Foundation Year English
The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the three strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, …
Foundation Year | English | F-10 curriculum
Years 1 and 2 Health and Physical Education
The curriculum for Years 1 and 2 builds on the learning from Foundation and supports students to make decisions to enhance their health, safety and participation in physical activity. The content enables students to explore their own sense of self and …
Years 1 and 2 | Health and Physical Education | F-10 curriculum
Years 7 and 8 Health and Physical Education
The Year 7 and 8 curriculum expands students’ knowledge, understanding and skills to help them achieve successful outcomes in classroom, leisure, social, movement and online situations. Students learn how to take positive action to enhance their own and …
Years 7 and 8 | Health and Physical Education | F-10 curriculum
Years 9 and 10 Health and Physical Education
The Year 9 and 10 curriculum supports students to refine and apply strategies for maintaining a positive outlook and evaluating behavioural expectations in different leisure, social, movement and online situations. Students learn to critically analyse …
Years 9 and 10 | Health and Physical Education | F-10 curriculum
Year 4 Science
The science inquiry skills and science as a human endeavour strands are described across a two-year band. In their planning, schools and teachers refer to the expectations outlined in the achievement standard and also to the content of the science understanding …
Year 4 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Foundation Year Health and Physical Education
The Foundation Year curriculum provides the basis for developing knowledge, understanding and skills for students to lead healthy, safe and active lives. The content gives students opportunities to learn about their strengths and simple actions they can …
Foundation Year | Health and Physical Education | F-10 curriculum
Years 3 and 4 Health and Physical Education
The Year 3 and 4 curriculum further develops students’ knowledge, understanding and skills in relation to their health, wellbeing, safety and participation in physical activity. In these years, students begin to explore personal and social factors that …
Years 3 and 4 | Health and Physical Education | F-10 curriculum
Years 5 and 6 Health and Physical Education
The Year 5 and 6 curriculum supports students to develop knowledge, understanding and skills to create opportunities and take action to enhance their own and others' health, wellbeing, safety and physical activity participation. Students develop skills …
Years 5 and 6 | Health and Physical Education | F-10 curriculum
Year 7 Science
The science inquiry skills and science as a human endeavour strands are described across a two-year band. In their planning, schools and teachers refer to the expectations outlined in the achievement standard and also to the content of the science understanding …
Year 7 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Year 7 Civics and Citizenship
The Year 7 curriculum provides a study of the key features of Australia’s system of government and explores how this system aims to protect all Australians. Students examine the Australian Constitution and how its features, principles and values shape …
Year 7 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 10 Civics and Citizenship
The Year 10 curriculum develops student understanding of Australia’s system of government through comparison with another system of government in the Asian region. Students examine Australia’s roles and responsibilities within the international context, …
Year 10 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 9 Civics and Citizenship
The Year 9 curriculum builds students’ understanding of Australia’s political system and how it enables change. Students examine the ways political parties, interest groups, media and individuals influence government and decision making processes. They …
Year 9 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 5 HASS
Australian communities – their past, present and possible futures The Year 5 curriculum focuses on colonial Australia in the 1800s and the social, economic, political and environmental causes and effects of Australia’s development, and on the relationship …
Year 5 | HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 8 Civics and Citizenship
The Year 8 curriculum provides a study of the responsibilities and freedoms of citizens and how Australians can actively participate in their democracy. Students consider how laws are made and the types of laws used in Australia. Students also examine …
Year 8 | Civics and Citizenship | Humanities and Social Sciences | 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
Year 10 History
The modern world and Australia The Year 10 curriculum provides a study of the history of the modern world and Australia from 1918 to the present, with an emphasis on Australia in its global context. The twentieth century became a critical period in Australia’s …
Year 10 | History | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 8 Geography
There are two units of study in the Year 8 curriculum for Geography: ‘Landforms and landscapes’ and ‘Changing nations’. ‘Landforms and landscapes’ focuses on investigating geomorphology through a study of landscapes and their landforms. This unit examines …
Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Years 9 and 10 Japanese
The nature of the learners Students have prior experience of learning Japanese and bring a range of capabilities, strategies and knowledge that can be applied to new learning. They are expanding the range and nature of their learning experiences and …
Years 9 and 10 | Years 7–10 (Year 7 Entry) Sequence | Japanese | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Foundation to Year 2 Indonesian
The nature of the learners Children enter the early years of schooling with established oracy skills in one or more languages and varying degrees of early literacy capability. For young students, learning typically focuses on their immediate world of …
Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Indonesian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Years 3 and 4 Italian
The nature of the learners At this level, children are developing awareness of their social worlds and of their memberships of various groups including the Italian class. They are developing literacy capabilities in English, such as writing in the Roman …
Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum