Years 1-10 syllabuses

Years 1–9 Languages: Beginner stage assessments

This page contains past curriculum documents. For current curriculum resources, visit the P–10 Australian Curriculum section.

Years 4 & 5: Games we play — Chinese
Description:
Students use the target language of Chinese to teach classmates a new game.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 510 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Related resource: English resources 1-6
- Related resource: Chinese resources 1-6
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Games we play: Chinese — Years 4 & 5 Languages assessment (ZIP, 7469 kB)
Years 4 & 5: Games we play — French
Description:
Students use the target language of French to teach classmates a new game.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 509 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Related resource: English resources 1-6
- Related resource: French resources 1-6
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Games we play: French — Years 4 & 5 Languages assessment (ZIP, 7444 kB)
Years 4 & 5: Games we play — German
Description:
Students use the target language of German to teach classmates a new game.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 510 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Related resource: English resources 1-6
- Related resource: German resources 1-6
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Games we play: German — Years 4 & 5 Languages assessment (ZIP, 7445 kB)
Years 4 & 5: Games we play — Indonesian
Description:
Students use the target language of Indonesian to teach classmates a new game.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 510 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Related resource: English resources 1-6
- Related resource: Indonesian resources 1-6
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Games we play: Indonesian — Years 4 & 5 Languages assessment (ZIP, 7447 kB)
Years 4 & 5: Games we play — Italian
Description:
Students use the target language of Italian to teach classmates a new game.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 511 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Related resource: English resources 1-6
- Related resource: Italian resources 1-6
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Games we play: Italian — Years 4 & 5 Languages assessment (ZIP, 7470 kB)
Years 4 & 5: Games we play — Japanese
Description:
Students use the target language of Japanese to teach classmates a new game.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 510 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Related resource: English resources 1-6
- Related resource: Japanese resources 1-6
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Games we play: Japanese — Years 4 & 5 Languages assessment (ZIP, 7470 kB)
Years 4 & 5: Games we play — Korean
Description:
Students use the target language of Korean to teach classmates a new game.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 510 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Related resource: English resources 1-6
- Related resource: Korean resources 1-6
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Games we play: Korean — Years 4 & 5 Languages assessment (ZIP, 7477 kB)
Years 4 & 5: Imaginative world
Description:
Students write a fairytale in Italian and read it aloud to the class.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 511 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Imaginative world: Years 4 & 5 Languages assessment (ZIP, 6729 kB)
Years 6-8: Community celebrations — Carnevale

Image source: The Doctor costume - Talia Felix by Sobekneferu / PDM
Description:
Students investigate the Italian festival Carnevale to develop language skills in Italian.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 505 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Community celebrations: Carnevale — Years 6-8 Languages assessment (ZIP, 5573 kB)
Years 6-8: First meetings — Prepared speech

Image source: Brown by lovelornpoets / CC BY 2.0
Description:
Students write and present a speech to introduce themselves in Japanese.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 510 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Related resource: Genkoo yooshi
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- First meetings: Prepared speech — Years 6-8 Languages assessment (ZIP, 6190 kB)
Year 7: Pleased to meet you

Image source: Sweet Japan by RageZ / CC BY 2.0
Description:
Students will introduce themselves in Japanese in both written and spoken forms.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 654 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Pleased to meet you: Year 7 Languages assessment (ZIP, 5163 kB)
Year 8: Healthy food choices

Image source: Japanese Food by Anderson Mancini / CC BY 2.0
Description:
Students use written Japanese to describe healthy foods and healthy eating habits.

Contents:
- Teacher guidelines (DOCX, 706 kB)
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Related resource: Genko yooshi
- Sample response
- Student booklet
Download the full assessment (zip file):
- Healthy food choices: Year 8 Languages assessment (ZIP, 7483 kB)