Light LearningEvery topic a child covers in Year 1 under the Australian Curriculum v9.0 (ACARA), as the app teaches it. 62 topics across 12 subjects: Science, Mathematics, English, Brain teasers, Reading, Handwriting, Art, Physical education, Health, Computing, Social studies, Music.
This is the real list, not a summary. Each line is one topic in Light Learning, in the words of the Australia programme rather than reworded.
Reading
31 topics in Reading this year.
Comprehension and Response
- Read a text and respond to it, using evidence from the text to support an answer.
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Art
7 topics in Art this year.
Drawing
- 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.
Colour
- How colour actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Year 1: naming colours, primary and secondary.
Painting
- 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.
Printmaking and pattern
- 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.
Sculpture and making
- Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Year 1: modelling, joining and construction.
Textiles and craft
- Cloth, thread and the making traditions that most of the world learned art through. Working at Year 1: weaving and threading, collage.
Looking at art
- Being able to say something true about somebody else’s work, which is half of every art curriculum and the half usually skipped. Working at Year 1: saying what you can see.
Physical education
4 topics in Physical education this year.
Movement skills
- 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.
Fitness and the body
- 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.
Games and fair play
- 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.
Safety and equipment
- 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 in Health this year.
Keeping the body well
- 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.
Food and nutrition
- 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.
Feelings and wellbeing
- 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.
Safety and first aid
- 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 in Social studies this year.
History
- What happened, how anybody knows, and why two honest accounts can disagree. At Year 1: my family and my home, then and now.
Geography
- 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.
Citizenship and government
- 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.
People, work and money
- 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 in Handwriting this year.
Handwriting
- 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 in Computing this year.
Algorithms and programming
- Writing instructions exact enough for something with no judgement to follow them. At Year 1: giving exact instructions, debugging.
How computers work
- What is actually inside the machine, and how information is stored and moved about. At Year 1: parts of a computer.
Online safety and citizenship
- 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 in Music this year.
Beat, rhythm and pitch
- 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.
Listening and traditions
- 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 in Science this year.
Science · materials and the senses
- Use the senses to describe and sort materials by their properties.
Mathematics
1 topic in Mathematics this year.
Number
- Add and subtract within 20 using strategies, and recall facts to 10.
English
1 topic in English this year.
Phonics and Word Knowledge
- Read common words on sight, and use them to read simple sentences.
Brain teasers
1 topic in Brain teasers this year.
Puzzles and reasoning
- Work out an answer from the information given, using reasoning rather than recall.