What is literacy?
Literacy is fundamental to a student’s ability to learn at school and to engage productively in society. In the Australian Curriculum, … students become literate as they develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions to interpret and use language confidently …
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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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Consumer and financial literacy: Literacy
The Literacy capability provides rich opportunities for students to develop consumer and financial literacy. This capability is fundamental to students’ ability to understand and analyse any financial texts. Literacy supports the development of the following …
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Literacy
In the Australian Curriculum, students become literate as they develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions to interpret and use language confidently for learning and communicating in and out of school and for participating effectively in society. Literacy …
Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Literacy learning area advice
The learning area advice resources can assist teachers in providing an illustration of how the progressions may be used in learning areas, other than Mathematics and English, to support students’ literacy and numeracy development. They provide authentic …
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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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Primary matters - Issue 17 - Literacy, March 2019
“Literacy enables students to access, understand, analyse and evaluate information, make meaning, express thoughts and emotions, present ideas and opinions, interact with others and participate in activities at school and in their lives beyond school.” …
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Visual knowledge - Understand how visual elements create meaning Literacy Visual Knowledge Level 5
analyse the effects of different visual elements upon the reader/viewer, and how visual texts such as advertisements and informative texts draw on and allude to other texts to enhance meaning
Visual knowledge - Understand how visual elements create meaning | Level 5 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Outdoor learning: Literacy
Outdoor learning can support the development of literacy by introducing specific terminology used in outdoor contexts. Students understand the language used to describe aspects of the outdoors, maps, products, resources, information and services. They …
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Literacy - Level 1e (Foundation Year)
Typically, by the end of Foundation Year, students: Navigate, read and view learning area texts navigate, read and view simple texts with familiar vocabulary and supportive illustrations Listen and respond to learning area texts listen and respond …
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Visual knowledge - Understand how visual elements create meaning Literacy Visual Knowledge Level 6
evaluate the impact of different visual choices in the composition of images, including symbolic images and movement of camera or light, to achieve different nuances
Visual knowledge - Understand how visual elements create meaning | Level 6 | Learning Continuum | Literacy | General capabilities | F-10 curriculum
Consumer and financial literacy
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How can the literacy progression be used?
The National Literacy Learning Progression can be used at a whole school, team or individual teacher level. However, the progression provides maximum student learning benefits when used as part of a whole-school strategy that involves professional learning …
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Consumer and financial literacy: Numeracy
The Numeracy capability strongly supports the development of consumer and financial literacy by equipping students to use mathematics in their everyday lives. Numeracy supports the development of the following dimensions of consumer and financial literacy. Approximate …
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Visual Arts - Foundation to Year 2
Exploring ideas and improvising with ways to represent ideas Explore ideas, experiences, observations and imagination to create visual artworks and design, including considering ideas in artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists (ACAVAM106) Responding …
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Consumer and financial literacy: Languages
The Australian Curriculum: Languages has not been included in this mapping. However, ample opportunities exist for educators to devise meaningfully relevant lessons that draw on consumer, economic and financial literacy in language contexts. For example, …
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Consumer and financial literacy: Science
The Australian Curriculum: Science has an important role in developing consumer and financial literacy in young people. Science supports the development of the dimensions of consumer and financial literacy as shown in the diagram below. Approximate …
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How is the literacy progression related to the Australian Curriculum?
Literacy skills are explicit in the Australian Curriculum: English. However, literacy is strengthened, made specific and extended in other learning areas. Literacy enables students to access, understand, analyse and evaluate information, make meaning, …
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Consumer and financial literacy: The Arts
The Australian Curriculum: The Arts has not been included in this mapping. However, ample opportunities exist for educators to devise meaningfully relevant lessons that draw on consumer, economic and financial literacy in artistic contexts. For example, …
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Consumer and financial literacy: Mathematics
The Australian Curriculum: Mathematics has a significant role in developing consumer and financial literacy in young people. The Mathematics curriculum supports the development of the dimensions of consumer and financial literacy as shown in the diagram …
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