Texts English
Teachers will use an array of material in class. Texts include literary texts, fiction and non-fiction, media texts, everyday texts, and workplace texts, from increasingly complex and unfamiliar settings, ranging from the everyday language of personal …
Texts | English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Texts English as an Additional Language or Dialect
Teachers will use an array of material in class. Texts include literary texts, fiction and non-fiction, media texts, everyday texts, and workplace texts, from increasingly complex and unfamiliar settings, ranging from the everyday language of personal …
Texts | English as an Additional Language or Dialect | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Texts Essential English
Teachers will use an array of material in class. Texts include literary texts, fiction and non-fiction, media texts, everyday texts, and workplace texts, from increasingly complex and unfamiliar settings, ranging from the everyday language of personal …
Texts | Essential English | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Texts Literature
Texts can be written, spoken or multimodal, and in print or digital/online forms. Texts provide important opportunities for learning about aspects of human experience and about aesthetic appeal. Teachers may select whole texts and/or parts of texts depending …
Texts | Literature | English | Senior secondary curriculum
Primary Matters, issue 22: Remote learning, May 2020
We hope this edition finds you all safe and well. The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that the education sector has had to adapt, and authorities are experiencing change of an unprecedented nature as they look to find their new normal. “It is important to …
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Primary matters - Issue 15 - STEM, September 2018
All about STEM Welcome to the September issue of Primary Matters. In this edition, we explore how Penrhos College (WA) developed STEM skills in the early years beginning with a focus on Science and how Gordon Primary School (ACT) collaborated with the …
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Structure
The Australian Curriculum: Technologies Foundation – Year 10 comprises two subjects: Design and Technologies Digital Technologies. The Australian Curriculum: Technologies is written on the basis that all students will study the two subjects from Foundation …
Structure | Technologies | F-10 curriculum
Primary matters - Issue 19 - The Arts, October 2019
Welcome to the October issue of Primary Matters. In this edition, we unpack curriculum content in the ‘Sharing arts works through performance, presentation or display’ sub-strand of Australian Curriculum: The Arts and look at some examples of ways students …
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Key ideas
Strands Content descriptions in each arts subject reflect the interrelated strands of making and responding. making includes learning about and using knowledge, skills, techniques, processes, materials and technologies to explore arts practices and make …
Key ideas | The Arts | F-10 curriculum
Learning 3-6
The Australian Curriculum across Years 3–6 assists students to develop their ability to take positive action for well-being; relate and communicate well with others; pose questions and solve problems; make informed decisions and act responsibly. It engages …
Learning 3-6 | F-10 curriculum
Representation of General capabilities Geography
The general capabilities encompass the knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions that, together with the Geography curriculum content and the cross-curriculum priorities, will help students to live and work successfully in the twenty-first century. The …
Representation of General capabilities | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Implementation of the Australian Curriculum
State and territory curriculum and school authorities are responsible for the implementation of the Australian Curriculum in their schools, in line with system and jurisdictional policies and requirements. They make decisions about the extent and timing …
Implementation of the Australian Curriculum | F-10 curriculum
Representation of General capabilities
Literacy is important in students’ development of Science Inquiry Skills and their understanding of content presented through the Science Understanding and Science as a Human Endeavour strands. Students gather, interpret, synthesise and critically analyse …
Representation of General capabilities | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of Essential Mathematics Essential Mathematics
Essential Mathematics has four units each of which contains a number of topics. It is intended that the topics be taught in a context relevant to students’ needs and interests. In Essential Mathematics, students use their knowledge and skills to investigate …
Structure of Essential Mathematics | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of General Mathematics General Mathematics
General Mathematics is organised into four units. The topics in each unit broaden students’ mathematical experience and provide different scenarios for incorporating mathematical arguments and problem solving. The units provide a blending of algebraic, …
Structure of General Mathematics | General Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of Mathematical Methods Mathematical Methods
Mathematical Methods is organised into four units. The topics broaden students’ mathematical experience and provide different scenarios for incorporating mathematical arguments and problem solving. The units provide a blending of algebraic and geometric …
Structure of Mathematical Methods | Mathematical Methods | Mathematics | 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
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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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
Remote learning: Common themes
After talking to some leaders from schools nationally, we at Primary Matters identified some common themes, many of which are congruent with the points outlined in our conversation with Courtney from Open Access College. Keep students connected One of …
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