What they learn / 🇦🇺 Australia
Australian Curriculum v9.0 (ACARA). 877 topics, every one with a lesson, practice and a mastery check. This page is generated from the app itself, so it cannot say something the app does not contain.
Preschool 25 topics
Art 6 topics
- Looking properly and putting down what is actually there, which is a trainable skill and not a talent. Working at Preschool: mark making.
- How colour actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Preschool: naming colours.
- Paint as a material with its own rules, learned by using it rather than by being warned about it. Working at Preschool: using a brush.
- Making the same mark many times, which is where pattern, repetition and a good deal of design begin. Working at Preschool: printing with objects.
- Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Preschool: modelling.
and 1 more in Art this year.
Physical education 4 topics
- The movements every game is built from: running, jumping, throwing, catching and balance. At Preschool: moving in different ways.
- What exercise actually does to the heart, the lungs and the muscles, and how to build it up safely. At Preschool: getting warm and getting puffed.
- How a game works, why the rules are there, and what makes somebody worth playing with. At Preschool: taking turns.
- The kit and the checks that stop an ordinary afternoon becoming an injury. At Preschool: safe playing.
Health 4 topics
- Hygiene, sleep, teeth and skin: the small habits that prevent most of what goes wrong. At Preschool: washing your hands.
- What food does in the body. Nothing here calls a food good or bad, because that is how eating becomes a worry. At Preschool: foods we eat.
- Naming feelings and knowing what helps. Nothing on this page diagnoses anybody. At Preschool: happy, sad, cross, tired.
- What to do when something goes wrong, in the order it should be done. At Preschool: stop at the road.
Mathematics 3 topics
- Explore quantity in play, matching one number name to one object.
- Notice, name and sort by colour and shape during play.
- Compare two small groups and say which has more and which has fewer.
English 2 topics
- Play with the sounds in words through rhyme, song and repetition.
- Recognise that a letter has a big and a small form and match the pair.
Handwriting 2 topics
- Form letters and numerals correctly, using the right strokes in the right order.
- Form letters and numerals correctly, using the right strokes in the right order.
Music 2 topics
- The parts every piece is made of, named so a child can say what they are hearing. At Preschool: clapping along.
- Hearing what is happening in a piece, from anywhere in the world. At Preschool: loud and quiet, high and low.
Science 1 topic
- Name parts of the body, members of the family, and everyday weather.
Brain teasers 1 topic
- Work out an answer from the information given, using reasoning rather than recall.
Foundation 28 topics
Art 6 topics
- Looking properly and putting down what is actually there, which is a trainable skill and not a talent. Working at Foundation: mark making.
- How colour actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Foundation: naming colours.
- Paint as a material with its own rules, learned by using it rather than by being warned about it. Working at Foundation: using a brush.
- Making the same mark many times, which is where pattern, repetition and a good deal of design begin. Working at Foundation: printing with objects.
- Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Foundation: modelling.
and 1 more in Art this year.
English 4 topics
- Isolate and say the final sound in a spoken one-syllable word.
- Isolate the medial vowel sound in a spoken three-sound word.
- Hear and count the syllables in a spoken word.
- Link letters to the sounds they make, and blend sounds into simple words.
Physical education 4 topics
- The movements every game is built from: running, jumping, throwing, catching and balance. At Foundation: moving in different ways, running, hopping and skipping.
- What exercise actually does to the heart, the lungs and the muscles, and how to build it up safely. At Foundation: getting warm and getting puffed.
- How a game works, why the rules are there, and what makes somebody worth playing with. At Foundation: taking turns.
- The kit and the checks that stop an ordinary afternoon becoming an injury. At Foundation: safe playing.
Health 4 topics
- Hygiene, sleep, teeth and skin: the small habits that prevent most of what goes wrong. At Foundation: washing your hands.
- What food does in the body. Nothing here calls a food good or bad, because that is how eating becomes a worry. At Foundation: foods we eat.
- Naming feelings and knowing what helps. Nothing on this page diagnoses anybody. At Foundation: happy, sad, cross, tired.
- What to do when something goes wrong, in the order it should be done. At Foundation: stop at the road.
Social studies 4 topics
- What happened, how anybody knows, and why two honest accounts can disagree. At Foundation: my family and my home.
- Where places are, what they are like, and why people live where they do. At Foundation: where i live.
- How decisions get made for everybody, and what one person can do about them. At Foundation: rules at home and school.
- How families and countries get what they need, and the choices scarcity forces. At Foundation: things we need every day.
Music 2 topics
- The parts every piece is made of, named so a child can say what they are hearing. At Foundation: clapping along.
- Hearing what is happening in a piece, from anywhere in the world. At Foundation: loud and quiet, high and low.
Mathematics 1 topic
- Say the number sequence to 20, and count sets of objects accurately.
Science 1 topic
- Sort things into living and non-living, and say what living things need.
Brain teasers 1 topic
- Work out an answer from the information given, using reasoning rather than recall.
Handwriting 1 topic
- Form letters and numerals correctly, using the right strokes in the right order.
Year 1 62 topics
Reading 31 topics
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
and 26 more in Reading this year.
Art 7 topics
- Looking properly and putting down what is actually there, which is a trainable skill and not a talent. Working at Year 1: mark making, drawing from life.
- How colour actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Year 1: naming colours, primary and secondary.
- Paint as a material with its own rules, learned by using it rather than by being warned about it. Working at Year 1: using a brush, thick and thin paint.
- Making the same mark many times, which is where pattern, repetition and a good deal of design begin. Working at Year 1: printing with objects, repeating patterns.
- Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Year 1: modelling, joining and construction.
and 2 more in Art this year.
Physical education 4 topics
- The movements every game is built from: running, jumping, throwing, catching and balance. At Year 1: moving in different ways, running, hopping and skipping, throwing and catching, balance and coordination.
- What exercise actually does to the heart, the lungs and the muscles, and how to build it up safely. At Year 1: getting warm and getting puffed, warming up and cooling down.
- How a game works, why the rules are there, and what makes somebody worth playing with. At Year 1: taking turns, playing by the rules, winning and losing well.
- The kit and the checks that stop an ordinary afternoon becoming an injury. At Year 1: safe playing, kit and footwear, checking the playing area.
Health 4 topics
- Hygiene, sleep, teeth and skin: the small habits that prevent most of what goes wrong. At Year 1: washing your hands, washing and germs, teeth, sleep.
- What food does in the body. Nothing here calls a food good or bad, because that is how eating becomes a worry. At Year 1: foods we eat, food groups, water and drinks.
- Naming feelings and knowing what helps. Nothing on this page diagnoses anybody. At Year 1: happy, sad, cross, tired, naming feelings, calming down, asking for help.
- What to do when something goes wrong, in the order it should be done. At Year 1: stop at the road, road and water safety.
Social studies 4 topics
- What happened, how anybody knows, and why two honest accounts can disagree. At Year 1: my family and my home, then and now.
- Where places are, what they are like, and why people live where they do. At Year 1: where i live, maps and directions, continents and oceans.
- How decisions get made for everybody, and what one person can do about them. At Year 1: rules at home and school, rules and laws.
- How families and countries get what they need, and the choices scarcity forces. At Year 1: things we need every day, needs and wants.
