Australian Curriculum Update Mathematics English New K10 Syllabuses

Australian Curriculum Update

Mathematics English New K-10 Syllabuses History Science (K-6 Science & Tech)

NSW K-10 Syllabuses format • Organised in Stages • Outcomes provide more direction • Expectations around content made more explicit • Australian curriculum coding • General capabilities and cross curriculum priorities • Stage statements summarise expected learning as a result of achieving outcomes

English • Text requirements for K-6 • Continuum reflecting modes and a more integrated view • Literacy development is apparent in 7 -10 • Explicit learning in relation to grammar, spelling

Mathematics • Stronger emphasis on statistics and probability • New topics K-6 – order of operations – Cartesian plane in four quadrants – dot plots. • New material in 7 -10 – transformations on the Cartesian plane – Venn diagrams – bivariate data analysis (Stages 5. 2/5. 3).

Science • Greater links K-6 Science & Tech and 7 -10 Science • Clarifies working technologically and how to work with materials • Increased emphasis on Scientific Inquiry skills K-6 • Integration of Science as a Human Endeavour

History • Historical Skills and Concepts for K-6 • Overview and Depth Study approach • New topics such as: – Stage 3: Migration – Stage 4: Ottoman empire, Mongol expansion, Polynesian expansion and Angkor/Khmer empire – Stage 5: Industrial Revolution, Asia and the world, the Environmental movement. • Flexibility to develop a local depth study

Support Materials • Initial support materials September 2012 – guide to the new syllabus and initial advice on assessment • Additional support materials December 2012 – scope and sequence models – advice about programming – sample units of work – further advice on assessment

Timeline 26 June 2012 • Revised draft syllabuses endorsed by Board of Studies September 2012 • Publication of K-10 syllabuses • Publication of initial support material December 2012 2013 • Release of further support material • Schools will have at least 12 months to work with the new syllabuses prior to implementation

Implementation Schedule K-6 English Maths Science & Tech 2014 K-6 Optional K-6 2015 2016 History Optional K-6 7 -10 English Maths Science History 2014 7&9 7&9 2015 8 & 10

e. Syllabus

Subject entry page contains: • Initial navigation to syllabus • Link to support • Messages

• Content organisers can be viewed in a continuum • Use arrows to tab to next stage • Click on organiser to go to related outcomes

• View the outcomes that relate to the content organisers • Click on selected outcomes to go to detailed content

Look at multiple subjects from a stage perspective by content, outcomes or stage statements

• Reduce the view by closing the subjects you do not wish to see • Note outcomes coding

• Syllabus entry page gives navigation options • Special education needs and Life Skills is equally accessible as other parts of syllabus • There will be additional links to support material

• Outcomes coded • S 4 & 5 have Life Skills links • Australian Curriculum coding • General Capabilities • Cross Curriculum Priorities • Filtering facilities

• Diagrams and Equations expand • Glossary Terms hyperlinked

If you read your syllabus like a book there is a traditional navigation layout

• A range of ways to help teachers with mainstream and Life Skills (LS) students in same class • LS outcomes connected to Stage 4 and 5 sequence

Programming Tool

Personalise unit of work template Outcome sorting tool Two main paths / workflows

Term dates default to government term dates Free text box Optional

1. Create a new scope and sequence 2. Pick a scope and sequence format

Mathematics K-6

Implementing the Australian Curriculum in NSW • Consultation on draft syllabuses: 1. August/September 2011 2. March/April 2012 including the online version http: //draftsyllabuses. bos. nsw. edu. au/ • Feedback and recommended changes

What changed from version 1 to version 2 for K-10? Syllabus element Changes Outcomes Additional outcomes included to align one outcome to each substrand in each Stage. Outcomes now coded. Organisation of content One additional component of Working Mathematically – Communicating – has been included. Strand overviews developed and included. Descriptions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia and Sustainability included.

What changed from version 1 to version 2 for K-10? Syllabus element Changes Stage outcomes Continuum of learning amended Stage statements Australian curriculum achievement standards included Assessment Revised for consistency Glossary Will be included in syllabus materials

What changed from version 1 to version 2 for K-6? Syllabus element Changes Content for Early Stage 1 to Stage 3 Communicating tagged as a Working Mathematically component to align with the appropriate outcome Sequence of content for ES 1 to S 3 reviewed to improve the continuum of learning The language of the content has been revised. The Background Information and Language sections have been updated.

What's changed from version 1 to version 2 for K-6? Syllabus element Changes Content for Early Stage 1 to Stage 3 Content related to money strengthened. ‘Two-Dimensional Space’ substrand re-sequenced. Statistics and Probability strand revised. Content on place-value strengthened. Content for ‘Whole Numbers’ in Stage 2 limited to fivedigit numbers.

What's changed from version 1 to version 2 for K-6? Syllabus element Changes Content for Stage 3 Content on other number systems moved to the ‘Additional Content’ section Sector graphs and divided bar graphs moved to Stage 4 Cartesian plane reviewed to make it more accessible Order of operations revised

Syllabus structure in version 2 – – – – Rationale Aim Objectives Outcomes Content – essential and additional Years 7 -10 Life Skills outcomes and content Continuum of learning in Mathematics K-10 • Stage outcomes • Stage statements – Assessment