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New NSW Curriculum Reform syllabus: Implement from 2023
English and Mathematics for K−2
Content relating to K−2 is now replaced by the new syllabuses available in the Digital Curriculum.
The new syllabuses must be taught in Kindergarten to Year 2 in all NSW primary schools from Term 1, 2023.
The following codes and icons are used in the English K–10 Syllabus.
Outcome coding
Syllabus outcomes have been coded in a consistent way. The code identifies the subject, stage, outcome number and the way content is organised.
The stages are represented by the following codes:
Stage | Code |
Stage 2 | 2 |
Stage 3 | 3 |
Stage 4 | 4 |
Stage 5 | 5 |
In the English syllabus, the outcome codes indicate the subject, stage, outcome number and objective. For example:
Outcome code | Interpretation |
EN5-8D | English, Stage 5 - Outcome 8, Objective D |
ENLS-17E | English, Life Skills - Outcome 17, Objective E |
Coding of the Australian Curriculum content
The syllabus includes all the Australian Curriculum content descriptions for English. The content descriptions are identified by an Australian Curriculum code which appears in brackets at the end of each content description, for example:
- evaluate the social, moral and ethical positions represented in texts (ACELT1812).
Where a number of content descriptions are jointly represented, both description codes are included, for example (ACELT1619, ACELT1626).
The Australian Curriculum English codes are:
Learning across the curriculum icons
Learning across the curriculum content, including cross-curriculum priorities, general capabilities and other areas identified as important learning for all students, is incorporated and identified by icons in the syllabus.
Cross-curriculum priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia
Sustainability
General capabilities
Critical and creative thinking
Ethical understanding
Information and communication technology capability
Intercultural understanding
Literacy*
Numeracy
Personal and social capability
Other learning across the curriculum areas
Civics and citizenship
Difference and diversity
Work and enterprise
* Literacy is embedded throughout the English K–10 Syllabus. It relates to a high proportion of content across K–10. Consequently, this particular general capability is not tagged in the syllabus.
Code | Interpretation |
ACELA | Australian Curriculum, English, Language |
ACELT | Australian Curriculum, English, Literature |
ACELY | Australian Curriculum, English, Literacy |