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11–12English Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation from 2026
Expand for detailed implementation advice

Outcomes

Life Skills
Life Skills for Stage 6
EN-LS-01

communicates in a range of everyday contexts for familiar purposes and audiences

Life Skills for Stage 6
EN-LS-04

uses a range of strategies to engage with texts

Life Skills for Stage 6
EN-LS-07

identifies ways context influences responses

Life Skills for Stage 6
EN-LS-10

uses language forms and features to compose texts

Life Skills for Stage 6
EN-LS-02

uses strategies to communicate for different purposes in different contexts

Life Skills for Stage 6
EN-LS-05

identifies ways language forms and features of texts create meaning

Life Skills for Stage 6
EN-LS-08

recognises the relationships between texts

Life Skills for Stage 6
EN-LS-11

plans, reflects on and revises the composition of texts

Life Skills for Stage 6
EN-LS-03

reads, views, represents or responds to texts in familiar contexts

Life Skills for Stage 6
EN-LS-06

responds to a range of ideas and experiences in texts

Life Skills for Stage 6
EN-LS-09

composes texts for a variety of purposes and audiences