Curriculum Programs
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) has finalised the English, mathematics, science and history strands as the first of three phases of the Australian Curriculum will be implemented in years K-10 schools between 2011 and 2013. Other learning areas still being developed in the Australian Curriculum will continue to be taught from the ACT Curriculum Framework Every Chance To Learn until the Australian Curriculum for these learning areas is progressively completed.
School curriculum planning and documentation continues to describe scope and sequencing, content detail and resourcing. The Australian Curriculum will provide guidance on achievement standards. Pedagogy, assessment and reporting remain the responsibility of the classroom teacher, school faculty or team and individual school.
Currently Year 11/12 course frameworks are developed by the Board of Senior Secondary Studies and used by schools to develop courses. They provide a framework for developing content and assessment. This will remain the case until the implementation of the senior years Australian Curriculum.
What's New
Centenary of Canberra 2013
Planning is under way for a year of memorable celebrations to mark this special anniversary not only for Canberrans but for all Australians. The Centenary of Canberra will create lasting legacies in many forms, to take our city confidently into the next century.
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In 2013 we celebrate the centenary of the selection of the Yass-Canberra area as the site of Australia’s future capital city. That selection was the culmination of a long period of debate and controversy, stretching back well into the years before Federation, as towns and regions across Australia had vied for the honour. The Foundation of a National Capital represented in a very real sense the culmination of the establishment of our Nation. For that reason, the Centenary of that Foundation is of immense importance to the nation as a whole. |
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Centenary Reaches into Schools – Units of Work Teachers from the ACT Department of Education and Training and the Centenary of Canberra’s advisor have worked together to create a number of curriculum units to be taught in schools. Developed for primary and secondary schools, the curriculum units aim to provide students with a better understanding of how, when and why Canberra came to be the National Capital of Australia. The visions, challenges and outcomes for Canberra as a planned city are also investigated. The units have been aligned to the Australian Curriculum: History for years 1,3,6 and 9. Year 1 |
Curriculum Programs
- Asia Education
- Languages
- Literacy and Numeracy
- Physical Education and Sport
- Student Wellbeing
- Drug Education
- Values Education
- Sustainable Schools
- Road Safety and Driver Eduaction
- Board of Senior Secondary Studies
- Animals in Schools
- Science Education Resources - CSIRO
- Civics and Citizenship Education
- All Right to Copy?
- Instrumental Music Program
