In Levels 3 and 4, students develop ways of thinking about their peers and communities and as consumers and a sense of self and ownership of their ideas. Students explore and learn to harness their creative, innovative and imaginative ideas and approaches to achieve designed solutions. They do...
Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies
In Level 3, learning in Mathematics builds on each student’s prior learning and experiences. Students engage in a range of approaches to the learning and doing of mathematics that develop their understanding of and fluency with concepts, procedures and processes by making connections...
Level description | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0
In Levels 3 and 4, students extend their understanding of key concepts of media arts such as the use of media technologies, story principles of structure, intent, character and settings, and use the media arts elements of composition and sound. They consider themselves as audiences and explore...
Level description | The Arts | Media Arts
In Levels 3 and 4, the curriculum focus is on recognising questions that can be investigated scientifically and undertaking investigations. Students observe heat and its effects on solids and liquids and begin to develop an understanding of energy flows through simple systems. In observing day...
Level description | Science
Students recognise and use intonation patterns to express different meanings. They apply their knowledge of sound–letter associations to spell new words. They recognise and use elements of grammar such as gender and singular/plural forms, simple verb forms, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns...
Level description | Languages | Spanish | F–10 Sequence
Students recognise the predictable nature of pronunciation in Japanese and apply their knowledge of sound–letter associations to spell new words. They recognise and use elements of grammar including simple verb forms, adjectives, interrogatives and some particles to understand and create...
Level description | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence
Students notice features of German communication such as the use of gestures, facial expressions and intonation patterns. They become familiar with the idea of grammatical gender and become familiar with how to use singular and plural forms. As they encounter German language and culture they make...
Level description | Languages | German | F–10 Sequence
Students discover the distinctive features of the spoken language and begin to use Pinyin and tone marks to practise syllables and tones they encounter in new words. They recognise that letters in Pinyin and English produce different sounds using different spelling conventions. Printed texts used...
Level description | Languages | Chinese | Second Language Learner | F–10 Sequence
In Levels 3 and 4, the curriculum focuses on developing the knowledge, skills and understandings to evaluate particular acts, and to identify and critically respond to ethical problems. Students extend their vocabulary and begin to reflect on means and ends. Students develop an understanding that...
Level description | Capabilities | Ethical Capability
In Level 3, students increasingly use mathematical terms and symbols to describe computations, measurements and characteristics of objects.
Students recognise, model and order numbers to at least 10 000 and place four digit numbers on a number line with regard for scale. They partition and re-arrange...
Level description | Mathematics
In Levels 3 and 4, the curriculum focuses on developing the knowledge, skills and understanding to improve and monitor thinking. Students learn and consider the advantages of different thinking techniques. Students learn there are different ways to respond to problems, visualise thinking and think...
Level description | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking
Students interact with peers and the teacher in a variety of communicative activities where grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation are purposefully integrated. They primarily engage in a variety of listening and viewing activities, and understand familiar stories, songs and poems. Language use...
Level description | Languages | Non-Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence
Students use oral language to build their capacity to describe and explore topics and concepts in Chinese. Students use Chinese to share everyday experiences with each other. They develop literacy skills through a range of reading and writing activities. Pinyin is used as a tool to develop students...
Level description | Languages | Chinese | Background Language Learner | F–10 Sequence
In Levels 3 and 4, students explore digital systems in terms of their components and peripheral devices such as digital microscopes, cameras and interactive whiteboards. They collect, manipulate and interpret data, developing an understanding of the characteristics of data and their representation.
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Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies
In Levels 3 and 4, the curriculum focuses on developing students’ understandings of positive relationships and connections. Students extend their emotional literacy via an enhanced vocabulary of understanding and describing emotions. They learn about the importance of valuing difference...
Level description | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability
The Levels 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 support and contribute to their identities...
Level description | Health and Physical Education
Students explore Arabic sounds, intonation and writing conventions to further develop their speaking and writing skills and initial understanding of their developing biliteracy. They use key grammatical forms and structures, such as verbs, pronouns, singular/plural forms and prepositions, to provide...
Level description | Languages | Arabic | F–10 Sequence
In Levels 3 and 4, the curriculum focuses is on developing the knowledge, skills and understandings to enable students to learn about culture relevant to their social world of family, home, school, friends and neighbourhood. This includes cultural practices such as choice of food, clothing or...
Level description | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability
In Levels 3 and 4, the curriculum continues to develop students’ mental map of the world and their understanding of place through examining the major characteristics of Australia, Australia's neighbouring countries and Africa and South America. The concept of place is developed by examining...
Level description | The Humanities | Geography
Students begin to make connections between speech and writing in Korean and understand that Korean is a system that works differently from English. They differentiate sounds of Hangeul syllable blocks, and their literacy in Hangeul develops with a growing phonological awareness and understanding of
Level description | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence