietnamese | Languages | F-10 curriculum

General capabilities

In the Australian Curriculum, general capabilities encompass knowledge, skills, behaviours, and dispositions that, together with curriculum content in each learning area and the cross-curriculum priorities, will enable students to live and work successfully …

General capabilities | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI019

using geographical tools (for example, photographs taken from the air, Google Earth or digital image searches) to locate and identify the different features of places and how they have changed over time, including places with largely natural features …

Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI019 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI020

making artefact and photo displays to show the features of a place (for example, collections of natural and constructed things from the environment) or to show the passing of time (for example, collections of things used when growing older, toys used …

Elaboration (1) | ACHASSI020 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI023

using comparative language when describing family life over time and/or comparing features of places, such as ‘smaller than’, ‘bigger than’, ‘closer’, ‘further’, ‘not as big as’, ‘younger/older than’, ‘more rainy days’, ‘fewer/less’, ‘hottest/coldest’, …

Elaboration (1) | ACHASSI023 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACHASSI025

using collected information (for example, from stories told by parents, grandparents, elders or familiar older people; from geographic pictures) to make conclusions about change over time and place (for example, how occupations and/or technologies have …

Elaboration | ACHASSI025 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK028

examining and commenting on the roles of family members over time (for example, listening to stories about the roles of mothers, fathers, caregivers and children in the past) and comparing these with family roles today (for example, work at home, work …

Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK028 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACHASSK029

identifying dates and changes that have personal significance (for example, birth dates, moving house, changing schools, religious and school holidays), marking these on a calendar and counting down time, as well as noting that events of personal significance …

Elaboration (2) | ACHASSK029 | Content Descriptions | Year 1 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (3) ACHASSI039

examining a historical site (for example, a home, a school) to explore how technology has changed life over time (for example, how and where food was obtained and prepared, how people travelled, how people stayed warm or cool, how sewerage was managed, …

Elaboration (3) | ACHASSI039 | Content Descriptions | Year 2 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHASSI077

exploring different stories associated with a past event to discover the experiences, thoughts or feelings of the people at that time (for example, the points of view of male, female and child convicts, soldiers, free settlers, some Aboriginal and Torres …

Elaboration (1) | ACHASSI077 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACHASSI077

identifying differing viewpoints and considering their related ethical implications when discussing the past and present (for example, personal preference versus respecting the law such as personal freedom versus following the legal requirement to wear …

Elaboration (2) | ACHASSI077 | Content Descriptions | Year 4 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACHASSI099

analysing sources to identify and understand the different motives and experiences of individuals and groups involved in past or present events and issues (for example, the reasons people migrated to colonial Australia and their diverse experiences; the …

Elaboration | ACHASSI099 | Content Descriptions | Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACHASSI156

considering relevance and validity when choosing sources and gathering data and information about historical, geographical, social, economic and business issues or events (for example, the relevance of documents written at the time of an event; the validity …

Elaboration | ACHASSI156 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACHASSK169

using a cross-sectional drawing of the earth’s surface from an archaeological excavation to identify the evidence located at various layers (stratigraphy) and what it reveals about change over time (for example, a charcoal layer containing human remains …

Elaboration (1) | ACHASSK169 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum