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The Australian curriculum is reviewed every 6 years to ensure it maintains best practice. In June 2020, Australia’s education ministers came together and agreed to commence the review. While every state has their own curriculum, they are all based on the Australian curriculum, so this change will affect everyone. On this page, we’ll provide localised updates as much as possible to ensure content is relevant to your context.
According to an announcement from ACARA, "the updated curriculum, Version 9.0, is now available on a new website and will be implemented by schools according to the timelines set by education authorities in states and territories."
The Hon Stuart Robert MP, acting Education Minister for the Federal Government, has officially stated that the updated Curriculum "can be taught in Australian schools from 2023.
Take a look at possible timelines for your state or territory:
Late 2021
A consultation version of the revised Australian Curriculum: Mathematics is available. Revisions will be finalised and endorsed by education ministers.
May 2022
The revised curriculum is available on the new Australian Curriculum website.
2023
The states and territories have not yet formally announced when the revised curriculum needs to be implemented, but it’s possible that 2023 could be the first year of implementation.
2022 K-2 English and Mathematics syllabuses
2023 K-2 curriculum | 3–10 English and Mathematics syllabuses
2024 K–12 curriculum
Late 2021
A consultation version of the revised Australian Curriculum: Mathematics is available. Revisions will be finalised and endorsed by education ministers.
Term 2, 2022
The revised curriculum is available on the new Australian Curriculum website.
2022
The VCAA has not yet formally announced what plans they have for making a matching update to the Victorian Curriculum: Mathematics. It’s possible that this update could take place in 2022.
2023
Implementation could happen by this point, if the VCAA does update the Victorian Curriculum: Mathematics in 2022. This is speculative since formal announcements have not yet been released.
Content Descriptions are arranged into the six content strands in each year level.
For example, Year 7 contains 30 Content Descriptions within the six strands, including this one in the “Number” strand:
"...round decimals to a given accuracy appropriate to the context and use appropriate rounding and estimation to check the reasonableness of solutions (AC9M7N05)"
"Content descriptions specify the essential knowledge, understanding and skills that students are expected to learn, and teachers are expected to teach, in each year."
Achievement standards tie together all of the Content Descriptions; addressing all Content Descriptions addresses the entire Achievement Standard.
For example, the Year 7 Achievement Standard begins with:
"By the end of Year 7, students represent natural numbers in expanded form and as products of prime factors, using exponent notation. They solve problems involving..."
"Achievement standards – describe the expected quality of learning that students should typically demonstrate by the end of each year."
The new Australian Curriculum "can be taught in Australian schools from 2023.”
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Find out more and get FREE Topic Plannersdescribe the position and location of objects in 3 dimensions in different ways, including using a three dimensional coordinate system with the use of dynamic geometric software and other digital tools (AC9M8SP03) Source
Students will need to design simulations in probability
There is also a requirement to design simulations in probability, in Years 9 and 10.
This implies that all students will need to learn something like spreadsheeting, with functions such as =RANDBETWEEN() and =COUNTIF() allowing students to design their own probability simulations.
“Design Simulations” (AC9M9P03)
Design and conduct repeated chance experiments and simulations, using digital tools to compare probabilities of simple events to related compound events, and describe results.
“Design Simulation” (AC9M10P02)
Design and conduct repeated chance experiments and simulations using digital tools to model conditional probability and interpret results.
use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems, involving rational numbers and percentages, including financial contexts; formulate problems, choosing representations and efficient calculation strategies, using digital tools as appropriate; interpret and communicate solutions in terms of the situation, justifying choices made about the representation (AC9M7N09) Source
Create, expand, factorise, rearrange and simplify linear expressions, applying the associative, commutative, identity, distributive and inverse properties (AC9M8A01) Source
recognise that 100% represents the complete whole and use percentages to describe, represent and compare relative size; connect familiar percentages to their decimal and fraction equivalents (AC9M5N04) Source
The new Australian Curriculum "can be taught in Australian schools from 2023.”
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