​Science Understanding

Students pose questions and make predictions based on their experiences. They engage in investigations and make observations safely. With guidance, they represent observations and identify patterns. With guidance, they compare their observations with their predictions. They share questions, predictions, observations and ideas about their experiences with others.

​Literature

By the end of Fo​undation, students listen to texts, interact with others and create short spoken texts, including retelling stories. They share thoughts and preferences, retell events and report information or key ideas to an audience. They use language features including words and phrases from learning and texts. They listen for and identify rhymes, letter patterns and sounds (phonemes) in words. They orally blend and segment phonemes in single-syllable words.

They read, view and comprehend texts, making connections between characters, settings and events, and to personal experiences. They identify the language features of texts including connections between print and images. They name the letters of the English alphabet and know and use the most common sounds (phonemes) represented by these letters (graphs). They read words including consonant–vowel–consonant words and some high-frequency words.

They create short written texts, including retelling stories using words and images where appropriate. They retell, report information and state their thoughts, feelings and key ideas. They use words and phrases from learning and texts. They form letters, spell most consonant–vowel–consonant words and experiment with capital letters and full stops.

​Knowledge and Understanding

Students pose questions, and sort and record information from observations and provided sources. They share a perspective and draw conclusions. Students use sources and terms to share observations about places and the past.

​Personal, Social and Community Health

Inquiring

​Analysing

(Nature Kids) identify examples of ethical concepts, such as right and wrong

Examine values, rights and responsibilities and ethical norms

(Nature Kids) identify examples of values, rights and responsibilities

Recognise influences on ethical behaviour and perspectives

(Nature Kids) identify examples of how emotions affect behaviour

​Speaking and Listening

(Nature Kids) identify their likes, dislikes, strengths, abilities and interests, and describe how these influence choices 

Emotional awareness

(Nature Kids) identify their own emotional responses

Reflective practice

(Nature Kids) identify how their choices affect the development of personal abilities and achievements

(Nature Kids) demonstrate an awareness of the needs, emotions, cultures and backgrounds of others

Relational awareness

(Nature Kids) share feelings, needs and interests with others through play and working with diverse groups

Community awareness

(Nature Kids) describe the ways they are connected and can contribute to their community groups

​Country / Place

(Nature Kids) recognise that all life forms, including human life, are connected through Earth's systems on which they depend for their wellbeing and survival.​

SS2

(Nature Kids) understand that sustainable patterns of living require the responsible use of resources, maintenance of clean air, water and soils, and preservation or restoration of healthy environments​