Australian Curriculum

Foundation Year

AC9EFLA07
Explore the contribution of images and words to meaning in stories and informative texts

AC9EFLE02
Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events and characters

AC9EFLE04
Explore and replicate the rhythms and sound patterns of literary texts such as poems, rhymes and songs

AC9EFLE05
Retell and adapt familiar literary texts through play, performance, images or writing

AC9EFLY01
Identify some familiar texts, such as stories and informative texts, and their purpose

AC9EFLY02
Interact in informal and structured situations by listening while others speak and using features of voice including volume levels

AC9EFLY05
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently

AC9EFLY06
Create and participate in shared editing of short written texts to record and report ideas and events using some learnt vocabulary, basic sentence boundary punctuation and spelling some consonant–vowel–consonant words correctly

AC9EFLY07
Create and deliver short spoken texts to report ideas and events to peers, using features of voice such as appropriate volume

AC9EFLY09
Recognise and generate rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words (phonological awareness)

AC9EFLY10
Segment sentences into individual words; orally blend and segment single-syllable spoken words; isolate, blend and manipulate phonemes in single-syllable words (phonological awareness)

Year 1

AC9E1LA02
Explore language to provide reasons for likes, dislikes and preferences

AC9E1LA04
Explore how repetition, rhyme and rhythm create cohesion in simple poems, chants and songs

AC9E1LA08
Compare how images in different types of texts contribute to meaning

AC9E1LA09
Recognise the vocabulary of learning area topics

AC9E1LE02
Discuss literary texts and share responses by making connections with students’ own experiences

AC9E1LE03
Discuss plot, character and setting, which are features of stories

AC9E1LE05
Orally retell or adapt a familiar story using plot and characters, language features including vocabulary, and structure of a familiar text, through role-play, writing, drawing or digital tools

AC9E1LY02
Use interaction skills including turn-taking, speaking clearly, using active listening behaviours and responding to the contributions of others, and contributing ideas and questions

AC9E1LY05
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning when listening, viewing and reading to build literal and inferred meaning by drawing on vocabulary and growing knowledge of context

AC9E1LY06
Create and re-read to edit short written and/or multimodal texts to report on a topic, express an opinion or recount a real or imagined event, using grammatically correct simple sentences, some topic-specific vocabulary, sentence boundary…

Year 2

AC9E2LA02
Explore how language can be used for appreciating texts and providing reasons for preferences

AC9E2LA03
Identify how texts across the curriculum are organised differently and use language features depending on purposes

AC9E2LA08
Understand that images add to or multiply the meanings of a text

AC9E2LA09
Experiment with and begin to make conscious choices of vocabulary to suit the topic

AC9E2LE02
Identify features of literary texts, such as characters and settings, and give reasons for personal preferences

AC9E2LE03
Discuss the characters and settings of a range of texts and identify how language is used to present these features in different ways

AC9E2LE04
Identify, reproduce and experiment with rhythmic sound and word patterns in poems, chants, rhymes or songs

AC9E2LE05
Create and edit literary texts by adapting structures and language features of familiar literary texts through drawing, writing, performance and digital tools

AC9E2LY02
Use interaction skills when engaging with topics, actively listening to others, receiving instructions and extending own ideas, speaking appropriately, expressing and responding to opinions, making statements, and giving instructions

AC9E2LY04
Read texts with phrasing and fluency, using phonic and word knowledge, and monitoring meaning by re-reading and self-correcting

AC9E2LY05
Use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning

AC9E2LY06
Create and edit short imaginative, informative and persuasive written and/or multimodal texts for familiar audiences, using text structure appropriate to purpose, simple and compound sentences, noun groups and verb groups, topic-specific…

AC9E2LY07
Create, rehearse and deliver short oral and/or multimodal presentations for familiar audiences and purposes, using text structure appropriate to purpose and topic-specific vocabulary, and varying tone, volume and pace

Foundation Year

ACELA1437
Understand the use of vocabulary in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at school

ACELA1438
Understand how to use knowledge of letters and sounds including onset and rime to spell words

ACELA1439
Recognise and generate rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words

ACELT1579
Replicate the rhythms and sound patterns in stories, rhymes, songs and poems from a range of cultures

ACELT1580
Retell familiar literary texts through performance, use of illustrations and images

ACELT1783
Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts

ACELY1646
Listen to and respond orally to texts and to the communication of others in informal and structured classroom situations

ACELY1650
Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently

Year 1

ACELA1452
Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)

ACELA1454
Understand the use of vocabulary in everyday contexts as well as a growing number of school contexts, including appropriate use of formal and informal terms of address in different contexts

ACELA1459
Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound

ACELT1585
Listen to, recite and perform poems, chants, rhymes and songs, imitating and inventing sound patterns including alliteration and rhyme

