Notice information
- Topic
- Curriculum
- Learning Area
- Science
- 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 Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus
Read about the new Science and Technology K–6 syllabus.
- Effective
- Term 1, 2019
- Reference
- NESA 57/17
Who needs to read this?
- Principals
- Deputy Principals
- Assistant Principals
- Curriculum co-ordinators
- Release from Face-to-Face Teachers
- Specialist K–6 Science and Technology Teachers
- K–6 Classroom Teachers
The new Science and Technology K–6 syllabus is now available for download (as a PDF or Word document) from the NESA website.
In 2018 schools will continue to deliver the current Science K–10 (incorporating Science and Technology K–6) Syllabus (2012).
From Term 1, 2019 implementation commences for the new Science and Technology K–6 Syllabus (2017) for Early Stage 1 to Stage 3.
Key features of the new syllabus include:
- a reduction in the number of outcomes
- a reduction in the number of content strands
- the replacement of Working Technologically skills with Design and Production
- the inclusion of a Digital Technologies strand.
For more information, contact:
curriculum@nesa.nsw.edu.au