Handwriting 3 topics
- Form letters and numerals correctly, using the right strokes in the right order.
- Form letters and numerals correctly, using the right strokes in the right order.
- Form letters and numerals correctly, using the right strokes in the right order.
Computing 3 topics
- Writing instructions exact enough for something with no judgement to follow them. At Year 1: giving exact instructions, debugging.
- What is actually inside the machine, and how information is stored and moved about. At Year 1: parts of a computer.
- Passwords, privacy, scams and behaviour. The part with the largest consequences outside school. At Year 1: what is personal information, being decent online.
Music 2 topics
- The parts every piece is made of, named so a child can say what they are hearing. At Year 1: clapping along, finding the beat, rhythm patterns, high and low.
- Hearing what is happening in a piece, from anywhere in the world. At Year 1: loud and quiet, high and low, instruments and families.
Science 1 topic
- Use the senses to describe and sort materials by their properties.
Mathematics 1 topic
- Add and subtract within 20 using strategies, and recall facts to 10.
English 1 topic
- Read common words on sight, and use them to read simple sentences.
Brain teasers 1 topic
- Work out an answer from the information given, using reasoning rather than recall.
Year 2 81 topics
Reading 37 topics
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
and 32 more in Reading this year.
Art 7 topics
- Looking properly and putting down what is actually there, which is a trainable skill and not a talent. Working at Year 2: drawing from life, line and shape.
- How colour actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Year 2: primary and secondary, mixing and matching.
- Paint as a material with its own rules, learned by using it rather than by being warned about it. Working at Year 2: using a brush, thick and thin paint.
- Making the same mark many times, which is where pattern, repetition and a good deal of design begin. Working at Year 2: printing with objects, repeating patterns.
- Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Year 2: modelling, joining and construction.
and 2 more in Art this year.
Mathematics 4 topics
- Represent numbers to 100 using place value, and compare and order them.
- Add and subtract within 100 using mental strategies based on place value.
- Identify and describe two and three dimensional shapes by their attributes.
- Tell time to the half and quarter hour, and solve simple problems with money and length.
Handwriting 4 topics
- Form letters and numerals correctly, using the right strokes in the right order.
- Form letters and numerals correctly, using the right strokes in the right order.
- Form letters and numerals correctly, using the right strokes in the right order.
- Form letters and numerals correctly, using the right strokes in the right order.
Physical education 4 topics
- The movements every game is built from: running, jumping, throwing, catching and balance. At Year 2: running, hopping and skipping, throwing and catching, balance and coordination.
- What exercise actually does to the heart, the lungs and the muscles, and how to build it up safely. At Year 2: warming up and cooling down.
- How a game works, why the rules are there, and what makes somebody worth playing with. At Year 2: playing by the rules, winning and losing well.
- The kit and the checks that stop an ordinary afternoon becoming an injury. At Year 2: kit and footwear, checking the playing area.
Health 4 topics
- Hygiene, sleep, teeth and skin: the small habits that prevent most of what goes wrong. At Year 2: washing and germs, teeth, sleep.
- What food does in the body. Nothing here calls a food good or bad, because that is how eating becomes a worry. At Year 2: food groups, water and drinks.
- Naming feelings and knowing what helps. Nothing on this page diagnoses anybody. At Year 2: naming feelings, calming down, asking for help.
- What to do when something goes wrong, in the order it should be done. At Year 2: road and water safety.
Social studies 4 topics
- What happened, how anybody knows, and why two honest accounts can disagree. At Year 2: my family and my home, then and now.
- Where places are, what they are like, and why people live where they do. At Year 2: where i live, maps and directions, continents and oceans.
- How decisions get made for everybody, and what one person can do about them. At Year 2: rules at home and school, rules and laws.
- How families and countries get what they need, and the choices scarcity forces. At Year 2: things we need every day, needs and wants.
Computing 3 topics
- Writing instructions exact enough for something with no judgement to follow them. At Year 2: giving exact instructions, loops, debugging.
- What is actually inside the machine, and how information is stored and moved about. At Year 2: parts of a computer.
- Passwords, privacy, scams and behaviour. The part with the largest consequences outside school. At Year 2: passwords, what is personal information, being decent online.
Explore 2 topics
- Understand that a machine follows instructions exactly, including the wrong ones.
- Understand that illness can be caused by living things too small to see.
Quantitative reasoning 2 topics
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Verbal reasoning 2 topics
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Music 2 topics
- The parts every piece is made of, named so a child can say what they are hearing. At Year 2: finding the beat, rhythm patterns, high and low.
- Hearing what is happening in a piece, from anywhere in the world. At Year 2: instruments and families.
English 1 topic
- Blend and segment sounds to read and spell unfamiliar words.
Spelling 1 topic
- Apply spelling patterns and conventions to spell words accurately.
Writing 1 topic
- Write complete sentences using capital letters, spacing and end punctuation.
Brain teasers 1 topic
- Work out an answer from the information given, using reasoning rather than recall.
Science 1 topic
- Describe what living things need, and group plants and animals by their features.
Drama 1 topic
- Being heard, understood and believed, which is a set of learnable techniques. At Year 2: being heard.
Year 3 83 topics
Reading 40 topics
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
and 35 more in Reading this year.
Art 9 topics
- Looking properly and putting down what is actually there, which is a trainable skill and not a talent. Working at Year 3: drawing from life, line and shape.
- How colour actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Year 3: primary and secondary, mixing and matching, warm and cool.
- Paint as a material with its own rules, learned by using it rather than by being warned about it. Working at Year 3: thick and thin paint, backgrounds and layers.
- Making the same mark many times, which is where pattern, repetition and a good deal of design begin. Working at Year 3: repeating patterns, pattern in other cultures.
- Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Year 3: modelling, joining and construction.
and 4 more in Art this year.
Physical education 4 topics
- The movements every game is built from: running, jumping, throwing, catching and balance. At Year 3: running, hopping and skipping, throwing and catching, balance and coordination, gymnastic shapes and rolls.
- What exercise actually does to the heart, the lungs and the muscles, and how to build it up safely. At Year 3: warming up and cooling down, heart rate.
- How a game works, why the rules are there, and what makes somebody worth playing with. At Year 3: playing by the rules, winning and losing well.
- The kit and the checks that stop an ordinary afternoon becoming an injury. At Year 3: kit and footwear, checking the playing area.
Health 4 topics
- Hygiene, sleep, teeth and skin: the small habits that prevent most of what goes wrong. At Year 3: washing and germs, teeth, sleep.
- What food does in the body. Nothing here calls a food good or bad, because that is how eating becomes a worry. At Year 3: food groups, water and drinks.
- Naming feelings and knowing what helps. Nothing on this page diagnoses anybody. At Year 3: naming feelings, calming down, worry, asking for help.
- What to do when something goes wrong, in the order it should be done. At Year 3: road and water safety, medicines.
Computing 4 topics
- Writing instructions exact enough for something with no judgement to follow them. At Year 3: giving exact instructions, loops, debugging.
- What is actually inside the machine, and how information is stored and moved about. At Year 3: parts of a computer.
- Passwords, privacy, scams and behaviour. The part with the largest consequences outside school. At Year 3: passwords, what is personal information, being decent online.
- Making something that works: a program, a document, a spreadsheet, an image. At Year 3: making a program.
