Aboriginal Torres Straight Islander history and culture- FOUNDATION LEVEL
ENGLISH
YEAR
LEVEL
ENGLISH
STRANDS
ENGLISH
SUBSTRANDS
ELEMENT
CODE
SUB-STRAND
ELEMENT
ELABORATION
GENERAL
CAPABILITIES
ELEMENT
LINK
0F
LANGUAGE
Language
variation
and change
(ACELA1426)
Understand that
English is one of many
languages spoken in
Australia and that
different languages
may be spoken by
family, classmates and
community
(ACELA1426)
learning that different
languages exist; discussing
the various languages
encountered in the community
and at school; acknowledging
the home languages of
students who speak another
language, and valuing the
ability to speak more than one
language
Intercultural
understanding
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ustraliancurri
culum.edu.a
u/Elements/
ACELA1426
0F
LITERATURE
Literature
and context
(ACELT1575)
Recognise that texts
are created by authors
who tell stories and
share experiences that
may be similar or
different to students’
own experiences
(ACELT1575)
Intercultural
understanding,
Literacy ,
Personal and
social
competence
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ustraliancurri
culum.edu.a
u/Elements/
ACELT1575
0F
LITERATURE
Examining
literature
(ACELT1785)
Recognise some
different types of
literary texts and
identify some
characteristic features
of literary texts, for
example beginnings
and endings of
traditional texts and
rhyme in poetry
(ACELT1785)
recognising that there are
storytellers in all cultures
viewing stories by Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander
storytellers from online
sources
comparing experiences
depicted in stories with
students’ own
engaging with texts that reflect
the social and
recognising cultural patterns of
storytelling, for example ‘Once
upon a time’, ‘A long, long time
ago’, ‘Before the Dreamtime…’
Intercultural
understanding,
Literacy
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ustraliancurri
culum.edu.a
u/Elements/
ACELT1785
0F
LITERACY
Interacting
with others
(ACELY1650)
Use comprehension
strategies to
understand and
discuss texts listened
to, viewed or read
independently
(ACELY1650)
talking about the meanings in
texts listened to, viewed and
read
visualising elements in a text
(for example drawing an event
or character from a text read
aloud)
providing a simple, correctlysequenced retelling of
narrative texts
relating one or two key
Critical and
creative thinking
, Literacy
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ustraliancurri
culum.edu.a
u/Elements/
ACELY1650
MATHEMATICS
YEAR
LEVEL
MATHEMAT
ICS
STRANDS
MATH SUBSTRANDS
ELEMENT
CODE
ELEMENT
ELABORATION
GENERAL
CAPABILITIES
ELEMENT
LINK
0F
Number and
Algebra
Number
and place
value (F-8)
(ACMNA004)
Represent practical
situations to model
addition and sharing
(ACMNA004)
Critical and
creative thinking
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ustraliancurri
culum.edu.a
u/Elements/
ACMNA004
0F
Statistics
and
Probability
Data
representati
on /
interpretatio
n (F-10)
(ACMSP011)
Answer yes/no
questions to collect
information
(ACMSP011)
using a range of practical
strategies for adding and
subtracting small groups of
numbers, such as visual
displays or concrete materials
using Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander methods of
adding and subtracting,
including spatial patterns and
reasoning
posing questions about
themselves and familiar
objects and events
representing responses to
questions using simple
displays, including grouping
students according to their
answers
using data displays to answer
simple questions such as ‘how
many students a
Literacy
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ustraliancurri
culum.edu.a
u/Elements/
ACMSP011
SCIENCE
YEAR
LEVEL
SCIENCE
STRANDS
SCIENCE
SUBSTRANDS
ELEMENT
CODE
ELEMENT
ELABORATION
GENERAL
CAPABILITIE
S
ELEMENT
LINK
0F
Science
Understandi
ng
Earth and
space
sciences
(ACSSU00
4)
Daily and
seasonal
changes in our
environment,
including the
weather, affect
everyday life
(ACSSU004)
linking the changes in the
daily weather to the way we
modify our behaviour and
dress for different
conditions, including
examples from different
cultures
investigating how changes in
the weather might affect
animals such as pets,
animals that hibernate,
Intercultural
understanding,
Personal and
social
competence
http://www.aus
traliancurriculu
m.edu.au/Ele
ments/ACSSU
004
HISTORY
YEAR
LEVEL
HISTORY
TOPIC
HISTORY
SUBSTRAND
ELEMENT
CODE
ELEMENT
ELABORATION
GENERAL
CAPABILITIE
S
ELEMENT
LINK
HISTORY
KEY
QUESTIO
NS
0-F
Personal
and Family
Histories
Knowledge
and
Understandi
ng
(ACHHK0
02)
The different
structures of
families and
family groups
today, and what
they have in
common
(ACHHK002)
•considering a range of
family structures, (for
example nuclear families,
only child families, large
families, single parent
families, extended families,
blended families, adoptive
parent families and
grandparent families) as well
as kinship groups, tribe
Critical and
creative
thinking ,
Intercultural
understanding.
, Personal and
social
competence
http://www.aus
traliancurriculu
m.edu.au/Ele
ments/ACHHK
002
0-F
Personal
and Family
Histories
Knowledge
and
Understandi
ng
(ACHHK0
03)
How they, their
family and
friends
commemorate
past events that
are important to
them
(ACHHK003)
•making a calendar of
commemorative events that
students, their family and
friends celebrate, (for
example birthdays, religious
festivals (such as Easter,
Ramadan, Buddha day,
feast of Passover), family
reunions and community
commemorations (NAIDOC
week,
Intercultural
understanding.
, Numeracy ,
Personal and
social
competence
http://www.aus
traliancurriculu
m.edu.au/Ele
ments/ACHHK
003
0-F
Personal
and Family
Histories
Knowledge
and
Understandi
ng
(ACHHK0
04)
How the stories
of families and
the past can be
communicated,
for example
through
photographs,
artefacts, books,
oral histories,
digital media,
and museums
(ACHHK004)
•engaging with the oral
traditions, painting and
music of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
peoples and recognising that
the past is communicated
through stories passed down
from generation to
generation
•sharing the story of an
object from home, desc
Critical and
creative
thinking ,
Intercultural
understanding.
, Literacy ,
Personal and
social
competence
http://www.aus
traliancurriculu
m.edu.au/Ele
ments/ACHHK
004
Key inquiry
questions
What is my
history and
how do I
know?
What
stories do
other
people tell
about the
past?
How can
stories of
the past be
told and
shared?
Key inquiry
questions
What is my
history and
how do I
know?
What
stories do
other
people tell
about the
past?
How can
stories of
the past be
told and
shared?
Key inquiry
questions
What is my
history and
how do I
know?
What
stories do
other
people tell
about the
past?
How can
stories of
the past be
told and
shared?