K-6 Curriculum for Learning in NSW

 K-6 Curriculum for NSW

What is Curriculum?

Curriculum is at the core of quality teaching and learning. The curriculum is a plan for learning based on mandated and approved syllabus documents and current departmental policies and procedures.

The NSW curriculum refers to the suite of resources that are the syllabuses and the support resources to support teachers to implement the syllabuses. This includes, but is not limited to, resources including teaching and learning advice, assessment resources, and syllabus-specific materials including scope and sequences, units of work, standards materials and work samples.

Each year, the students at Singleton Heights Public School will be taught subjects from syllabuses developed by the NSW Education Standards Authority. 

The subjects taught in New South Wales Public Schools are as follows: English, mathematics, HSIE, Science & Technology, Creative Arts and PDHPE.

NSW syllabuses provide an outline of the requirements for teaching and learning in various subjects for stages of students’ learning. They also contain the outcomes and content which are intended to be inclusive of the learning needs of all students, including:

Aboriginal students

students with disability

high potential and gifted education

students learning English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D).

Our teaching and learning programs are designed with the needs of your child at the core. Programs are adapted to cater for the needs of each student in the class. Our teachers use a range of high-quality resources to deliver the teaching and learning.

The stages of learning in the NSW K-6 curriculum are as follows:

Kindergarten - Early Stage 1

Year 1 and Year 2 - Stage 1

Year 3 and Year 4 - Stage 2

Year 5 and Year 6 - Stage 3

In 2026, Singleton Heights Public School staff have decided to opt in early in teaching the new Creative Arts, Human Society and its Environment (HSIE), Science & Technology and Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) These new syllabuses will be mandatory from 2027. 

As an example of the content being taught in these syllabuses, HSIE has the following content from K-6:

Early Stage 1: People are connected to places

Stage 1: People learn about the past by engaging with stories, images, objects and sites

Stage 2: People have responsibility to care for Australia’s environment

               Aboriginal Peoples use and care for the environment sustainably

Stage 3: Geographical information is used to plan for sustainable futures

At Singleton Heights Public School, we value the important role our parents and carers have in the educational journey of our students. Please contact the school should you have any questions about the NSW curriculum or would like to discuss your child’s specific learning needs.

Thank you

Mr Graham