English
23 content descriptions · Language, Literature, Literacy
- AC9E6LA01understand that language varies as levels of formality and social distance increasePlan this
- AC9E6LA02understand the uses of objective and subjective language, and identify biasPlan this
Mathematics
24 content descriptions · Number, Algebra, Measurement, Space, Statistics, Probability
- AC9M6N01recognise situations, including financial contexts, that use integers; locate and represent integers on a number line and as coordinates on the Cartesian planePlan this
- AC9M6N02identify and describe the properties of prime, composite and square numbers and use these properties to solve problems and simplify calculationsPlan this
Science
12 content descriptions · Science understanding, Science as a human endeavour, Science inquiry
- AC9S6U01investigate the physical conditions of a habitat and analyse how the growth and survival of living things is affected by changing physical conditionsPlan this
- AC9S6U02describe the movement of Earth and other planets relative to the sun and model how Earth’s tilt, rotation on its axis and revolution around the sun relate to cyclic observable phenomena, including variable day and night lengthPlan this
Humanities and Social Sciences
15 content descriptions · Knowledge and understanding, Skills
- AC9HS6K01significant individuals, events and ideas that led to Australia’s Federation, the Constitution and democratic system of governmentPlan this
- AC9HS6K02changes in Australia's political system and to Australian citizenship after Federation and throughout the 20th century that impacted First Nations Australians, migrants, women and childrenPlan 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 6?
- Year 6 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.