Social studies 4 topics
- What happened, how anybody knows, and why two honest accounts can disagree. At Year 3: then and now.
- Where places are, what they are like, and why people live where they do. At Year 3: maps and directions, continents and oceans.
- How decisions get made for everybody, and what one person can do about them. At Year 3: rules and laws.
- How families and countries get what they need, and the choices scarcity forces. At Year 3: needs and wants.
Mathematics 3 topics
- Demonstrate multiplication as equal groups and repeated addition.
- Represent fractions as equal parts of a whole and compare simple fractions.
- Measure and compare length, mass and capacity using standard units.
Explore 2 topics
- Understand that a computer stores everything using only two states.
- Understand why a rule agreed in advance is fairer than one decided afterwards.
Quantitative reasoning 2 topics
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Verbal reasoning 2 topics
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Music 2 topics
- The parts every piece is made of, named so a child can say what they are hearing. At Year 3: finding the beat, rhythm patterns, high and low.
- Hearing what is happening in a piece, from anywhere in the world. At Year 3: instruments and families.
Drama 2 topics
- Being heard, understood and believed, which is a set of learnable techniques. At Year 3: being heard.
- Building somebody who is not you, and reading the page they came from. At Year 3: reading a script, improvising.
English 1 topic
- Identify nouns, verbs and adjectives and use them to build clear sentences.
Spelling 1 topic
- Apply spelling patterns and conventions to spell words accurately.
Writing 1 topic
- Write a recount with events in order, using time words to connect them.
Brain teasers 1 topic
- Work out an answer from the information given, using reasoning rather than recall.
Science 1 topic
- Describe weather and seasonal change, and the properties of air, water and soil.
Year 4 89 topics
Reading 44 topics
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
and 39 more in Reading this year.
Art 9 topics
- Looking properly and putting down what is actually there, which is a trainable skill and not a talent. Working at Year 4: drawing from life, line and shape, tone and shading.
- How colour actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Year 4: mixing and matching, warm and cool, tints and shades.
- Paint as a material with its own rules, learned by using it rather than by being warned about it. Working at Year 4: thick and thin paint, backgrounds and layers, brush marks.
- Making the same mark many times, which is where pattern, repetition and a good deal of design begin. Working at Year 4: repeating patterns, relief printing, pattern in other cultures.
- Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Year 4: joining and construction.
and 4 more in Art this year.
Physical education 4 topics
- The movements every game is built from: running, jumping, throwing, catching and balance. At Year 4: running, hopping and skipping, throwing and catching, balance and coordination, striking and dribbling, gymnastic shapes and rolls.
- What exercise actually does to the heart, the lungs and the muscles, and how to build it up safely. At Year 4: warming up and cooling down, heart rate, rest, water and recovery.
- How a game works, why the rules are there, and what makes somebody worth playing with. At Year 4: playing by the rules, team positions, attacking and defending, winning and losing well.
- The kit and the checks that stop an ordinary afternoon becoming an injury. At Year 4: kit and footwear, checking the playing area, common injuries, heat, cold and water.
Health 4 topics
- Hygiene, sleep, teeth and skin: the small habits that prevent most of what goes wrong. At Year 4: washing and germs, teeth, sleep, illness and immunity.
- What food does in the body. Nothing here calls a food good or bad, because that is how eating becomes a worry. At Year 4: food groups, vitamins and minerals, water and drinks, food safety, allergies.
- Naming feelings and knowing what helps. Nothing on this page diagnoses anybody. At Year 4: naming feelings, calming down, worry, friendship and falling out, asking for help.
- What to do when something goes wrong, in the order it should be done. At Year 4: road and water safety, first aid: bleeding and burns, fire and emergencies, medicines.
Computing 4 topics
- Writing instructions exact enough for something with no judgement to follow them. At Year 4: giving exact instructions, loops, conditions, variables, debugging.
- What is actually inside the machine, and how information is stored and moved about. At Year 4: parts of a computer, binary, files and storage.
- Passwords, privacy, scams and behaviour. The part with the largest consequences outside school. At Year 4: passwords, what is personal information, scams and phishing, being decent online.
- Making something that works: a program, a document, a spreadsheet, an image. At Year 4: documents, making a program, images and sound.
Social studies 4 topics
- What happened, how anybody knows, and why two honest accounts can disagree. At Year 4: then and now, sources, cause and consequence, local history.
- Where places are, what they are like, and why people live where they do. At Year 4: maps and directions, continents and oceans, climate and weather.
- How decisions get made for everybody, and what one person can do about them. At Year 4: rules and laws, rights and responsibilities.
- How families and countries get what they need, and the choices scarcity forces. At Year 4: needs and wants, jobs and industries, buying, selling and trade, saving and budgeting.
Mathematics 3 topics
- Relate fractions, decimals and percentages, including addition and subtraction of decimals.
- Multiply two-digit numbers by one-digit and two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value.
- Determine the area and perimeter of rectangles and explain the difference.
Music 3 topics
- The parts every piece is made of, named so a child can say what they are hearing. At Year 4: finding the beat, rhythm patterns, high and low, loud, quiet, fast, slow.
- How sound is written down so somebody who has never heard it can play it. At Year 4: note values, the stave and clefs, writing your own.
- Hearing what is happening in a piece, from anywhere in the world. At Year 4: instruments and families, music from many places, verse, chorus and structure.
Drama 3 topics
- Being heard, understood and believed, which is a set of learnable techniques. At Year 4: being heard, pace and pause, movement and stillness, staying in character.
- Building somebody who is not you, and reading the page they came from. At Year 4: reading a script, building a character, improvising.
- Everything around the actor, and the people who run it. At Year 4: the stage, set, props and costume.
Explore 2 topics
- Understand how a message can be hidden, and why some codes are easy to break.
- Understand that a structure holds because of its shape, before its material.
Quantitative reasoning 2 topics
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Verbal reasoning 2 topics
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
English 1 topic
- Determine the main idea of a text and support it with evidence from the text.
Spelling 1 topic
- Apply spelling patterns and conventions to spell words accurately.
Science 1 topic
- Describe how light travels and how sound is produced and transmitted.
Writing 1 topic
- Organise writing into paragraphs, each developing one idea.
Brain teasers 1 topic
- Work out an answer from the information given, using reasoning rather than recall.
Year 5 94 topics
Reading 44 topics
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
and 39 more in Reading this year.
Art 9 topics
- Looking properly and putting down what is actually there, which is a trainable skill and not a talent. Working at Year 5: line and shape, tone and shading, perspective.
- How colour actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Year 5: mixing and matching, warm and cool, tints and shades, colour and feeling.
- Paint as a material with its own rules, learned by using it rather than by being warned about it. Working at Year 5: backgrounds and layers, brush marks.
- Making the same mark many times, which is where pattern, repetition and a good deal of design begin. Working at Year 5: relief printing, pattern in other cultures.
- Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Year 5: joining and construction, carving and casting.
and 4 more in Art this year.
Mathematics 5 topics
- Generate and recognise equivalent fractions, and compare fractions with unlike denominators.
- Divide three-digit numbers by one-digit numbers and interpret remainders in context.
- Determine the volume of rectangular prisms and relate volume to capacity.
- Identify factors and multiples, and solve problems involving ratio.
