K–6Human Society and its Environment K–6 Syllabus
The new Human Society and its Environment K−6 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027.
2025 and 2026 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027 – 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
Stage 3
Investigate Aboriginal Languages in the local area and across NSW and make connections to the meanings and origins of words used in Standard Australian English
Research how interactions between Aboriginal Peoples and early colonial settlers led to the recorded sources of Aboriginal Languages and describe the benefit to the reclamation of Aboriginal Languages
Describe the role of Aboriginal Knowledge Holders in revitalising and maintaining Aboriginal Languages
Explain the significance of re-establishing Aboriginal placenames for Histories of Aboriginal Peoples
Describe the ways Aboriginal Peoples’ Languages and Oral Traditions of song, dance and story were disrupted by European settlement
Explain how Aboriginal Peoples celebrate and share Aboriginal Languages and Cultural Practices in a contemporary world
Describe and represent the establishment of British colonies in Australia from 1825 to 1868 on a timeline
Recount stories of migrants and free settlers in the colonies from 1825 to 1901 using sources as evidence
Describe significant contributions made by women to the development of Australian colonies
Explain why Gregory Blaxland, William Wentworth and William Lawson crossed the Blue Mountains in 1813
Explain the consequences of the crossing of the Blue Mountains for Aboriginal Peoples, free settlers and the landscape between 1813 and 1824
Research how the discovery of gold changed colonial life in Australia using sources from the gold rush period from the 1850s to the 1890s
Describe significant events and people that led to Australia becoming a federated nation on 1 January 1901, using sources as evidence
Identify the purpose of Australia's Constitution
Describe how and why symbols and emblems connected to Australian identity have changed over time since Federation
Research and describe the work of individuals who have made a significant contribution to the Commonwealth of Australia since Federation
Describe the origins and values underpinning Australia's bicameral parliamentary system of government
Explain the origin of the principle that all people are equal before the law and must obey laws
Describe how bills are passed through Federal Parliament to make a law using Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary
Describe the roles and responsibilities of 3 levels of government in Australia
Describe the ways people can participate in democracy in Australia
Research how voting rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and women were obtained in Australia using timelines to sequence key events
Control tense across a text when describing continuity and change over time
Use temporal, conditional and causal connectives to create cohesion when comparing and contrasting, describing change or discussing cause and effect
Combine personal and objective arguments when discussing significant events and people in the past
Use varied sentences and multiple paragraphs with clear, coherent transition of ideas and a conclusion when explaining events and the contributions of people in the past
Add authority and perspective to a text by referring to and acknowledging evidence from sources