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.
2023 Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
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 circumstances.
Content
Stage 1
- EN1-PHOKW-01
uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
Blend grapheme–phoneme correspondences to read CCVCC words, CCCVC words and CCCVCC words and apply this when reading texts
Segment and encode one-syllable high-frequency base words with split digraphs and apply this when creating texts
Segment and encode CCVCC words, CCCVC words and CCCVCC words and apply this when creating texts
Blend and decode one-syllable words with taught extended vowel graphs and digraphs, including graphemes for r-controlled vowels and diphthongs, and apply this when reading texts
Segment and encode one-syllable words with taught vowel graphs, digraphs and trigraphs and apply this when creating texts
Decode words with less common consonant digraphs and apply this when reading texts
Decode words with trigraphs and quadgraphs and apply this when reading texts
Blend and decode 2-syllable words with taught vowel graphs, digraphs, trigraphs and quadgraphs, including graphemes for r-controlled vowels and diphthongs and apply this when reading texts
Decode 2-syllable base words with common double consonants when reading texts