- Collect and display data, and describe the likelihood of outcomes.
Physical education 4 topics
- The movements every game is built from: running, jumping, throwing, catching and balance. At Year 5: throwing and catching, balance and coordination, striking and dribbling, agility and reaction, gymnastic shapes and rolls.
- What exercise actually does to the heart, the lungs and the muscles, and how to build it up safely. At Year 5: warming up and cooling down, heart rate, stamina and strength, muscles and joints, rest, water and recovery.
- How a game works, why the rules are there, and what makes somebody worth playing with. At Year 5: playing by the rules, team positions, attacking and defending, winning and losing well.
- The kit and the checks that stop an ordinary afternoon becoming an injury. At Year 5: kit and footwear, common injuries, head injuries, heat, cold and water.
Health 4 topics
- Hygiene, sleep, teeth and skin: the small habits that prevent most of what goes wrong. At Year 5: teeth, sleep, illness and immunity, growing and changing.
- What food does in the body. Nothing here calls a food good or bad, because that is how eating becomes a worry. At Year 5: vitamins and minerals, water and drinks, reading a label, food safety, allergies.
- Naming feelings and knowing what helps. Nothing on this page diagnoses anybody. At Year 5: naming feelings, calming down, worry, friendship and falling out, screens and comparison, asking for help.
- What to do when something goes wrong, in the order it should be done. At Year 5: road and water safety, first aid: bleeding and burns, fire and emergencies, medicines.
Computing 4 topics
- Writing instructions exact enough for something with no judgement to follow them. At Year 5: loops, conditions, variables, debugging.
- What is actually inside the machine, and how information is stored and moved about. At Year 5: binary, files and storage, networks and the internet.
- Passwords, privacy, scams and behaviour. The part with the largest consequences outside school. At Year 5: passwords, scams and phishing, judging what you read, being decent online.
- Making something that works: a program, a document, a spreadsheet, an image. At Year 5: documents, spreadsheets, making a program, images and sound.
Social studies 4 topics
- What happened, how anybody knows, and why two honest accounts can disagree. At Year 5: sources, cause and consequence, local history.
- Where places are, what they are like, and why people live where they do. At Year 5: latitude, longitude and time zones, climate and weather, rivers, coasts and landforms.
- How decisions get made for everybody, and what one person can do about them. At Year 5: rights and responsibilities, how a country is run.
- How families and countries get what they need, and the choices scarcity forces. At Year 5: jobs and industries, buying, selling and trade, saving and budgeting.
Music 3 topics
- The parts every piece is made of, named so a child can say what they are hearing. At Year 5: high and low, loud, quiet, fast, slow, scales and octaves.
- How sound is written down so somebody who has never heard it can play it. At Year 5: note values, the stave and clefs, time signatures, writing your own.
- Hearing what is happening in a piece, from anywhere in the world. At Year 5: music from many places, verse, chorus and structure, music with pictures.
Drama 3 topics
- Being heard, understood and believed, which is a set of learnable techniques. At Year 5: being heard, pace and pause, movement and stillness, staying in character, when it goes wrong.
- Building somebody who is not you, and reading the page they came from. At Year 5: reading a script, building a character, improvising.
- Everything around the actor, and the people who run it. At Year 5: the stage, light and sound, set, props and costume.
Explore 2 topics
- Understand what a rule is, who makes law, and what fairness means in practice.
- Understand how the body defends itself and how doctors find out what is wrong.
Quantitative reasoning 2 topics
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Verbal reasoning 2 topics
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Exam technique 1 topic
- Manage time and question order under test conditions.
English 1 topic
- Use capitalisation, end punctuation and commas correctly in written work.
French 1 topic
- Use numbers, colours and days of the week in simple French sentences.
Spanish 1 topic
- Use numbers and colours in simple Spanish phrases.
Spelling 1 topic
- Apply spelling patterns and conventions to spell words accurately.
Science 1 topic
- Investigate forces and how simple machines change the effort needed to do work.
Writing 1 topic
- Write for a specific audience and purpose, using an appropriate form.
Brain teasers 1 topic
- Work out an answer from the information given, using reasoning rather than recall.
Year 6 89 topics
Reading 41 topics
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
and 36 more in Reading this year.
Art 9 topics
- Looking properly and putting down what is actually there, which is a trainable skill and not a talent. Working at Year 6: tone and shading, perspective, observational study.
- How colour actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Year 6: warm and cool, tints and shades, colour and feeling.
- Paint as a material with its own rules, learned by using it rather than by being warned about it. Working at Year 6: backgrounds and layers, brush marks, working from a study.
- Making the same mark many times, which is where pattern, repetition and a good deal of design begin. Working at Year 6: relief printing, pattern in other cultures.
- Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Year 6: carving and casting, working to a brief.
and 4 more in Art this year.
Physical education 4 topics
- The movements every game is built from: running, jumping, throwing, catching and balance. At Year 6: striking and dribbling, agility and reaction, gymnastic shapes and rolls.
- What exercise actually does to the heart, the lungs and the muscles, and how to build it up safely. At Year 6: warming up and cooling down, heart rate, stamina and strength, muscles and joints, rest, water and recovery.
- How a game works, why the rules are there, and what makes somebody worth playing with. At Year 6: playing by the rules, team positions, attacking and defending, winning and losing well, officiating a game yourself.
- The kit and the checks that stop an ordinary afternoon becoming an injury. At Year 6: kit and footwear, common injuries, head injuries, heat, cold and water.
Health 4 topics
- Hygiene, sleep, teeth and skin: the small habits that prevent most of what goes wrong. At Year 6: sleep, illness and immunity, growing and changing.
- What food does in the body. Nothing here calls a food good or bad, because that is how eating becomes a worry. At Year 6: vitamins and minerals, water and drinks, reading a label, food safety, allergies.
- Naming feelings and knowing what helps. Nothing on this page diagnoses anybody. At Year 6: naming feelings, calming down, worry, friendship and falling out, screens and comparison, asking for help.
- What to do when something goes wrong, in the order it should be done. At Year 6: road and water safety, first aid: bleeding and burns, fire and emergencies, medicines.
Computing 4 topics
- Writing instructions exact enough for something with no judgement to follow them. At Year 6: loops, conditions, variables, debugging.
- What is actually inside the machine, and how information is stored and moved about. At Year 6: binary, files and storage, networks and the internet.
- Passwords, privacy, scams and behaviour. The part with the largest consequences outside school. At Year 6: passwords, scams and phishing, judging what you read, being decent online.
- Making something that works: a program, a document, a spreadsheet, an image. At Year 6: documents, spreadsheets, making a program, images and sound.
Social studies 4 topics
- What happened, how anybody knows, and why two honest accounts can disagree. At Year 6: sources, cause and consequence, local history.
- Where places are, what they are like, and why people live where they do. At Year 6: latitude, longitude and time zones, climate and weather, rivers, coasts and landforms.
- How decisions get made for everybody, and what one person can do about them. At Year 6: rights and responsibilities, how a country is run.
- How families and countries get what they need, and the choices scarcity forces. At Year 6: jobs and industries, buying, selling and trade, saving and budgeting.
Mathematics 3 topics
- Determine percentages of quantities and solve problems involving percent.
- Apply the order of operations to evaluate expressions, including brackets.
