This page contains past curriculum documents. For current curriculum resources, visit the P–10 Australian Curriculum section.
Essential Learnings identify what should be taught and what is important for students to have opportunities to know, understand and be able to do. They are the part of the curriculum that is common across all schools, and are specified for each of the key learning areas, at four different year-level junctures (end of Years 3, 5, 7 and 9).
The following resources are provided to support integrated planning across the key learning areas for Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.
Essential Learnings
- Year 3 ELs - all KLAs (PDF, 469 kB)
- Year 5 ELs - all KLAs (PDF, 599 kB)
- Year 7 ELs - all KLAs (PDF, 611 kB)
- Year 9 ELs - all KLAs (PDF, 600 kB)
Components of the Essential Learnings
The following resources are designed to help planners map components of the Essential Learnings across key learning areas.
Learning and assessment focus (L&AF)
- Year 3 L&AF – All KLAs (PDF, 101 kB) (DOCX, 51 kB)
- Year 5 L&AF – All KLAs (PDF, 102 kB) (DOCX, 52 kB)
- Year 7 L&AF – All KLAs (PDF, 103 kB) (DOCX, 51 kB)
- Year 9 L&AF – All KLAs (PDF, 104 kB) (DOCX, 52 kB)
Ways of working
- Year 3 WoW – All KLAs (PDF, 93 kB) (DOCX, 48 kB)
- Year 5 WoW – All KLAs (PDF, 89 kB) (DOCX, 48 kB)
- Year 7 WoW – All KLAs (PDF, 89 kB) (DOCX, 48 kB)
- Year 9 WoW – All KLAs (PDF, 89 kB) (DOCX, 48 kB)
Knowledge and understanding (K&U) – Conceptual statements
- Year 3 K&U – All KLAs (PDF, 100 kB) (DOCX, 53 kB)
- Year 5 K&U – All KLAs (PDF, 103 kB) (DOCX, 53 kB)
- Year 7 K&U – All KLAs (PDF, 103 kB) (DOCX, 53 kB)
- Year 9 K&U – All KLAs (PDF, 105 kB) (DOCX, 53 kB)
Assessable elements and descriptors
The following documents show the assessable elements for all key learning areas and year-level junctures.
- Assessable elements and descriptors – All KLAs (PDF, 139 kB) (DOCX, 136 kB)
- Assessable elements: All KLAs (PDF, 124 kB)