Student & Parent Resources

 As a parent and home educator, I am well placed to determine the suitability of these resources for your individual child.

The following links to online resources assist us to plan and implement your child’s program.

 Australian Curriculum (ACARA) – http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/

 Home  Parent information provides an overview of how the Australian Curriculum is organised and what learning looks like in each band of years. https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/parent-information/ 

Learning areas (Prep –Year 10): https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/learning-areas/  

Content descriptions describe what is to be taught in each learning area, at each year level or band of years. Achievement standards describe the expected learning (subject-specific ‘understanding’ and ‘skills’) children should be able to demonstrate in each learning area.  

Student diversity describes how to use the Australian Curriculum to plan personalised learning for all children including students with disability, and Gifted and talented students. https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/resources/student-diversity/ 

Literacy and numeracy learning progressions describe the common sequence for literacy and numeracy development and acquisition. https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/resources/national-literacy-andnumeracy-learning-progressions/   

Australian Curriculum work sample portfolios provide a collection of students’ work drawn from a range of assessment tasks. These can be used by parents to help formulate non-bias assessments of their child’s progress and the quality of their work: https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/resources/work-samples/ 

- English work samples 

https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/resources/work-samples/english-worksamples-portfolios/

 - Mathematics work samples https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/resources/work-samples/mathematicswork-samples-portfolios/  

- Science work samples

 https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/resources/work-samples/science-worksamples-portfolios/  

These Sourcebook Modules provide teachers with a range of teaching and learning ideas. 

 NAPLAN - Information and practice materials https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/p-10/naplan 

 Modules of work - Ready-made units of work with cross-curricular tasks https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/p10/past-curriculum-documents/years-1-10-syllabuses  - click on “Sourcebook modules” for each subject. Levels 1 and 2 = Years 1-3, Level 3 = Years 4-5, Level 4 = Years 6-7, Level 5 = Years 8-9, Level 6 = Year 10+ 

Digital Technologies Hub | Unpack the Digital Technologies curriculum 

The Digital Technologies Hub resources search page → is a great place for everyone to find resources linked to the Australian Curriculum, explore strategies, get advice from Australian primary and secondary schools, and more.

Teachers working with the Australian Digital Technologies curriculum can use and adapt the Scope and Sequence (F–10) – Learning programs to support implementation → to create sequenced learning programs that are organised by year level and topic of interest.

Parents can find digital technologies activities to engage the family at home. Activities require minimal preparation and include all the knowledge needed to complete tasks.

Language Learning Space | Improve language skills from home

The Language Learning Space (LLS) provides resources for teachers and students of Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese. 

FREE access to immersive stories set in-country! 

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Build-your-own learning sequences from hundreds of great resources, and professional learning topics for language teachers.

ELLA | Delivering a fun new way to learn languages

Discover a fun new world of language learning for early childhood. 

Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA)→  is a digital, play-based language learning program for preschool children, designed to inspire children by driving a genuine interest in a new language and culture.

Students and parents can access resources related to reading, making art, celebrating, cooking, and so much more!

Organised by learning areas

General 

English Grammar  ⪢

Language, Literacy & Literature  ⪢

English as a Second Language (ESL)  ⪢

Embedding Indigenous Perspectives  ⪢

Australia  ⪢

Australian Curriculum Support

History, Geography & Social Sciences HASS ⪢

Civics & Citizenship  ⪢

The Arts  ⪢

Science & Technology  ⪢

Educating for Sustainability (EfS)  ⪢

Social and Emotional Learning  ⪢

Maths & Numeracy  ⪢

The NCCD Portal ⪢ is packed with free and practical resources to guide school communities through the NCCD process.

Access the latest case studies, e-learning courses, templates, and videos to find out everything you need to know about the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). 

The DDA and the Standards in a nutshell

The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) and the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the Standards) are two pieces of Commonwealth legislation that work together to ensure that Australian school students with disability get the same opportunities at school as everyone else.

These digital resources can be accessed at home for free. 

• ABC Television Education http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/  - Educational TV programs and extension resources.  

• ABC Education http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/home  - Free educational videos, games, and programs for primary and secondary students. Resources are categorised into parents, teachers, and students.  

• Literacy Teaching Toolkit provides practical advice and high-impact teaching practices that improve outcomes in reading, writing and speaking, and listening for primary-age learners. https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/english/literacy/Pages/ default.a spx   

• Teaching and learning resources  English for the Australian Curriculum http://e4ac.edu.au/.   This site contains detailed units of ACARA-based study for early primary and secondary levels. The unit plans include teaching activities, worksheets, and links to online resources. Each activity is linked to ACARA capabilities.  

• Literacy and numeracy resources for families https://www.education.sa.gov.au/teaching/curriculum-andteaching/literacy-and-numeracy/literacy-and-numeracy-resources-families  from the Department for Education, South Australia, provides a wide range of useful teaching and learning information and links for parents.  

• The Surfing Scientist http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/lessonplans/  - Detailed lesson plans, conundrums, tricks, and videos.  

• Behind the News (BTN) http://www.abc.net.au/btn/  - Investigates current world and national news, putting it into a child-friendly context so that complex issues are more easily understood.  

• The Australian Human Rights Commission https://www.humanrights.gov.au/education/human-rights- schoolclassroom has education resources designed to help students gain a critical understanding of human rights and responsibilities and to develop the attitudes, behaviours ,and skills to apply human rights in everyday life. Resources are mapped to the national curriculum, include interactive activities and are free to download.

• Global Education http://globaleducation.edu.au/ 

•  Resources for teaching Humanities and global education.  State Library of Queensland http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/services/membership/how-to-join  - Join to borrow resources.  

• eLearning resources http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/search/eresources  - Online journals, newspapers, magazines and websites as well as excellent books available as eBooks. 

Through authentic student voice, students consider, discuss, and contribute to the creation of appropriate and relevant strategies to respond to bullying in their context.

The Information of Teachers (PDF, 349KB) provides an overview of the implementation of the Student voice engagement activity, as well as curriculum and theoretical links.

Lessons have been packaged into age-appropriate levels, however, can be edited to suit school settings and class needs.

Take action together. (ZIP, 1.5MB)

• Years 3–10

• Lesson plan

• Classroom activities

For Years 3 to 6

Watch the video  — Transcript (DOCX, 28KB)

Be kind online, encourages young people to block content, report it, and support each other if they see or experience cyberbullying.

It is important that young people know that they are not alone and help is always available.

Share these videos with your students and start a conversation to help identify, understand and respond to cyberbullying.

A free service called BillyGuard allows people to take action against bullies. 

In order to stop bullying, they assist people of all ages who are being bullied, harassed, threatened or intimidated via technology (Internet or phones). 

Using BillyGuard ensures that there are consequences for inappropriate behaviours because they address bullying at the source.