- Represent patterns and unknowns with letters, and solve one-step equations.
Music 3 topics
- The parts every piece is made of, named so a child can say what they are hearing. At Year 6: loud, quiet, fast, slow, scales and octaves.
- How sound is written down so somebody who has never heard it can play it. At Year 6: note values, the stave and clefs, time signatures, writing your own.
- Hearing what is happening in a piece, from anywhere in the world. At Year 6: music from many places, verse, chorus and structure, music with pictures.
Drama 3 topics
- Being heard, understood and believed, which is a set of learnable techniques. At Year 6: being heard, pace and pause, movement and stillness, staying in character, when it goes wrong.
- Building somebody who is not you, and reading the page they came from. At Year 6: reading a script, building a character, improvising.
- Everything around the actor, and the people who run it. At Year 6: the stage, light and sound, set, props and costume.
Explore 2 topics
- Understand what an AI actually does, and why it can be confidently wrong.
- Meet the idea that the very small behaves by different rules.
Quantitative reasoning 2 topics
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Verbal reasoning 2 topics
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Exam technique 1 topic
- Read a question accurately and answer what was actually asked.
English 1 topic
- Summarise a text in your own words, keeping the meaning and cutting the detail.
French 1 topic
- Use the present tense of être and avoir to describe yourself and others.
Spanish 1 topic
- Use ser and tener in the present tense to describe yourself and others.
Spelling 1 topic
- Apply spelling patterns and conventions to spell words accurately.
Science 1 topic
- Describe states of matter and distinguish physical from chemical change.
Writing 1 topic
- Write to persuade, supporting a position with reasons and evidence.
Brain teasers 1 topic
- Work out an answer from the information given, using reasoning rather than recall.
Year 7 88 topics
Reading 34 topics
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
and 29 more in Reading this year.
Art 9 topics
- Looking properly and putting down what is actually there, which is a trainable skill and not a talent. Working at Year 7: tone and shading, perspective, observational study.
- How colour actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Year 7: tints and shades, colour and feeling.
- Paint as a material with its own rules, learned by using it rather than by being warned about it. Working at Year 7: brush marks, working from a study.
- Making the same mark many times, which is where pattern, repetition and a good deal of design begin. Working at Year 7: relief printing, pattern in other cultures.
- Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Year 7: carving and casting, working to a brief.
and 4 more in Art this year.
Physical education 4 topics
- The movements every game is built from: running, jumping, throwing, catching and balance. At Year 7: agility and reaction.
- What exercise actually does to the heart, the lungs and the muscles, and how to build it up safely. At Year 7: warming up and cooling down, heart rate, stamina and strength, muscles and joints, planning your own training.
- How a game works, why the rules are there, and what makes somebody worth playing with. At Year 7: playing by the rules, attacking and defending, tactics and set plays, winning and losing well, officiating a game yourself.
- The kit and the checks that stop an ordinary afternoon becoming an injury. At Year 7: kit and footwear, common injuries, head injuries.
Health 4 topics
- Hygiene, sleep, teeth and skin: the small habits that prevent most of what goes wrong. At Year 7: sleep, illness and immunity, growing and changing.
- What food does in the body. Nothing here calls a food good or bad, because that is how eating becomes a worry. At Year 7: water and drinks, reading a label, allergies.
- Naming feelings and knowing what helps. Nothing on this page diagnoses anybody. At Year 7: naming feelings, calming down, worry, screens and comparison, asking for help.
- What to do when something goes wrong, in the order it should be done. At Year 7: road and water safety, first aid: bleeding and burns, when somebody is unconscious, medicines.
Computing 4 topics
- Writing instructions exact enough for something with no judgement to follow them. At Year 7: variables, debugging, breaking a problem up.
- What is actually inside the machine, and how information is stored and moved about. At Year 7: binary, networks and the internet, how a search engine works.
- Passwords, privacy, scams and behaviour. The part with the largest consequences outside school. At Year 7: passwords, judging what you read, being decent online, what a free app costs.
- Making something that works: a program, a document, a spreadsheet, an image. At Year 7: spreadsheets, making a program, using other people’s work, making it usable by everybody.
Social studies 4 topics
- What happened, how anybody knows, and why two honest accounts can disagree. At Year 7: cause and consequence, bias and interpretation.
- Where places are, what they are like, and why people live where they do. At Year 7: latitude, longitude and time zones, rivers, coasts and landforms, people and places.
- How decisions get made for everybody, and what one person can do about them. At Year 7: how a country is run, taxes and public services, having a say.
- How families and countries get what they need, and the choices scarcity forces. At Year 7: buying, selling and trade, why prices change.
Mathematics 3 topics
- Add, subtract, multiply and divide integers, and explain the rules for signs.
- Use angle relationships in lines, triangles and polygons to find unknown angles.
- Calculate and compare measures of central tendency, and interpret data displays critically.
Music 3 topics
- The parts every piece is made of, named so a child can say what they are hearing. At Year 7: scales and octaves, syncopation.
- How sound is written down so somebody who has never heard it can play it. At Year 7: the stave and clefs, time signatures, sharps, flats and keys.
- Hearing what is happening in a piece, from anywhere in the world. At Year 7: verse, chorus and structure, improvising, music with pictures.
Drama 3 topics
- Being heard, understood and believed, which is a set of learnable techniques. At Year 7: being heard, staying in character, when it goes wrong.
- Building somebody who is not you, and reading the page they came from. At Year 7: conflict and status, improvising, monologue and soliloquy.
- Everything around the actor, and the people who run it. At Year 7: light and sound, rehearsal, working backstage.
Business studies 3 topics
- What a business is, who owns it, and why most of them close in the first two years. At Year 7: types of business, costs, revenue and profit, customers and competition.
- Writing down what happened to the money so that somebody else can check it. At Year 7: keeping records, assets, liabilities and equity.
- Banking, credit, tax, and what it takes to start something of your own. At Year 7: banking and cards, interest and inflation, budgeting and saving, starting a business.
Economics 3 topics
- Who makes what, who does the work, and why some countries are richer than others. At Year 7: factors of production, division of labour, work and wages.
- What money is for, and why the same note buys less every year. At Year 7: what money does, why prices rise, saving and borrowing, value for money.
- The habit the whole subject is for: working out which option is actually better. At Year 7: weighing two options.
Quantitative reasoning 2 topics
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Verbal reasoning 2 topics
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Exam technique 1 topic
- Use estimation and elimination to answer multiple-choice items efficiently.
Explore 1 topic
- Explain how immune memory works and what a vaccine actually contains.
Physics 1 topic
- Describe forces acting on objects, and analyse how motion changes when forces are unbalanced.
Chemistry 1 topic
- Use the particle model to explain the properties of solids, liquids, gases, and of mixtures and solutions.
Biology 1 topic
- Describe the cell as the basic unit of life, and compare plant and animal cells.
Brain teasers 1 topic
- Work out an answer from the information given, using reasoning rather than recall.
English 1 topic
- Draw inferences from a text and support them with specific evidence.
Writing 1 topic
- Write a multi-paragraph piece with a clear line of argument and supporting evidence.
French 1 topic
- Understand and use familiar French words and phrases in everyday situations.
Spanish 1 topic
- Understand and use familiar Spanish words and phrases in everyday situations.
