NSW schools are required to implement the NSW BoSTES version for the Australian Curriculum in incremental stages (some mandatory, some optional) from 2014 onwards, through new syllabuses. There is no intention to change the implementation schedule currently underway for the K-10 English, Mathematics, Science and History syllabuses.1
The Australian Curriculum (ACARA) |
NSW Syllabuses for the Australian Curriculum (NSW BoSTES) |
Curriculum Comparison |
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Release
dates are available from the
Curriculum History section of the ACARA website. |
Release
dates for the NSW syllabuses for the Australian curriculum areas indicated in the
implementation schedule. |
Content Descriptors Elaborations |
Teachers and schools in NSW are implementing the Australian curriculum by using the NSW syllabuses for the Australian curriculum. Elaborations |
The Embedded Areas
The Australian Curriculum (ACARA) |
NSW Syllabuses (NSW BoSTES) |
Cross
Curriculum Priorities |
Cross
Curriculum Priorities |
General
Capabilities |
General Capabilities with additions (see the table below). |
for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, [2012]
Links to the NSW Syllabuses
NSW K-10 Existing Syllabuses:
- Mathematics
- Science and Technology
- Human Society and Its Environment (HSIE)
- Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE)
- Creative Arts
- Languages