Our school curriculum is organised around Essential Learnings.

What are the Essential Learnings?

Essential Learnings identify what should be taught and what is important for students to have opportunities to know and be able to do. They describe the ways of working, and knowledge and understanding that students need for ongoing learning, social and personal competence, and participation in a democratic society.

The Essential Learning inform curriculum planning. They constitute a rich set of learnings: and agreed core (not a minimum requirement) that students are able to access, and which schools will use to generate school-based curriculum.

Essential Learnings are available for the eight KLA syllabuses: English, Health and Physical Education, Languages, Mathematics, Science, Studies of Society and the Environment, Technology and The Arts.

How are the Essential Learning organised?

The Essential Learnings describe the focus of teaching a learning in each KLA. They are written at key junctures, which are by the end of years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

How do teachers plan using the Essential Learnings?

Together, the three parts of the Essential Learnings help teachers to plan and provide opportunities for students to experience rich and rewarding learning programs that have relevance and application in the real world.

Schools and teachers have the flexibility to make decisions about how they use and combine Ways of working with Knowledge and understanding within and across KLAs.