Draft Shape Paper for geography released
The draft Shape Paper for geography is now available for national public consultation until 27 August 2010. Feedback will be used to further revise the draft Shape Paper, which will then be published as The Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Geography. This paper will guide the writing of the final K-12 geography curriculum.
Download the Draft Shape Paper as PDF
A survey has been developed to help support the national public consultation process which will run till 27 August 2010. Read the survey here.
My School Developments
A letter from ACARA to school principals providing an overview of the developments for the My School website was distributed on 21 June following the first meeting of the My School Working Party. Download the full text of this letter as PDF(144 KB)
New genre in 2011 writing test
In the 2011 NAPLAN writing test, students will be asked to write in a persuasive style.
Under a persuasive style of writing, the writer must convince someone of his or her point of view or opinion.
The decision to change from narrative to persuasive was made by all Australian Education Ministers at a Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) meeting held on April 15, 2010.
Support and sample materials demonstrating this genre are available on the NAPLAN website www.naplan.edu.au