Educational Resources for Australian teachers and students, Kindergarten to Year 6
Curriculum requirements for schools in 2012 and 2013
The Board advises all schools to continue to use the existing NSW K–12 syllabuses for 2012. In NSW, teaching programs must be based on the Board of Studies NSW syllabuses. Read Official Notice 37/11.
Have your say about Geography (part of HSIE)
Consultation on the draft Australian curriculum for Geography has begun.
The Board is seeking feedback from K–6 teachers about the suitability of the draft Australian curriculum for Geography for primary schools. In NSW, Geography content is contained mainly in the Environment strand of the K–6 HSIE syllabus.
Primary teachers and interested members of the public are encouraged to complete the Board’s online survey, available until 16 March 2012.
- Summary (PDF) of survey statements
- Online survey
- Draft Australian curriculum for Geography
In addition, there will be opportunities to provide feedback at face-to-face meetings in Term 1, 2012. Meeting details, including an online registration facility, will be available early in 2012 on the Board’s website.
Read more about the Australian curriculum in NSW.
Subscribe to the Board Bulletin for updated information and consultation opportunities.
Register as a curriculum writer and reviewer.
K–10 English, Mathematics, Science and History syllabuses
The Board of Studies is developing K–10 syllabuses for English, Mathematics, Science and History that incorporate the Australian curriculum.
The draft K–10 syllabuses (version 2) are the focus of a second round of consultation from 13 February to 30 April 2012. Have your say at a consultation meeting or via an online survey. The draft K–10 syllabuses can also be viewed in an interactive online format.
Read about the development of the K–10 draft syllabuses, including reports from the first round of consultation in 2011.
Mathematics K–6 Support Document for Students with Special Education Needs
The Mathematics K–6 Support Document for Students with Special Education Needs is designed to help teachers plan, program, assess, implement and evaluate learning experiences that will enable students to achieve in Mathematics.
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.
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