Year 8 90 topics
Reading 35 topics
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
and 30 more in Reading this year.
Art 8 topics
- Looking properly and putting down what is actually there, which is a trainable skill and not a talent. Working at Year 8: perspective, observational study.
- How colour actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Year 8: colour and feeling.
- Paint as a material with its own rules, learned by using it rather than by being warned about it. Working at Year 8: working from a study.
- Making the same mark many times, which is where pattern, repetition and a good deal of design begin. Working at Year 8: pattern in other cultures.
- Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Year 8: carving and casting, working to a brief.
and 3 more in Art this year.
Economics 5 topics
- Who makes what, who does the work, and why some countries are richer than others. At Year 8: factors of production, division of labour, productivity, why countries differ, work and wages.
- The single idea the subject rests on, and how prices come out of it. At Year 8: scarcity and choice, supply and demand, shortages and surpluses.
- What money is for, and why the same note buys less every year. At Year 8: what money does, why prices rise, saving and borrowing, value for money.
- The habit the whole subject is for: working out which option is actually better. At Year 8: weighing two options, reading an economic chart, averages and people.
- What the headline numbers measure, and what they leave out. At Year 8: what gdp measures, inflation and unemployment, trade between countries.
Physical education 4 topics
- The movements every game is built from: running, jumping, throwing, catching and balance. At Year 8: agility and reaction.
- What exercise actually does to the heart, the lungs and the muscles, and how to build it up safely. At Year 8: warming up and cooling down, stamina and strength, muscles and joints, planning your own training.
- How a game works, why the rules are there, and what makes somebody worth playing with. At Year 8: playing by the rules, attacking and defending, tactics and set plays, winning and losing well, officiating a game yourself.
- The kit and the checks that stop an ordinary afternoon becoming an injury. At Year 8: kit and footwear, common injuries, head injuries.
Health 4 topics
- Hygiene, sleep, teeth and skin: the small habits that prevent most of what goes wrong. At Year 8: sleep, illness and immunity, growing and changing.
- What food does in the body. Nothing here calls a food good or bad, because that is how eating becomes a worry. At Year 8: water and drinks, reading a label, allergies.
- Naming feelings and knowing what helps. Nothing on this page diagnoses anybody. At Year 8: naming feelings, calming down, worry, screens and comparison, asking for help.
- What to do when something goes wrong, in the order it should be done. At Year 8: road and water safety, first aid: bleeding and burns, when somebody is unconscious, medicines.
Computing 4 topics
- Writing instructions exact enough for something with no judgement to follow them. At Year 8: variables, debugging, breaking a problem up.
- What is actually inside the machine, and how information is stored and moved about. At Year 8: binary, networks and the internet, how a search engine works.
- Passwords, privacy, scams and behaviour. The part with the largest consequences outside school. At Year 8: passwords, judging what you read, being decent online, what a free app costs.
- Making something that works: a program, a document, a spreadsheet, an image. At Year 8: spreadsheets, making a program, using other people’s work, making it usable by everybody.
Social studies 4 topics
- What happened, how anybody knows, and why two honest accounts can disagree. At Year 8: cause and consequence, bias and interpretation.
- Where places are, what they are like, and why people live where they do. At Year 8: latitude, longitude and time zones, rivers, coasts and landforms, people and places.
- How decisions get made for everybody, and what one person can do about them. At Year 8: how a country is run, taxes and public services, having a say.
- How families and countries get what they need, and the choices scarcity forces. At Year 8: buying, selling and trade, why prices change.
Mathematics 3 topics
- Solve linear equations, including those with brackets and with the variable on both sides.
- Solve problems involving percentage increase, decrease and reverse percentages.
- Describe a linear pattern with a rule, and use the rule to find any term.
Music 3 topics
- The parts every piece is made of, named so a child can say what they are hearing. At Year 8: scales and octaves, syncopation.
- How sound is written down so somebody who has never heard it can play it. At Year 8: the stave and clefs, time signatures, sharps, flats and keys.
- Hearing what is happening in a piece, from anywhere in the world. At Year 8: verse, chorus and structure, improvising, music with pictures.
Drama 3 topics
- Being heard, understood and believed, which is a set of learnable techniques. At Year 8: being heard, staying in character, when it goes wrong.
- Building somebody who is not you, and reading the page they came from. At Year 8: conflict and status, improvising, monologue and soliloquy.
- Everything around the actor, and the people who run it. At Year 8: light and sound, rehearsal, working backstage.
Business studies 3 topics
- What a business is, who owns it, and why most of them close in the first two years. At Year 8: types of business, costs, revenue and profit, break-even, customers and competition, cash flow.
- Writing down what happened to the money so that somebody else can check it. At Year 8: keeping records, assets, liabilities and equity, double entry, income statement and balance sheet.
- Banking, credit, tax, and what it takes to start something of your own. At Year 8: banking and cards, interest and inflation, budgeting and saving, tax, starting a business.
Quantitative reasoning 2 topics
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Verbal reasoning 2 topics
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Exam technique 1 topic
- Prepare for and sit an examination without losing marks to panic.
Explore 1 topic
- Explain an orbit as continuous falling, and why weightlessness is not absence of gravity.
Physics 1 topic
- Describe energy transfer, and explain that energy is conserved as it changes form.
Chemistry 1 topic
- Distinguish physical from chemical change, and explain that mass is conserved in a chemical reaction.
Biology 1 topic
- Explain how body systems work together to move materials to and from cells.
Brain teasers 1 topic
- Work out an answer from the information given, using reasoning rather than recall.
English 1 topic
- Identify figurative language and explain its effect on the reader.
Writing 1 topic
- Write an organised informational text using headings, precise language and evidence.
French 1 topic
- Understand and use familiar French words and phrases in everyday situations.
Spanish 1 topic
- Understand and use familiar Spanish words and phrases in everyday situations.
Year 9 81 topics
Reading 25 topics
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
and 20 more in Reading this year.
Art 8 topics
- Looking properly and putting down what is actually there, which is a trainable skill and not a talent. Working at Year 9: observational study.
- How colour actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Year 9: colour and feeling.
- Paint as a material with its own rules, learned by using it rather than by being warned about it. Working at Year 9: working from a study.
- Making the same mark many times, which is where pattern, repetition and a good deal of design begin. Working at Year 9: pattern in other cultures.
- Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Year 9: working to a brief.
and 3 more in Art this year.
Economics 5 topics
- Who makes what, who does the work, and why some countries are richer than others. At Year 9: factors of production, division of labour, productivity, why countries differ, work and wages.
- The single idea the subject rests on, and how prices come out of it. At Year 9: scarcity and choice, supply and demand, shortages and surpluses, competition and monopoly, when governments intervene.
- What money is for, and why the same note buys less every year. At Year 9: what money does, why prices rise, saving and borrowing.
- The habit the whole subject is for: working out which option is actually better. At Year 9: weighing two options, reading an economic chart, averages and people, checking a claim about the economy.
- What the headline numbers measure, and what they leave out. At Year 9: what gdp measures, inflation and unemployment, trade between countries, interest rates, development.
Physical education 4 topics
- The movements every game is built from: running, jumping, throwing, catching and balance. At Year 9: agility and reaction.
