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Parents and students

The Australian Curriculum sets out the core knowledge, understanding, skills and general capabilities that are important for all Australian students.

It identifies what all young people should learn as they progress through schooling, and is the foundation for high quality teaching to meet the needs of all Australian students.

Students across Australia will have a consistent curriculum in English, mathematics, science, (and history in 2013), and these will be the four core learning areas every young Australian will study during their education from Prep to Year 10.

In addition to these four learning areas, schools will have the flexibility to offer a range of other subjects, so that education is tailored to the needs of individual students and each school community.

Within all learning areas, there will be a focus on developing seven general capabilities of students.

The capabilities include skills, behaviours and dispositions that students need to develop and apply to content knowledge, and they will help them become successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens.

Throughout their schooling, students will develop and use these capabilities in their learning across the curriculum, in co-curricular programs, and in their lives outside school.

Incorporated within each of the four key subjects and the seven General capabilities, are three cross-curriculum priorities. Students will learn about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia, and Sustainability.

Parental involvement

Students are more likely to be successful when their parents are engaged in their education.
A wide range of research has shown that when parents are truly engaged, children:

attend school more regularly
are better behaved
have better academic outcomes
have a greater sense of how to be successful in school
are more likely to graduate and go on to post-secondary education

Parents and carers can support their child's education by familiarising themselves with the Australian Curriculum, to understand what their child will be learning at each stage of their schooling.

For more information visit the Australian Curriculum website.

Helpful tips and resources for parents and carers to support their child's education can be found at the Parents and carers website.

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This page was last reviewed on 09 Nov 2011 at 04:15PM

Parents and Students

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