English
24 content descriptions · Language, Literature, Literacy
- AC9E5LA01understand that language is selected for social contexts and that it helps to signal social roles and relationshipsPlan this
- AC9E5LA02understand how to move beyond making bare assertions by taking account of differing ideas or opinions and authoritative sourcesPlan this
Mathematics
24 content descriptions · Number, Algebra, Measurement, Space, Statistics, Probability
- AC9M5N01interpret, compare and order numbers with more than 2 decimal places, including numbers greater than one, using place value understanding; represent these on a number linePlan this
- AC9M5N02express natural numbers as products of their factors, recognise multiples and determine if one number is divisible by anotherPlan this
Science
12 content descriptions · Science understanding, Science as a human endeavour, Science inquiry
- AC9S5U01examine how particular structural features and behaviours of living things enable their survival in specific habitatsPlan this
- AC9S5U02describe how weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition cause slow or rapid change to Earth’s surfacePlan this
Humanities and Social Sciences
15 content descriptions · Knowledge and understanding, Skills
- AC9HS5K01the economic, political and social causes of the establishment of British colonies in Australia after 1800Plan this
- AC9HS5K02the impact of the development of British colonies in Australia on the lives of First Nations Australians, the colonists and convicts, and on the natural environmentPlan this
Health and Physical Education
19 content descriptions · Personal, social and community health, Movement and physical activity
- AC9HP6P01explain how identities can be influenced by people and places, and how we can create positive self-identitiesPlan this
- AC9HP6P02investigate resources and strategies to manage changes and transitions, including changes associated with pubertyPlan this
Technologies
24 content descriptions · Knowledge and understanding, Processes and production skills
- AC9TDE6K01explain how people in design and technologies occupations consider competing factors including sustainability in the design of products, services and environmentsPlan this
- AC9TDE6K02explain how electrical energy can be transformed into movement, sound or light in a product or systemPlan this
The Arts
25 content descriptions · Exploring and responding, Developing practices and skills, Creating and making, Presenting and performing
- AC9ADA6E01explore ways that the elements of dance are combined to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in dance across cultures, times, places and/or other contextsPlan this
- AC9ADA6E02explore the ways that First Nations Australians use dance to continue and revitalise culturesPlan this
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
- AC9LA6C01initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal worlds and school environmentPlan this
- AC9LA6C02participate in activities that involve planning and negotiating with others, using language that expresses information, preferences and ideasPlan this
Questions teachers ask
- What does the Australian Curriculum cover in Year 5?
- Year 5 has content descriptions in 8 learning areas: English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, Health and Physical Education, Technologies, The Arts, Languages. Open a learning area to see every content description and its code.