- What exercise actually does to the heart, the lungs and the muscles, and how to build it up safely. At Year 9: warming up and cooling down, stamina and strength, muscles and joints, planning your own training.
- How a game works, why the rules are there, and what makes somebody worth playing with. At Year 9: playing by the rules, attacking and defending, tactics and set plays, winning and losing well, officiating a game yourself.
- The kit and the checks that stop an ordinary afternoon becoming an injury. At Year 9: kit and footwear, common injuries, head injuries.
Health 4 topics
- Hygiene, sleep, teeth and skin: the small habits that prevent most of what goes wrong. At Year 9: sleep, illness and immunity.
- What food does in the body. Nothing here calls a food good or bad, because that is how eating becomes a worry. At Year 9: water and drinks, reading a label, allergies.
- Naming feelings and knowing what helps. Nothing on this page diagnoses anybody. At Year 9: naming feelings, calming down, worry, screens and comparison, asking for help.
- What to do when something goes wrong, in the order it should be done. At Year 9: road and water safety, first aid: bleeding and burns, when somebody is unconscious, medicines.
Computing 4 topics
- Writing instructions exact enough for something with no judgement to follow them. At Year 9: variables, debugging, breaking a problem up.
- What is actually inside the machine, and how information is stored and moved about. At Year 9: binary, networks and the internet, how a search engine works.
- Passwords, privacy, scams and behaviour. The part with the largest consequences outside school. At Year 9: passwords, judging what you read, being decent online, what a free app costs.
- Making something that works: a program, a document, a spreadsheet, an image. At Year 9: spreadsheets, making a program, using other people’s work, making it usable by everybody.
Social studies 4 topics
- What happened, how anybody knows, and why two honest accounts can disagree. At Year 9: cause and consequence, bias and interpretation.
- Where places are, what they are like, and why people live where they do. At Year 9: latitude, longitude and time zones, rivers, coasts and landforms, people and places.
- How decisions get made for everybody, and what one person can do about them. At Year 9: how a country is run, taxes and public services, having a say.
- How families and countries get what they need, and the choices scarcity forces. At Year 9: buying, selling and trade, why prices change.
Mathematics 3 topics
- Apply the Pythagorean theorem to find a missing side of a right triangle.
- Apply the laws of exponents, and evaluate squares, cubes and their roots.
- Interpret and graph linear relations, and relate the equation to the gradient and intercept.
Music 3 topics
- The parts every piece is made of, named so a child can say what they are hearing. At Year 9: scales and octaves, syncopation.
- How sound is written down so somebody who has never heard it can play it. At Year 9: the stave and clefs, time signatures, sharps, flats and keys.
- Hearing what is happening in a piece, from anywhere in the world. At Year 9: verse, chorus and structure, improvising, music with pictures.
Drama 3 topics
- Being heard, understood and believed, which is a set of learnable techniques. At Year 9: being heard, staying in character, when it goes wrong.
- Building somebody who is not you, and reading the page they came from. At Year 9: conflict and status, improvising, monologue and soliloquy.
- Everything around the actor, and the people who run it. At Year 9: light and sound, rehearsal, working backstage.
Business studies 3 topics
- What a business is, who owns it, and why most of them close in the first two years. At Year 9: types of business, costs, revenue and profit, break-even, customers and competition, cash flow.
- Writing down what happened to the money so that somebody else can check it. At Year 9: keeping records, assets, liabilities and equity, double entry, income statement and balance sheet, checking the books.
- Banking, credit, tax, and what it takes to start something of your own. At Year 9: banking and cards, interest and inflation, budgeting and saving, tax, starting a business.
Explore 2 topics
- Recognise how averages, axes and sampling can be used to mislead honestly.
- Describe how a message is split, addressed, routed and reassembled across a network.
Quantitative reasoning 2 topics
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Find and apply the rule behind a numerical or figural pattern (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Verbal reasoning 2 topics
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
- Reason about word meaning and relationships under time pressure (CCAT-style reasoning; not a Australian Curriculum v9.0 outcome).
Exam technique 1 topic
- Plan revision and sit NAPLAN using timing, reading and elimination together.
Physics 1 topic
- Build and interpret series and parallel circuits, and use current, voltage and resistance to explain their behaviour.
Chemistry 1 topic
- Classify substances as acidic, basic or neutral using indicators and the pH scale, and describe neutralisation.
Biology 1 topic
- Trace the flow of energy through an ecosystem and predict the effect of change on populations.
Brain teasers 1 topic
- Work out an answer from the information given, using reasoning rather than recall.
English 1 topic
- Evaluate an argument, distinguishing evidence from persuasion and identifying bias.
Writing 1 topic
- Write a narrative that uses detail, dialogue and pace deliberately.
French 1 topic
- Understand and use familiar French words and phrases in everyday situations.
Spanish 1 topic
- Understand and use familiar Spanish words and phrases in everyday situations.
Year 10 22 topics
Mathematics 8 topics
- Years 10 to 12: solving x² equations by factorising, and what the two answers mean on the graph. At Year 10: factorising a quadratic, solving by factorising.
- Years 10 to 12: two unknowns and two facts, solved together and then checked. At Year 10: solving by elimination, solving by substitution, checking the pair.
- Years 10 to 12: sine, cosine and tangent, and the two triangles the exact values come from. At Year 10: the three ratios, exact values, finding a missing side.
- Years 10 to 12: finding any term without listing the ones before it, and summing a run of them. At Year 10: the nth term of an arithmetic sequence.
- Years 10 to 12: reading a line off two points, and writing the equation that describes it. At Year 10: gradient from two points, the equation of a line.
and 3 more in Mathematics this year.
Art 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: sustained personal projects, working to a brief, and writing about art as well as making it. Working at Year 10: a sustained project, working to a set brief, critical study.
Physical education 1 topic
- Senior work: leading a session, officiating a game, and analysing performance with numbers rather than impressions. At Year 10: planning a session, officiating properly, analysing performance, training principles.
Health 1 topic
- Senior work: how health is measured across a population, and what actually changes it. At Year 10: public health, reading health claims, long-term conditions.
Computing 1 topic
- Senior work: writing real programs, storing data properly, and the ethics that come with both. At Year 10: data structures, databases, algorithms and efficiency, testing and validation.
Social studies 1 topic
- Senior work: history and geography as arguments made from evidence, and how a state actually functions. At Year 10: writing a historical argument, population and development, systems of government.
Music 1 topic
- Senior work: analysing a set piece, composing to a brief, and performing prepared repertoire. At Year 10: analysing a set work, composing to a brief, performing prepared music.
Drama 1 topic
- Senior work: devising, directing, and writing about performance as well as making it. At Year 10: devising, directing, practitioners and styles, writing about performance.
Business studies 1 topic
- Senior work: reading real accounts, planning marketing, and judging a decision on the numbers. At Year 10: ratio analysis, budgeting and forecasting, marketing.
Economics 1 topic
- Senior work: markets that fail, policy that tries to fix them, and the trade-offs in both. At Year 10: market failure, fiscal and monetary policy, international trade.
English 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: whole texts read closely, arguments built and defended, and writing under examination conditions. At Year 10: studying a whole text, poetry comparison, unseen texts, literary technique, building an essay argument, using evidence, writing to time, spoken language.
