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F-10 Curriculum
F–10 curriculum overview
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English
Mathematics
Science
Humanities and Social Sciences
The Arts
Technologies
Health and Physical Education
Languages
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Work Studies
General capabilities
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Literacy
Numeracy
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability
Critical and Creative Thinking
Personal and Social Capability
Ethical Understanding
Intercultural Understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia
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Senior secondary curriculum
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Supporting students with a disability
Supporting gifted and talented students
Supporting students for whom EAL/D
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Digital Technologies in focus
Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages
General capabilities and career education
National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions
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Senior secondary curriculum
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English (Version 8.4)
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Understand how English works
Rationale
English focuses on developing students’ analytical, creative and critical thinking and communication skills in all language modes. It encourages students to engage with texts from their contemporary world, with texts from the past and with texts from Australian and other cultures.
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Structure of English
In Unit 1 students explore how meaning is communicated through the relationships between language, text, purpose, context and audience. This includes how language and texts are shaped by their purpose, the audiences for whom they are intended and the contexts in which they are created and received.
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Texts
Teachers will use an array of material in class. Texts include literary texts, fiction and non-fiction, media texts, everyday texts, and workplace texts, from increasingly complex and unfamiliar settings, ranging from the everyday language of personal experience to more abstract, specialised and technical language drawn from a range of contexts.
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Representation of General capabilities
General capabilities covered in English include: Literacy, Numeracy, Information and communication technology (ICT) capability, Critical and creative thinking, Personal and social capability, Ethical understanding and Intercultural understanding.
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Achievement standards
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