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K–10English K–10 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation for K–2 from 2023 and 3–10 from 2024
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Stage 2

Spelling
Phonological component
  • Loading  how to Loading  Loading  into Loading  and Loading , and apply this knowledge when spelling

  • Loading  differences in Loading  phonemes (short, long, Loading  and Loading  vowels)

  • Recognise stressed and unstressed syllables in multisyllabic words and apply this knowledge when spelling

  • Understand that the schwa occurs in an unstressed syllable and apply this knowledge when spelling

Orthographic component
  • Understand that some Loading  are dependent on their position in a word in English and apply this knowledge when spelling

  • Understand that graphemes can be explained by their Loading 

  • Apply knowledge of taught vowel graphemes when spelling

  • Proofread, identify and correct misspellings when creating written Loading 

  • Use spelling Loading  tools where required and recognise that spellcheck accuracy may depend on understanding the word

Morphological component
  • Identify inflected Loading , explaining when and how to treat Loading  when they are affixed, and apply this knowledge when spelling

  • Identify derivational suffixes such as -able, -ness, -ian and -ment, explaining when and how to treat base words when they are affixed, and apply this knowledge when spelling

  • Identify Loading  that require no change to the base word or Loading  when they are affixed, and apply this knowledge when spelling

  • Correctly spell Loading  across a range of written Loading 

  • Correctly spell taught Loading  when creating written texts

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