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Year 4 in the Australian Curriculum

Every learning area for Year 4 in Version 9.0. Open one to see all of its content descriptions with codes.
  • English

    28 content descriptions · Language, Literature, Literacy

    • AC9E4LA01explore language used to develop relationships in formal and informal situationsPlan this
    • AC9E4LA02identify the subjective language of opinion and feeling, and the objective language of factual reportingPlan this
    All Year 4 English
  • Mathematics

    23 content descriptions · Number, Algebra, Measurement, Space, Statistics, Probability

    • AC9M4N01recognise and extend the application of place value to tenths and hundredths and use the conventions of decimal notation to name and represent decimalsPlan this
    • AC9M4N02explain and use the properties of odd and even numbersPlan this
    All Year 4 Mathematics
  • Science

    12 content descriptions · Science understanding, Science as a human endeavour, Science inquiry

    • AC9S4U01explain the roles and interactions of consumers, producers and decomposers within a habitat and how food chains represent feeding relationshipsPlan this
    • AC9S4U02identify sources of water and describe key processes in the water cycle, including movement of water through the sky, landscape and ocean; precipitation; evaporation; and condensationPlan this
    All Year 4 Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

    16 content descriptions · Knowledge and understanding, Skills

    • AC9HS4K01the diversity of First Nations Australians, their social organisation and their continuous connection to Country/PlacePlan this
    • AC9HS4K02the causes of the establishment of the first British colony in Australia in 1788Plan this
    All Year 4 Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Health and Physical Education

    19 content descriptions · Personal, social and community health, Movement and physical activity

    • AC9HP4P01investigate how success, challenge, setbacks and failure strengthen resilience and identities in a range of contextsPlan this
    • AC9HP4P02plan, rehearse and reflect on strategies to cope with the different changes and transitions they experience, such as the changes associated with pubertyPlan this
    All Year 4 Health and Physical Education
  • Technologies

    21 content descriptions · Knowledge and understanding, Processes and production skills

    • AC9TDE4K01examine design and technologies occupations and factors including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community needsPlan this
    • AC9TDE4K02describe how forces and the properties of materials affect function in a product or systemPlan this
    All Year 4 Technologies
  • The Arts

    25 content descriptions · Exploring and responding, Developing practices and skills, Creating and making, Presenting and performing

    • AC9ADA4E01explore where, why and how dance is choreographed and/or performed across cultures, times, places and/or other contextsPlan this
    • AC9ADA4E02explore how First Nations Australians use dance to communicate their connection to and responsibility for Country/PlacePlan this
    All Year 4 The Arts
  • Languages

    174 content descriptions · Communicating meaning in Arabic, Understanding language and culture, Communicating meaning in Auslan, Communicating meaning in Chinese, Communicating meaning in [Language], Communicating meaning in French

    • AC9LA4C01initiate exchanges and respond to modelled questions about self, others, and classroom environment, using formulaic expressionsPlan this
    • AC9LA4C02participate in activities that involve planning with others, using a range of familiar phrases and modelled structuresPlan this
    All Year 4 Languages

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