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Australian Curriculum: English
TheĀ Australian Curriculum: EnglishĀ (AC:E) is crucial for 21st-century learners, fostering skills in analysis, comprehension, communication, and relationship-building. Version 8.4 of the English curriculum is current, but an updated version with minor changes across the years is imminent.
Each year the curriculum builds upon previous learning, nurturing your child’s understanding of language, literacy and literature. It promotes equity, equipping students to become ethical, thoughtful, informed, and active members of society. It encompasses more than just language skills; it fosters confident communicators, imaginative thinkers, and informed citizens through their integration.
Among other things, the AC:E ensures that students acquire a range of skills, including an appreciation of how the use of rich language can evoke feelings, form ideas, persuade, entertain and convey information. If you click through to thisĀ link, you can read more about the skills the Australian Curriculum: English aims to ensure students develop.
The Three Strands
Understanding that the AC:E organises into three interrelated strands supports students in growing their understanding and use of Standard Australian English.
Click here to learn more about each strand and it’s sub-strands and threads
To access Level Descriptions, Content Descriptions, Achievement Standards, and Work Samples, navigate to the AC:E page and select the desired year level. Then just press “Submit”.
So for example, if you were to searchĀ FoundationĀ (Prep) year. Then underĀ Language; if you scroll half way down to the headingĀ Expressing and developing ideas. That descriptor states: by the end of the year, Preppies willĀ recognise that sentences are key units for expressing ideas. They will achieve this by mastering sentence word order, creating written work and reading aloud to teachers and others. Enhance Preppie’s skills by having them read to you in the morning or at night. Explore interactive apps like the multi-award winningĀ Reading EggsĀ andĀ Jumbled Sentences, designed for fun learning of word order.
Scroll down further to explore what they will learn in Literature and Literacy. Discover Achievement Standards and access Sample Work Portfolios for more insights.
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Screen Capture of Australian Curriculum English (Version 8.4)
You can go through this process for each of the other years up to and including Year 10. Each year follows a consistent layout, detailing the curriculum content and expected student achievements. The information in each of these content descriptors unpin your teacher’s lesson plans. In everyday teaching, your teacher will including writing, speaking, listening, reading and viewing.
