NSW Syllabus.
In New South Wales, the Australian Curriculum is used as a guide alongside the NSW Curriculum. The structure is broken into six Stages; beginning from Early Stage One Kindergarten (first year of primary school) & continuing through to Stage Five (Year 10).
“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.”
— Roald Dahl
The NSW syllabus has six key learning areas - one of these being English
A new English year K-10 syllabus is being introduced in 2023
The English section is broken into two groups of content - understanding texts & creating texts
Content topics covered are - reading fluency, reading comprehension, phonological awareness, print conventions & phonic knowledge