Notice information
- Topic
- Curriculum reform
- Learning Area
- Creative arts, HSIE, PDHPE, Science, Technological and Applied Studies
- Stages
- Early Stage 1 (Kindergarten), Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2), Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4), Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6)
Official notice
New K–6 Syllabuses
New K–6 syllabuses are now available on the NSW Curriculum.
- Effective
- Immediately
- Reference
- NESA 22/24
Who needs to read this?
- Principals
- Deputy principals
- Assistant principals
- Primary teachers
- Curriculum coordinators
- Head teachers (Creative Arts, HSIE, PDHPE, Science, Technological and Applied Studies)
The new syllabuses are now available on the NSW Curriculum for:
Schools can plan and prepare to teach the new K–6 syllabuses from 2025. The new syllabuses will be implemented in NSW schools in 2027.
Key features
- The Creative Arts K–6 syllabus makes explicit the distinct body of knowledge, creative and critical practices and individual ways of understanding the world through Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts.
- In Creative Arts K–6, students’ knowledge and understandings of cultures and contexts builds progressively through the stages of learning, with consideration of historical, cultural, social, personal and contemporary contexts.
- The HSIE K–6 syllabus is presented as one single, cohesive syllabus to support students in transferring concepts and to support teachers in planning for learning.
- The HSIE K–6 syllabus includes the use of maps, graphs and data for each stage of learning, aligned to the Mathematics syllabus.
- The PDHPE K–6 syllabus makes explicit the teaching of age-appropriate consent and respectful relationships content to empower students to keep themselves safe and align with community expectations.
- In the PDHPE K–6 syllabus, a greater focus on students staying safe in offline and online environments is included.
- In PDHPE K–6, there is a renewed focus on Fundamental Movement Skills to support students to value movement and provide opportunities to develop and apply the skills to movement experiences. Complementary content has been included to enable some students with physical disability to develop movement skills focusing on ability.
- In the Science and Technology K–6 syllabus, students develop understanding that Earth and all living things depend on energy to survive.
- In Science and Technology K–6, students learn to apply their knowledge to develop critical and creative thinking to create designed and digital solutions.
- Access content points support students with significant intellectual disability who are working towards Early Stage 1 outcomes.
Schools have access to support materials including teaching advice on the NSW Curriculum website to assist with implementation. More resources will be made available over time as well as online, accredited professional development on NESA’s online learning hub