Educational Resources for Australian teachers and students, Kindergarten to Year 6
Teachers invited to comment on Draft Writing Brief
Teachers are invited to get involved in the Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus revision, with the Draft Writing Brief now available for consultation.
Teachers are encouraged to provide feedback by completing the Draft Writing Brief Survey. Completed surveys are due to the Board of Studies by 6 June 2008.
Teachers are encouraged to attend consultation meetings at locations across NSW. See the consultation schedule for the date and venue of your nearest consultation meeting.
Comments and suggestions from the meetings and survey will be considered and used to finalise the Writing Brief which will provide directions to writers of the draft syllabus.
For more information on the revision of the Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus contact Nicholas Perkins, Senior Curriculum Officer, Primary Education on (02)9367 8180 or nicholas.perkins@bos.nsw.edu.au.
Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus Draft Writing Brief (PDF - 42 pages - 172KB)
Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus Draft Writing Brief Survey (PDF - 7 pages - 228KB)
Parents’ Guide to the NSW Primary Syllabuses
The Board of Studies has developed the Parents’ Guide to the NSW Primary Syllabuses to help parents follow their child’s early learning and to help them talk with teachers about day-to-day classroom activities and their child’s progress.
The guide provides some examples of the kinds of things children can learn in each of the key learning areas in each stage of primary school.
You can read the Parents’ Guide on this website or download it as a PDF document that can be printed. The Guide is also available in several community languages.
NSW Primary Curriculum Foundation Statements
NSW Primary Curriculum Foundation Statements are a response to the recommendations of the Eltis evaluation and the public consultation that followed. They are short, clear descriptions of the knowledge and skills that each student should develop at each stage of primary school.
K-6 Linkages
K-6 Linkages is an ongoing project identifying related content and outcomes across the six Key Learning Areas. Twenty-two sample units are available, including Aboriginal perspectives, information literacy and multi stage units.
Parents
Parents information on supporting your child's learning. These documents have been written for both teachers and parents, bringing together policies, syllabus information and future directions for K-6 syllabus development.
Primary Matters
Primary Matters is the regular K-6 Board Bulletin report about K-6 documents in development and projects in progress at the Board of Studies.
Links
Links contains many useful website links related to the K-6 Curriculum.
K-6 Outcomes for KLAs
Download the Outcomes for all Key Learning Areas.
PDF - 9 pages - 120KB Word - 9 pages - 172KB