Capabilities and priorities emerge authentically from the content and are not an additional layer on the curriculum.
Cross curriculum priorities
The priorities develop students’ understanding of communities, contemporary issues and the world around them.
The priorities are:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia
Sustainability
Civics and citizenship
Diversity and difference
Work and enterprise.
General capabilities
The capabilities encompass the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours that assist students to live and work successfully.
The capabilities are:
Literacy
Numeracy
Digital literacy
Critical and creative thinking
Ethical understanding
Intercultural understanding
Personal and social capability.
Capabilities and priorities in the NSW Curriculum assist students to achieve the broad learning outcomes defined in the:
● NESA Statement of Equity Principles
● Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (December 2019)
● Australian Government’s Core Skills for Work Developmental Framework (2013).
