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New NSW Curriculum Reform syllabus: Implement from 2023
English and Mathematics for K−2
Content relating to K−2 is now replaced by the new syllabuses available in the Digital Curriculum.
The new syllabuses must be taught in Kindergarten to Year 2 in all NSW primary schools from Term 1, 2023.
The following codes and icons are used in the Mathematics K–10 Syllabus.
Outcome coding
Syllabus outcomes have been coded in a consistent way. The code identifies the subject, the stage, the outcome number and the way content is organised.
The stages are represented by the following codes:
Stage | Code |
Stage 2 | 2 |
Stage 3 | 3 |
Stage 4 | 4 |
Stage 5.1 | 5.1 |
Stage 5.2 | 5.2 |
Stage 5.3 | 5.3 |
In the Mathematics syllabus, Working Mathematically and the strands are represented by the following codes:
Working Mathematically | WM |
Number and Algebra | NA |
Measurement and Geometry | MG |
Statistics and Probability | SP |
For example:
Outcome code | Interpretation |
MA4-5NA | Mathematics, Stage 4 - Outcome 5, Number and Algebra |
MA5.2-16SP | Mathematics, Stage 5.2 - Outcome 16, Statistics and Probability |
MALS-27MG | Mathematics, Life Skills - Outcome 27, Measurement and Geometry |
Coding of the Australian Curriculum content
The syllabus includes all the Australian Curriculum content descriptions for Mathematics. The content descriptions are identified by an Australian Curriculum code, which appears in brackets at the end of each content description, for example:
Count collections to 100 by partitioning numbers using place value (ACMNA014).
The Australian Curriculum Mathematics codes are:
Code | Interpretation |
ACMNA | Australian Curriculum, Mathematics, Number and Algebra |
ACMMG | Australian Curriculum, Mathematics, Measurement and Geometry |
ACMSP | Australian Curriculum, Mathematics, Statistics and Probability |
Learning across the curriculum icons
Learning across the curriculum content, including cross-curriculum priorities, general capabilities and other areas identified as important learning for all students, is incorporated and identified by icons in the syllabus.
Cross-curriculum priorities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia
Sustainability
General capabilities
Critical and creative thinking
Ethical understanding
Information and communication technology capability
Intercultural understanding
Literacy
Numeracy*
Personal and social capability
Other learning across the curriculum areas
Civics and citizenship
Difference and diversity
Work and enterprise
* Numeracy is embedded throughout the Mathematics K–10 Syllabus. It relates to a high proportion of content across K–10. Consequently, this particular general capability is not tagged in the syllabus.