K–10English K–10 Syllabus
English for K−2
The new syllabus must now be taught in Kindergarten to Year 2 in all NSW primary schools.
English for 3−10
The new syllabus is to be taught in Years 3 to 10 from 2024.
2024 – Start teaching the new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Content
Early Stage 1
- ENE-RECOM-01
comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect
Recognise familiar vocabulary in a text
Use known vocabulary to build a mental model of the content of the text
Use known vocabulary to work out or refine the meaning of unknown words
Ask or pause to clarify meaning of unknown words
Identify words that represent who, what, when, where and why in texts
Identify conjunctions in a compound sentence, their meaning and purpose
Understand how adjectives describe a noun and verbs identify actions in a sentence
Recognise how the position of words in a sentence changes its meaning
Understand that informative and imaginative texts have different structures, features and forms
Stop reading when a break in comprehension is registered
Re-read to check if an error was made
Self-correct error using phonic knowledge
Ask a question or make a statement to clarify meaning
Predict purpose, type of text or topic from title, illustration, image and/or form
Clarify own purpose for reading a text
Use background knowledge when identifying connections between a text, own life, other texts and/or the world
Use visual cues in multimodal texts to interpret meaning
Recall key characters, events and/or information in text
Recall the sequence of events/information in texts
Recount the relevant ideas from the text
Use information or events from different parts of the text to form an opinion