Writing 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: sustained writing that holds an argument, and writing to a specification. At Year 10: the extended essay, writing to a specification, editing at length.
Physics 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: motion, energy and electricity treated quantitatively, with the equations that go with them. At Year 10: equations of motion, newton’s laws, electric circuits, quantitatively.
Chemistry 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: the mole, equations that balance, and reactions predicted rather than remembered. At Year 10: balanced equations, bonding, energy in reactions.
Biology 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: cells, inheritance and systems, at the level examinations at sixteen and eighteen ask for. At Year 10: cell division, dna and inheritance, enzymes, respiration and photosynthesis.
Year 11 22 topics
Mathematics 8 topics
- Years 10 to 12: solving x² equations by factorising, and what the two answers mean on the graph. At Year 11: factorising a quadratic, solving by factorising, the graph of a quadratic.
- Years 10 to 12: two unknowns and two facts, solved together and then checked. At Year 11: solving by elimination, solving by substitution, checking the pair.
- Years 10 to 12: sine, cosine and tangent, and the two triangles the exact values come from. At Year 11: the three ratios, exact values, finding a missing side, finding a missing angle.
- Years 10 to 12: finding any term without listing the ones before it, and summing a run of them. At Year 11: the nth term of an arithmetic sequence, geometric sequences, summing a series.
- Years 10 to 12: reading a line off two points, and writing the equation that describes it. At Year 11: gradient from two points, the equation of a line, parallel and perpendicular, functions and transformations.
and 3 more in Mathematics this year.
Art 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: sustained personal projects, working to a brief, and writing about art as well as making it. Working at Year 11: a sustained project, working to a set brief, critical study, preparing a portfolio.
Physical education 1 topic
- Senior work: leading a session, officiating a game, and analysing performance with numbers rather than impressions. At Year 11: planning a session, officiating properly, analysing performance, training principles, sport and society.
Health 1 topic
- Senior work: how health is measured across a population, and what actually changes it. At Year 11: public health, reading health claims, long-term conditions, health services.
Computing 1 topic
- Senior work: writing real programs, storing data properly, and the ethics that come with both. At Year 11: data structures, databases, algorithms and efficiency, testing and validation, computing and society.
Social studies 1 topic
- Senior work: history and geography as arguments made from evidence, and how a state actually functions. At Year 11: writing a historical argument, population and development, systems of government, global institutions.
Music 1 topic
- Senior work: analysing a set piece, composing to a brief, and performing prepared repertoire. At Year 11: analysing a set work, composing to a brief, performing prepared music, music technology.
Drama 1 topic
- Senior work: devising, directing, and writing about performance as well as making it. At Year 11: devising, directing, practitioners and styles, writing about performance.
Business studies 1 topic
- Senior work: reading real accounts, planning marketing, and judging a decision on the numbers. At Year 11: ratio analysis, budgeting and forecasting, marketing, employment and ethics.
Economics 1 topic
- Senior work: markets that fail, policy that tries to fix them, and the trade-offs in both. At Year 11: market failure, fiscal and monetary policy, international trade, development economics.
English 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: whole texts read closely, arguments built and defended, and writing under examination conditions. At Year 11: studying a whole text, poetry comparison, unseen texts, literary technique, building an essay argument, using evidence, context, writing to time, spoken language.
Writing 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: sustained writing that holds an argument, and writing to a specification. At Year 11: the extended essay, writing to a specification, referencing, editing at length.
Physics 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: motion, energy and electricity treated quantitatively, with the equations that go with them. At Year 11: equations of motion, newton’s laws, momentum, electric circuits, quantitatively, waves and optics, radioactivity.
Chemistry 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: the mole, equations that balance, and reactions predicted rather than remembered. At Year 11: balanced equations, the mole, bonding, energy in reactions, electrolysis, organic chemistry.
Biology 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: cells, inheritance and systems, at the level examinations at sixteen and eighteen ask for. At Year 11: cell division, dna and inheritance, enzymes, homeostasis, respiration and photosynthesis, natural selection, quantitatively.
Year 12 23 topics
Mathematics 9 topics
- Years 10 to 12: solving x² equations by factorising, and what the two answers mean on the graph. At Year 12: solving by factorising, the graph of a quadratic.
- Years 10 to 12: two unknowns and two facts, solved together and then checked. At Year 12: checking the pair.
- Years 10 to 12: sine, cosine and tangent, and the two triangles the exact values come from. At Year 12: the three ratios, exact values, finding a missing side, finding a missing angle.
- Years 10 to 12: finding any term without listing the ones before it, and summing a run of them. At Year 12: geometric sequences, summing a series.
- Years 10 to 12: reading a line off two points, and writing the equation that describes it. At Year 12: the equation of a line, parallel and perpendicular, functions and transformations.
and 4 more in Mathematics this year.
Art 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: sustained personal projects, working to a brief, and writing about art as well as making it. Working at Year 12: a sustained project, working to a set brief, critical study, preparing a portfolio, exhibiting.
Physical education 1 topic
- Senior work: leading a session, officiating a game, and analysing performance with numbers rather than impressions. At Year 12: planning a session, officiating properly, analysing performance, training principles, sport and society.
Health 1 topic
- Senior work: how health is measured across a population, and what actually changes it. At Year 12: public health, reading health claims, long-term conditions, health services.
Computing 1 topic
- Senior work: writing real programs, storing data properly, and the ethics that come with both. At Year 12: data structures, databases, algorithms and efficiency, testing and validation, computing and society.
Social studies 1 topic
- Senior work: history and geography as arguments made from evidence, and how a state actually functions. At Year 12: writing a historical argument, population and development, systems of government, global institutions.
Music 1 topic
- Senior work: analysing a set piece, composing to a brief, and performing prepared repertoire. At Year 12: analysing a set work, composing to a brief, performing prepared music, music technology.
Drama 1 topic
- Senior work: devising, directing, and writing about performance as well as making it. At Year 12: devising, directing, practitioners and styles, writing about performance.
Business studies 1 topic
- Senior work: reading real accounts, planning marketing, and judging a decision on the numbers. At Year 12: ratio analysis, budgeting and forecasting, marketing, employment and ethics.
Economics 1 topic
- Senior work: markets that fail, policy that tries to fix them, and the trade-offs in both. At Year 12: market failure, fiscal and monetary policy, international trade, development economics.
English 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: whole texts read closely, arguments built and defended, and writing under examination conditions. At Year 12: studying a whole text, unseen texts, literary technique, building an essay argument, using evidence, context, writing to time.
Writing 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: sustained writing that holds an argument, and writing to a specification. At Year 12: the extended essay, writing to a specification, referencing, editing at length.
Physics 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: motion, energy and electricity treated quantitatively, with the equations that go with them. At Year 12: equations of motion, newton’s laws, momentum, electric circuits, quantitatively, waves and optics, radioactivity.
Chemistry 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: the mole, equations that balance, and reactions predicted rather than remembered. At Year 12: balanced equations, the mole, bonding, energy in reactions, electrolysis, organic chemistry.
Biology 1 topic
- Years 10 to 12: cells, inheritance and systems, at the level examinations at sixteen and eighteen ask for. At Year 12: cell division, dna and inheritance, enzymes, homeostasis, respiration and photosynthesis, natural selection, quantitatively.