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Year 1 Australian Curriculum and resources

In 2013, Queensland schools will continue to plan, teach, assess and report on the Australian Curriculum for English, Mathematics and Science, and commence implementing P–10 History which can be accessed on the Australian Curriculum website. The Queensland curriculum will be maintained for all other learning areas.

NEW: History resources are now available from the P–10 History section.

Assessment

Assessment advice and guidelines

P–2 curriculum, assessment and reporting: Advice and guidelines is a resource to support curriculum planning, teaching and learning, assessing and reporting across P–2 as Queensland moves to teaching and learning informed by the Australian Curriculum.

P–2 curriculum, assessment and reporting: Advice and guidelines incorporates the three interim information statements published by the Queensland Studies Authority (QSA) in December 2011: Planning learning in P–2, Assessment in P–2 and Reporting in P–2.

Australian Curriculum learning areas

Standards elaborations (formerly Learning area standards descriptors)

The draft Learning area standards descriptors (LASDs), validated in 2012, have been revised and renamed Standards elaborations (SEs). The draft SEs will undergo further validation in 2013.

Reporting advice and guidelines

Year plans

Curriculum and assessment planning within schools occurs at three levels: whole school, year and unit. Each plan complements the others as they work together to support student learning.

Year level curriculum and assessment planning identifies the specific teaching, learning and assessment in a learning area for the year. It clarifies the curriculum intent and ensures coverage, balance and responsiveness across the year. It is informed by the whole school plan and guides the development of unit overviews.

The QSA year level plan template and exemplars have been updated to incorporate changes to versions 2.0 and 3.0 of the Australian Curriculum. These include changes to the achievement standards and editorial changes to the content descriptions. Specific changes can be viewed on the Australian Curriculum website.

QSA has provided advice and guidelines on assessment and standards, which can be accessed on the Assessment tab.

English

Mathematics

Science

Unit overviews

Unit overviews identify the specific curriculum content, teaching strategies, and approaches to assessment and resources. They are informed by the whole school plan and the year level plan.

The QSA unit overview template and exemplars have been updated to incorporate changes to versions 2.0 and 3.0 of the Australian Curriculum. These include changes to the achievement standards and editorial changes to the content descriptions. Specific changes can be viewed on the Australian Curriculum website.

QSA has provided advice and guidelines on assessment and standards, which can be accessed on the Assessment tab.

English

Mathematics

Science

Multiple years

Planning for multiple year levels

Year level plans for multiple year levels

Year level curriculum and assessment planning identifies the specific teaching, learning and assessment in a learning area for a designated span of year levels for the year. It clarifies the curriculum intent and ensures coverage, balance and responsiveness across the year. It is informed by the whole school plan and guides the development of unit overviews.

English

Mathematics

Science

The conceptual threads used to develop the Science year plan are taken from the key concepts of each Science Understanding sub-strand and have been organised into a two year rotation plan — Year A and Year B.

Unit overviews for multiple year levels

Unit overviews identify the specific curriculum content, teaching strategies, and approaches to assessment and resources. They are informed by the whole school plan and the year level plan.

English

Mathematics

Science

Each conceptual thread is taught through the Year A and Year B rotation of contextualised units. The units are planned to encourage interest in subject matter as well as allow for concepts to be built upon, ensuring depth of learning throughout the course. These unit overviews model how the same concepts can be taught through alternative contexts.

Year A
Year B

 

Audit tools

The audit tools can be used to map a school's current course to Australian Curriculum content descriptions.

Mapping

The curriculum mapping identifies areas of similarity as well as areas of difference between the Queensland curriculum and the Australian Curriculum. The mapping has been updated to incorporate changes to version 3.0 of the Australian Curriculum.

GCs and CCPs

The general capabilities (GCs) and the cross-curriculum priorities (CCPs), together with curriculum content in each learning area, have been written to assist students to live and work successfully in the 21st century. They will have a strong but varying presence depending on their relevance to the learning areas.

General capabilities resources

Cross-curriculum priorities resources

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

Protocols outline the roles and relationships expected of teachers and students working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and knowledges. Information and resources about building relationships with local communities, and protocols that ensure culturally appropriate use of Indigenous collections, please refer to Indigenous perspectives support materials.

Each of the following gives sample learning experiences and web-based resources that support embedding the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures priority across the curriculum:

Current Queensland curriculum documents

Last updated: 15 January 2013