ACELY1660
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning about key events, ideas and information in texts that they listen to, view and read by drawing on growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features

Year 2

ACELY1670
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structures

Foundation Year

AC9MFM02
Sequence days of the week and times of the day including morning, lunchtime, afternoon and night time, and connect them to familiar events and actions

AC9MFN01
Name, represent and order numbers including zero to at least 20, using physical and virtual materials and numerals

AC9MFSP01
Sort, name and create familiar shapes; recognise and describe familiar shapes within objects in the environment, giving reasons

Year 1

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Year 2

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Foundation Year

ACMMG006
Use direct and indirect comparisons to decide which is longer, heavier or holds more, and explain reasoning in everyday language

ACMMG007
Compare and order duration of events using everyday language of time

ACMMG009
Sort, describe and name familiar two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects in the environment

ACMMG010
Describe position and movement

ACMNA001
Establish understanding of the language and processes of counting by naming numbers in sequences, initially to and from 20, moving from any starting point

ACMNA002
Connect number names, numerals and quantities, including zero, initially up to 10 and then beyond

ACMNA003
Subitise small collections of objects

ACMNA004
Represent practical situations to model addition and sharing

ACMNA005
Sort and classify familiar objects and explain the basis for these classifications. Copy, continue and create patterns with objects and drawings

Year 1

ACMNA015
Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of strategies including counting on, partitioning and rearranging parts

ACMSP263
Represent data with objects and drawings where one object or drawing represents one data value. Describe the displays

Year 2

ACMNA030
Solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of efficient mental and written strategies

ACMNA031
Recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays

ACMNA032
Recognise and represent division as grouping into equal sets and solve simple problems using these representations

ACMSP049
Collect, check and classify data

ACMSP050
Create displays of data using lists, table and picture graphs and interpret them

Foundation Year

AC9SFU01
Observe external features of plants and animals and describe ways they can be grouped based on these features

Year 1

AC9S1I01
Pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiences

AC9S1I02
Suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions

AC9S1I03
Make and record observations, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriate

AC9S1U01
Identify the basic needs of plants and animals, including air, water, food or shelter, and describe how the places they live meet those needs

AC9S1U02
Describe daily and seasonal changes in the environment and explore how these changes affect everyday life

Year 2

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Foundation Year

AC9HSFK01
The people in their family, where they were born and raised, and how they are related to each other

AC9HSFS03
Share a perspective on information, such as stories about significant events and special places

AC9HSFS04
Draw conclusions in response to questions

AC9HSFS05
Share narratives and observations, using sources and terms about the past and places

Year 1

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Year 2

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Foundation Year

AC9HPFP01
Investigate who they are and the people in their world

AC9HPFP02
Practise personal and social skills to interact respectfully with others

AC9HPFP03
Express and describe emotions they experience

AC9HPFP04
Explore how to seek, give or deny permission respectfully when sharing possessions or personal space

AC9HPFP05
Demonstrate protective behaviours, name body parts and rehearse help-seeking strategies that help keep them safe

Years 1 and 2

AC9HP2P01
Describe their personal qualities and those of others, and explain how they contribute to developing identities

AC9HP2P02
Identify and explore skills and strategies to develop respectful relationships

AC9HP2P03
Identify how different situations influence emotional responses

AC9HP2P05
Identify and demonstrate protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies they can use to help them and others stay safe

Foundation Year

ACPPS001
Identify personal strengths

ACPPS005
Identify and describe emotional responses people may experience in different situations

ACPPS006
Identify actions that promote health, safety and wellbeing

Years 1 and 2

ACPPS015
Describe their own strengths and achievements and those of others, and identify how these contribute to personal identities

ACPPS020
Identify and practise emotional responses that account for own and others’ feelings

ACPPS022
Explore actions that help make the classroom a healthy, safe and active place

Foundation Year

AC9TDEFK01
Explore how familiar products, services and environments are designed by people

AC9TDEFP01
Generate, communicate and evaluate design ideas, and use materials, equipment and steps to safely make a solution for a purpose

Years 1 and 2

AC9TDE2K01
Identify how familiar products, services and environments are designed and produced by people to meet personal or local community needs and sustainability

AC9TDE2K02
Explore how technologies including materials affect movement in products

AC9TDE2K03
Explore how plants and animals are grown for food, clothing and shelter

AC9TDE2P01
Generate and communicate design ideas through describing, drawing or modelling, including using digital tools

AC9TDE2P02
Use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions

AC9TDE2P03
Evaluate the success of design ideas and solutions based on personal preferences and including sustainability

AC9TDE2P04
Sequence steps for making designed solutions cooperatively