The Australian Curriculum: Currently at Version 6.0

If you have a hard copy, (printed copy), of the Australian Curriculum, it is important to check what version of you are using.

You can check by looking at the bottom of any page in the footer. This is where the version will be listed.

As of today, 18 February 2014, we are at Version 6.0 of the Australian Curriculum.

You can always check the "Version History" section by clicking the hyperlink in blue on the main page.

Here is the direct link to the "Version History" which gives you a list of all the updates/changes made:

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Home/CurriculumHistory

There has been no changes to any of the Phase One subjects content descriptions or achievement standards since Version 4.2 on 13 March 2013. If you are using a version older than this, you will not have the correct information.

ACARA Communications and Strategic Relations sent this information via email:

Availability of the Australian Curriculum 18 February 2014 The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) has today made available Australian Curriculum for a number of learning areas. Curriculum for the arts, health and physical education, technologies, economics and business, and civics and citizenship for Foundation – Year 10 is now available on the Australian Curriculum website. States and territories and education authorities will determine implementation timelines for schools. This follows a decision by the Council of federal, state and territory education ministers in November last year that the health and physical education, technologies, economics and business, and civics and citizenship curriculum should be made available to states and territories for their use. The arts curriculum was formally endorsed in July 2013, subject to further consultation with Western Australia. The ACARA Board Chair, Professor Barry McGaw, believes that once these subjects are formally endorsed, it will mark another significant moment in Australian education history. ‘The two–three year development of each subject by ACARA has involved a rigorous and robust process to produce a high-quality national curriculum,’ said Professor McGaw. ‘Over the course of the consultation period for the arts, health and physical education, technologies, economics and business, and civics and citizenship, ACARA consulted extensively with government, state and territory education authorities, business, industry and the general public, receiving nearly 5000 submissions. ‘The Australian Curriculum provides young Australians with what they need to learn as they progress through school in the 21st century,’ added Professor McGaw. ‘The Australian Curriculum has been made available based on a decision by all education ministers and to provide teachers, parents and the wider community with the opportunity to view the most recent version of the curriculum,’ said Professor McGaw. Given the Australian Government’s review of the national curriculum, it also means that all of the F–10 curriculum developed by ACARA is available in one location. ‘We want to ensure openness and that everyone is able to see and read the full scope of what the Australian Curriculum covers,’ added Professor McGaw. In December 2010, the Australian Curriculum was published for English, mathematics, science and history for Foundation – Year 10 and implementation is underway across the country. The national curriculum for geography was published in March 2013. For further details, send ACARA an email to info@acara.edu.au, follow the conversation on Twitter @ACARAeduau and @ACARA_CEO, or check us out on Facebook.   For more information, contact Robyn Ziino, Director of Communications and Strategic Relations, on 0404 746 263 or email robyn.ziino@acara.edu.au

 

Our next Woodlands Australian Curriculum Implementation (WACI) Club is on February 27  from 4pm to 5pm at Woodlands PS.  We are focusing on developing learning sequences linked to

Create Written Narratives

  To register please go to the Institute for Professional Learning Online Calendar which can be accessed through the Portal via Professional Learning.

Or please email Carlene.Thorpe@education.wa.edu.au

WACI Club also operates via

 The Collie-Preston Network! 

And from Craigie Heights PS!

(all WACI Clubs form part of the Teacher Development School initiative)

You can register NOW on the IPL Calendar for :

Collie-Preston WACI Club on  20 February  from 4:00 - 6:00pm at 

Dalyellup College Library.  This WACI Club will focus on the SCSA Assessment Principles and Judging Standards. It is a FREE event. In IPL please search for "Assessment Principles and Judging Standards" to register.

AND

Craigie Heights WACI Club is on 27 February from 4:00pm to 5:00pm at

Craigie Heights Primary School. This WACI Club will focus on Create Texts. It is a FREE event. Please register via IPL.
Woodlands Teacher Development School now has an app available through the app store for FREE. Download the app to keep up to date with events, information and blog spots in regards to Australian Curriculum: English! Search for Woodlands Teacher Development School in the App Store!

Also follow us on Twitter @WoodlandsTDS

 

Copyright notice for use of Australian Curriculum material

In regards to the planning tool in this post:

© Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority 2013.
This is an extract from the Australian Curriculum.
ACARA neither endorses nor verifies the accuracy of the information provided and accepts no responsibility for incomplete or inaccurate information. In particular, ACARA does not endorse or verify that:

• The content descriptions are solely for a particular year and subject;
• All the content descriptions for that year and subject have been used; and
• The author’s material aligns with the Australian Curriculum content descriptions for the relevant year and subject.

You can find the unaltered and most up to date version of this material at http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/ This material is reproduced with the permission of ACARA.