Australian Curriculum

The Australian Curriculum is organised into learning areas and subjects. Some learning areas bring a number of subjects together: Humanities and Social Sciences includes History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship, and Economics and Business; The Arts includes Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual Arts; Technologies includes Design and Technologies and Digital Technologies. There is also a choice of 15 Languages.

Learning areas contain content descriptions that detail knowledge, understanding and skills to be taught each year or across a band of years. These content descriptions are accompanied by achievement standards that describe what students will know and will be able to do as a result of teaching and learning in the classroom.

General capabilities are included in the content of the learning areas. These are the skills and abilities intended to help prepare young Australians to learn, live and work in the 21st century.
The Australian Curriculum has seven general capabilities:
·         Literacy
·         Numeracy
·         Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability Critical and  Creative Thinking
·         Personal and Social Capability
·         Ethical Understanding
·         Intercultural Understanding

In a similar way, there are three priorities critical to Australia’s future:
·         Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Histories and Culture
·         Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia
·         Sustainability
They build across the curriculum and allow students to connect the content of learning areas.

Every student is unique, with different needs and interests. Teachers use the curriculum to plan in ways that respond to those needs and interests. The Australian Curriculum is flexible, allowing schools and teachers to personalise student learning.
The Australian Curriculum website gives advice on using the curriculum to meet the needs of students with disability; gifted and talented students; and students for whom English is an additional language or dialect. Talk to your child’s teacher for more information.
Where can I find more information?
Find more information about the Australian Curriculum on the ‘Parents’ page of the Australian Curriculum website, where you can:
·         download fact sheets and brochures, which give more detailed information about the Australian Curriculum in the first year of school (Foundation), Years 1–2, Years 3–4, Years 5–6, Years 7–8, Years 9–10
·         find answers to frequently asked questions
·         see links that help you find information about:
–                                samples of student work
–                                student diversity
–                                learning areas or subjects
–                                general capabilities
–                                cross-curriculum priorities
–                                the National Assessment Program
–                                Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) and its relationship to the Australian Curriculum
–                                implementation of the Australian Curriculum in states in territories.
To learn more about the Australian curriculum go to

From the Australian Curriculum Website https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au