Welcome to the first issue of Australian Curriculum news for 2024.
The start of a new school year brings fresh opportunities to review curriculum and assessment planning and prioritise your professional development.
We look forward to supporting you with new resources and continuing our program of face-to-face events and webinars throughout the year.
Read on to find out what’s new this term.
New resources
Years 7–9 academic integrity toolkit
The QCAA's new Years 7–9 academic integrity toolkit provides teaching and learning resources and information to promote academic integrity for students.
The kit includes:
- Guidance for teachers
- Presentation slides and notes
- Student quiz and worksheet
- Posters.
Sample curriculum and assessment plans
Sample curriculum and assessment plans are now available for various year levels across learning areas.
You can access them via the Planning tab of each Learning area or subject page on the QCAA website.
Standards elaborations
Standards elaborations are now finalised for all learning areas. Many thanks to all who submitted feedback on the drafts. You can download them via the Assessment tab of each Learning area or subject page on the QCAA website.
P–6 Connected curriculum resources
We’ve just released resources that map related content across all Australian curriculum learning areas, organised by year level. This information may support teachers to plan connected curriculum units where clear conceptual links can be identified. Available for P–6 in the Advice section via the Planning tab of each learning area page.
Multi-age resources
We have recently released new resources to support teacher planning for multi-age class contexts. They include:
- P–6 and 7–10: Multi-age curriculum and assessment plan templates — The editable templates are prepopulated with level descriptions, achievement standards and content descriptions. You can download them from the Curriculum and assessment plans section via the Planning tab of each learning area page.
- Learning area unit planning template — This template can be modified to plan for teaching, learning and assessment of units for multiple year levels or multiple learning areas/subjects. Access it from the Advice section via the Planning tab of each learning area page.
- Research summary — This resource provides a summary of research on multi-age education to support school leaders, educators, parents and carers looking for further insights. You can download it from the Advice section via the Planning tab of each learning area page.
- Teaching and learning resource — This supports educators and school leaders to understand the characteristics and implications of multi-age education. It provides practical instructional and organisational strategies and highlights opportunities and challenges of multi-age learning environments. Access it from the Advice section via the Planning tab of each learning area page.
Professional development in Semester 1
Get ready, Queensland! We’re hitting the road and coming to you online with our extensive range of workshops and webinars this semester.
Download our printable PD posters for Term 1 and Term 2 at the links below to help organise your professional development plan.
- Term 1 PD poster: Prep–Year 10 (PDF, 221.7 KB)
- Term 2 PD poster: Prep–Year 6 (PDF, 224.4 KB)
- Term 2 PD poster: Years 7-10 (PDF, 286.5 KB)
Find P–10 events near you, fast
Did you know our filterable P–10 PD page is the quickest way to search for the workshops and webinars relevant to you?
The list is continuously updated to reflect any changes because of rescheduling or cancellations, so you can be sure that you’re seeing the latest info.
This short video shows you how easy it is to see all the P–10 events available.
Rescheduled events – Cairns and Townsville
Our thoughts are with colleagues in Far North Queensland who have been affected by the recent weather events.
To ensure school communities can focus on staff and student safety, we have rescheduled Science, Technologies and HPE Communities of Practice events in Cairns and Townsville to be held later in February and March.
Anyone who had registered for these events (originally scheduled for 30 & 31 January) have been emailed directly by the PD & Events team.
Please visit the links below if you wish to register for the rescheduled events:
- Science community of practice – Townsville and Cairns
- Technologies community of practice – Townsville and Cairns
- HPE community of practice – Townsville and Cairns.
What's on: Years 7–10
Communities of practice — Term 1
There’s still time to register for our popular and free Years 7–10 Australian Curriculum v9.0 communities of practice sessions in Term 1.
Designing accessible assessment and adjustments for all learners
Join our in-person workshops in Term 2 to explore accessible assessment design and curriculum adjustments for diverse learners in Years 7–10.
You’ll benefit from examining principles of universal design for learning in assessment design using examples from the Australian Curriculum v9.0: English, Mathematics, Science and HASS learning areas.
Learning area webinars
Take your understanding of your Years 7–10 learning area to the next level.
Our targeted webinars this semester let you delve deep into a teaching, learning or planning component specific to your learning area.
What's on: Prep–Year 6
Familiarisation and planning for HPE, Science and Technologies
Join us face-to-face in Term 2 at our new Prep–Year 6 familiarisation and planning workshops for Health and Physical Education, Science and Technologies.
These free, full-day workshops give you the essential tools to prepare and plan for version 9.0 implementation.
Webinars
There are so many opportunities for online learning this semester.
Build your understanding of the Australian Curriculum v9.0 with targeted webinars to support planning and teaching in the English and Mathematics learning areas, multi-age contexts, and more!
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What's on: Prep–Year 10
Do your interests span Prep–Year 10? Register via the links below for thought-provoking webinars that are relevant across all learning area year levels.