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7–10Child Studies 7–10 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation from 2028
Expand for detailed implementation advice

Content

Life Skills

Life Skills for Stage 4/5

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.

Promoting growth and development
Family and community support for growth and development
  • Recognise ways family support a child’s growth and development

  • Recognise the costs of supporting a child’s growth and development

  • Identify supports that contribute to a child’s cultural awareness and sense of identity

  • Explore Aboriginal Kinship structures and how they support the growth and development of children

  • Explore community groups or organisations that support child growth and development

Nutrition and physical activity for children
  • Recognise feeding options for newborns

  • Identify the benefits and challenges of feeding options for newborns

  • Recognise nutritional food choices for children

  • Identify factors that influence children’s nutrition

  • Identify common food intolerances and allergies

  • Plan a nutritional meal suitable for a child

  • Identify physical activity guidelines for children

  • Identify types of physical activity recommended for children

  • Explore the ways families and communities can support children to participate in physical activity

Literacy and numeracy to support development
  • Recognise literacy and numeracy skills used by children in everyday contexts

  • Recognise the importance of literacy or numeracy in development

  • Identify ways to support children to develop literacy or numeracy skills, including through play

  • Identify how caregivers can support literacy or numeracy at different stages of a child’s development

  • Identify ways children may communicate, including in their home languages

  • Explore the importance of cultural perspectives in literacy and numeracy development

  • Recognise the importance of Cultural perspectives in supporting the development of literacy and numeracy for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children

  • Explore community resources or services that support literacy or numeracy development in children

Technology and media
  • Recognise reasons why children use technology

  • Identify types of technology and/or media used by children

  • Identify safe ways for children to engage with technology

  • Identify how assistive technology is used to support children and foster inclusion and participation

  • Recognise ways technology and media can influence a child’s learning and development at different stages

Thinking, researching and communicating
  • Locate reliable information on promoting children’s growth or development through nutrition, physical activity, literacy and numeracy, or technology and media

  • Select information to develop an understanding of how to promote children’s growth or development through nutrition, physical activity, literacy and numeracy, or technology and media

  • Create an oral, visual, written or multimodal text to communicate ideas relating to promoting children’s growth or development

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