[Year level/band curriculum and assessment plan] [Insert school name, year level/band curriculum, implementation year]

Use this template to plan an overview or summary of each Australian Curriculum learning area or subject to identify teaching, learning and assessment for a year level/band.

How to use this template: Type information into the fields (yellow shading). When the unit plan is complete, delete the highlighted instructions (blue shading). To do so, select the instruction text, click the Home tab > Styles dropdown > Clear All/Clear Formatting > text will revert to Normal style and you can delete the text.

Curriculum overview

Note: For an integrated (multi-disciplinary) or multi-age unit, insert extra rows as required to accommodate the additional achievement standards and content descriptions for the unit.

Year level/band description	Cohort description (if applicable)
Paste the key aspects of the year level/band description for the identified learning area/s or subject/s from the Australian Curriculum. Plan for the key aspects of the description to underpin the curriculum intent for the learning area or subject. [Insert the key aspects of the year level/band description for the learning area/subject]	Describe the needs of the cohort. Plan so that relevant information and data that will have implications for teaching, learning and assessment is considered, e.g. NAPLAN or standardised testing data cohort levels of achievement reasonable adjustments for individual students. [Insert cohort description]
Course organisation (if applicable)
Describe the organisation of the course. Consider the following in your planning: resources timetabling teaching, learning and assessment pathway information into senior secondary courses (for Year 10). [Insert course organisation]

Unit overview

Note: Insert/delete extra rows or columns as required to accommodate the allocated time for specific units. Adjust as necessary to accommodate the course organisation.

Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4
Unit 1 — [Insert unit title]	Unit 2 — [Insert unit title]	Unit 3 — [Insert unit title]	Unit 4 — [Insert unit title]
Write a brief outline of the unit to illustrate the sequence of teaching and learning across the year level/band, e.g. context, key concepts, proficiences, inquiry questions. [Insert unit outline]	[Insert unit outline]	[Insert unit outline]	[Insert unit outline]

Assessment overview

Note: If required, split columns to add additional units, and add or delete rows, to reflect how the curriculum is taught and assessed in your context.

Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4
Assessment — [Insert assessment title]	Week/s	Assessment — [Insert assessment title]	Week/s	Assessment — [Insert assessment title]	Week/s	Assessment — [Insert assessment title]	Week/s
Assessment	Split the column if multiple units are taught across a term. Include all assessment for the unit. Add/delete rows to reflect the number of assessments in your context. Concisely describe the purpose of the assessment. [Insert technique] [Insert concise description] [Insert conditions]	[Insrt dates]	[Insert technique] [Insert concise description] [Insert conditions]	[Insrt dates]	[Insert technique] [Insert concise description] [Insert conditions]	[Insrt dates]	[Insert technique] [Insert concise description] [Insert conditions]	[Insert dates]
Achievement standard	Insert the achievement standard for the learning area or subject from the Australian Curriculum into the cell for each unit across the year. Highlight aspects of the achievement standard that will be covered in the unit. [Insert and highlight the achievement standards]	[Insert and highlight the achievement standards]	[Insert and highlight the achievement standards]	[Insert and highlight the achievement standards]
Moderation	Indicate when moderation will occur and how it will be conducted, e.g. year level moderation, cluster moderation. [Insert moderation details]	[Insert moderation details]	[Insert moderation details]	[Insert moderation details]

Teaching and learning focus

Note: If required, split columns to add additional units to reflect how the curriculum is taught and assessed in your context. Check or uncheck the columns as appropriate for each unit.

Content descriptions
Strand	Unit 1	Unit 2	Unit 3	Unit 4	Strand	Unit 1	Unit 2	Unit 3	Unit 4	Strand	Unit 1	Unit 2	Unit 3	Unit 4
[Insert sub-strands Insert the content descriptions for each sub-strand from the Australian Curriculum that will be taught in this unit. Delete excess columns and rows. [Insert content description/s]	[Insert sub-strands [Insert content description/s]	[Insert sub-strands [Insert content description/s]

Note: Check or uncheck as appropriate for each unit.

General capabilities	Year	Year	Cross-curriculum priorities	Year	Year
Unit	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	Unit	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
Literacy	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture
Numeracy	Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia
Information and communication technology	Sustainability
Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability
Intercultural understanding
Ethical understanding

Planning considerations

Prior to implementation identify ongoing quality assurance processes and strategies to ensure assessment is valid, accessible and reliable and that curriculum, teaching and learning is aligned with assessment. Review the year level/band plan, considering: Where has prior and future learning across the year level/band been reflected in the plan? Are there adequate opportunities for students to develop depth of conceptual understanding and sophistication of skills across the year level/band? Does the plan ensure adequate opportunities for students to demonstrate the achievement standard/s by the end of the year level/band? Are the timing and demands of the planned assessment appropriate in relation to assessment of other learning areas and subjects taught in this year? Are there any Indigenous cultural and intellectual property (ICIP) rights to consider? For guidance, see https://smartcopying.edu.au/guidelines/copyright-basics/indigenous-cultural-and-intellectual-property-rights. Do the assessment techniques and conditions offer a range and balance across the year/band? What strategies for authentication are included? What moderation processes will be used? When will assessment and moderation occur? Is the planned teaching, learning and assessment, sequence appropriate for reporting purposes? Do strategies for differentiation and reasonable adjustments complement the teaching, learning and assessment sequence? How will planned strategies for differentiation and reasonable adjustments impact other year level/band plans? [Insert quality assurance review]
During and at the end of the year/band evaluate and reflect on the teaching, learning and assessment to make refinements for the future. Evaluate how the teaching, learning and assessment across the year level/band provided opportunities to develop depth and breadth of student learning. Consider: Was the teaching, learning and assessment effective? Are there opportunities to improve the effectiveness of the teaching, learning and assessment? If so, what? Were there any common student misconceptions that need, or needed, to be clarified? How do student outcomes in this year of learning impact on the planning of subsequent year level level/band plans? [Insert evaluation]

© State of Queensland (QCAA) 2021

The [Year level/band curriculum and assessment plan] template is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 Licence. Licence URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

When completed, this template will include extracts from the Australian Curriculum. Those materials are licensed as follows: © ACARA 2010–2019, licensed under CC BY 4.0. For the latest information and additional terms of use, please check the Australian Curriculum website (www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/) and its copyright notice (www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/copyright-and-terms-of-use).