Curriculum
Flaxmill School Curriculum
The 3-dimensional Australian Curriculum includes learning areas, general capabilities, and cross-curriculum priorities. Together, the 3 dimensions set out essential knowledge, understanding and skills all young Australians need so they will be able to learn, contribute to and shape their world now and in the future.
The Australian Curriculum can be used flexibly by South Australian schools, adapting it for the South Australian context and making local decisions on how it is delivered to best meet the needs and interests of their students.
Through content descriptions and achievement standards, the Australian Curriculum sets out what students should be taught and achieve as they progress through school.
Visit curriculum in South Australia for more information.
The Australian Curriculum learning areas include:
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- Humanities and Social Sciences – History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship (from Year 3) and Economics and Business (from Year 5)
- Health and Physical Education
- The Arts, incorporating Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual Arts
- Technologies
- Languages – French
The seven General capabilities are:
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Information and communication technology (ICT) capability
- Critical and creative thinking
- Ethical understanding
- Personal and social capability
- Intercultural understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities
Incorporated within each of the learning areas are three cross-curriculum priorities:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
- Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia
- Sustainability
Cross curriculum priorities are embedded in the content descriptions and have a strong but varying presence depending on their relevance to the learning area.