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11–12Mathematics Standard 11–12 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation from 2026
Expand for detailed implementation advice

Content

Year 12 – Standard 1

Life Skills for Stage 6

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.

Plans, maps and networks
Position
  • Recognise and use language that relates to position

  • Respond to positional language to follow an instruction

  • Follow directions to get to a specified location in a range of settings

  • Give directions to get from one location to another

  • Recognise that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples use the land and their environment to give directions and describe positions

  • Use compass points to give and follow directions

  • Identify locations on a grid or number plane

Angles
  • Identify angles as measures of turn

  • Recognise and use specific angles and angle terms in common use

  • Use angles to describe positions

  • Give directions using angles

  • Recognise the angles between compass points

  • Apply compass bearings to real-world scenarios

Ratio and scale
  • Identify everyday situations that involve the use of ratios

  • Understand ratios as proportional relationships between two or more amounts

  • Enlarge or reduce diagrams using a scale

  • Identify the scale on a map or plan

  • Recognise that scales on maps and plans can be in different formats

  • Recognise the relationship between scaled and actual distances on a plan

  • Use ratios in the context of scales on maps and plans to determine lengths or distances

Using plans
  • Recognise that plans represent real things

  • Identify typical features that are represented on a shopping centre, school or floor plan

  • Use shopping centre, school, floor or seating plans to locate positions or gather information

  • Use a floor plan to determine the distance between two locations

  • Construct a plan using a range of materials, with or without digital tools

Mapping and travel skills
  • Recognise and use language that relates to maps

  • Recognise a variety of maps

  • Examine, interpret and use maps to locate places

  • Explore technology related to maps and mapping to locate places, identify direction and measure distance

  • Describe or follow routes on a map

  • Determine the best way to get from one place to another and justify the choice

  • Recognise that the shortest or fastest route is not always the best route and explain why

  • Interpret and use transport routes

  • Solve travel problems using maps

Networks for travel
  • Identify types of networks

  • Recognise that networks can be used to represent real things

  • Understand the difference between a network diagram and a map

  • Identify how different parts of a network are linked, either directly or indirectly

  • Identify possible pathways between points on a network and use this for planning routes

  • Use travel network diagrams to identify the best route for a trip to save time and money

  • Construct a small network of a travel route

Maps and networks in everyday life
  • Recognise and describe networks used to represent human connections including social networks

  • Recognise and describe networks used to represent a sequence of activities or events

  • Plan events using maps

  • Use maps or networks to travel from one destination to another

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