11–12English Standard 11–12 Syllabus
The new English Standard 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2026.
2025
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2026, Term 1
- Start teaching new syllabus for Year 11
- Start implementing new Year 11 school-based assessment requirements
- Continue to teach the English Standard Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) for Year 12
2026, Term 4
- Start teaching new syllabus for Year 12
- Start implementing new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2027
- First HSC examination for new syllabus
Content
Life Skills
- EN-LS-03
reads, views, represents or responds to texts in familiar contexts
- EN-LS-04
uses a range of strategies to engage with texts
Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.
Engage with a range of preferred objects or images
Identify a preference for a text
Demonstrate appropriate listening skills when engaging with texts
Respond to shared reading, viewing or listening experiences
Engage with real-world texts to gain information
Engage with texts for interest or enjoyment
Engage with a broadening range of texts
Express a preferred way to access a text
Respond personally to a text
Recognise alternative responses to texts
Share preferences and new understandings
Use reading, viewing or listening strategies to locate and extract information and ideas
Use literacy strategies to decode unfamiliar words in texts
Use tools or programs to aid comprehension
Identify the relevance and usefulness of information presented in a text, including digital texts
Identify facts and opinions in texts
Identify preferred reading strategies to improve understanding and engagement