In Years 7 to 9 students study the Australian Curriculum. The Australian Curriculum sets out the priorities and aspirations we hold for our young people, regardless of where they live and learn. It was developed to improve the quality, equity and transparency of Australia’s education system.
The Australian Curriculum sets out the essential knowledge, understanding and skills students need to learn, and the quality of learning that is expected of the students as they progress through the first 11 years of schooling.
The curriculum is 3-dimensional; it includes learning areas, general capabilities, and cross-curriculum priorities.
Together, the 3 dimensions set out essential knowledge, understanding and skills all young Australians need so they will be able to learn, contribute and shape their world now and in the future.
LEARNING AREAS
The F–10 Australian Curriculum identifies and organises the essential knowledge, understandings and skills that students should learn in 8 learning areas.
The learning areas of English, Mathematics, Science, and Health and Physical Education comprise a single subject.
The learning areas of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS), The Arts, Technologies and Languages each comprise multiple subjects.
GENERAL CAPABILITIES
In the Australian Curriculum, general capabilities equip young Australians with the knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions to live and work successfully.
General capabilities are developed through the content of the learning areas. The 7 general capabilities in the Australian Curriculum are:
CROSS-CURRICULUM PRIORITIES
Cross-curriculum priorities support the Australian Curriculum to be a relevant, contemporary and engaging curriculum that reflects national, regional and global contexts. Cross-curriculum priorities are addressed through learning area content.
The 3 cross-curriculum priorities in the Australian Curriculum are:
For more information on the Australian Curriculum, please visit https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/help/parent-information.
