ICT Capabilities

ENGLISH
NSW Syllabus for the Australian
Curriculum
Stage 3

Plan, rehearse and deliver

presentations, selecting and
sequencing appropriate content and
multimodal elements for defined
audiences and purposes, making
appropriate choices for modality and
emphasis (ACELY1700, ACELY1710)

Objective

ICT Strand

Speaking &
listening

Creating
Managing/Operatin
g

Speaking &
listening

Investigating
Managing/Operatin
g

-identify and summarise key ideas and

information from guest speakers, eg: notetaking or using digital technologies

Identify and summarise key ideas and

information from guest speakers, eg
note-taking or using digital
technologies
-plan, rehearse and deliver presentations,
selecting and sequencing appropriate content
and multimodal elements for defined
audiences and purposes, making appropriate
choices for modality and emphasis
(ACELY1700, ACELY1710)

Recognise and discuss issues related

Writing &
representing

Ethics/Cybersafety

ICT Activities

to the responsible use of digital

communication

Plan, draft and publish imaginative,

informative and persuasive texts,
choosing and experimenting with text
structures, language features, images
and digital resources appropriate to
purpose and audience (ACELY1704,
ACELY1714)

Writing &
representing

Creating
Managing/Operatin
g

Writing &
representing

Creating
Managing/Operatin
g

Compose increasingly complex print,

visual, multimodal and digital texts,
experimenting with language, design,
layout and graphics
-use increasingly complex research data from
print and digital sources to compose short and
sustained texts
-assess the reliability of resources, including
digital resources, when researching topics
-use a range of software, including word
processing programs, learning new functions
as required to create texts (ACELY1707,
ACELY1717)

Use increasingly complex research

data from print and digital sources to
compose short and sustained texts
-compose increasingly complex print,
visual, multimodal and digital texts,
experimenting with language, design, layout

Writing &
representing

Investigating
Creating
Managing/Operatin
g

and graphics
-assess the reliability of resources, including
digital resources, when researching topics
-use a range of software, including word
processing programs, learning new functions
as required to create texts

Assess the reliability of resources,

including digital resources, when
researching topics
-compose increasingly complex print,
visual, multimodal and digital texts,
experimenting with language, design, layout
and graphics
-use increasingly complex research data from
print and digital sources to compose short and
sustained texts
-use a range of software, including word
processing programs, learning new functions
as required to create texts (ACELY1707,
ACELY1717)

Use a range of software, including

word processing programs, learning
new functions as required to create
texts (ACELY1707, ACELY1717)
-compose increasingly complex print,
visual, multimodal and digital texts,
experimenting with language, design, layout
and graphics
-assess the reliability of resources, including
digital resources, when researching topics
-use a range of software, including word
processing programs, learning new functions

Writing &
representing

Writing &
representing

Ethics/Cybersafety

Creating
Managing/Operatin
g

as required to create texts (ACELY1707,

ACELY1717)

Explain & justify responsible use of

digital technologies

Reading &
viewing

Ethics/Cybersafety

Reading &
viewing

Investigating
Managing/Operatin
g

Compare texts including media texts

that represent ideas and events in
different ways, explaining the effects
of the different approaches
(ACELY1708)
-recognise the effect of multimedia elements,
eg: film techniques, animation, voice-overs,
sound effects, framing, close-ups
-explain sequences of images in print texts
and compare these to the
ways hyperlinked digital texts are organised,
explaining their effect on viewers'
interpretations (ACELA1511)

Recognise the effect of multimedia

elements, eg film techniques,
animation, voice-overs, sound effects,
framing, close-ups
-compare texts including media texts that
represent ideas and events in different ways,
explaining the effects of the different
approaches (ACELY1708)
-explain sequences of images in print texts &
compare these two ways hyperlinked digital
texts are organised, explaining effect on
viewers' interpretations (ACELA1511)

Reading &
viewing

Investigating
Managing/Operatin
g

Explain sequences of images in print

texts and compare these to the ways
hyperlinked digital texts are
organised, explaining their effect on
viewers' interpretations (ACELA1511)

Reading &
viewing

Investigating
Managing/Operatin
g

Reading &
viewing

Investigating
Managing/Operatin
g

Reading &
viewing

Investigating
Managing/Operatin
g

-compare texts including media texts that

represent ideas and events in different ways,
explaining the effects of the different
approaches (ACELY1708)
-recognise the effect of multimedia elements,
eg: film techniques, animation, voice-overs,
sound effects, framing, close-ups

Interpret picture books, comic strips

and sequences of digital images which
do not contain written text
-use comprehension strategies to interpret
and analyse information and ideas, comparing
content from a variety of textual sources
including media and digital texts (ACELY1703,
ACELY1713)

Use comprehension strategies to

interpret and analyse information and
ideas, comparing content from a
variety of textual sources including
media and digital texts (ACELY1703,
ACELY1713)
-interpret picture books, comic strips and
sequences of digital images which do not

contain written text

Spelling

Investigating
Managing/Operatin
g

Responding &
composing

Investigating
Managing/Operatin
g

Responding &
composing

Investigating
Managing/Operatin
g

Demonstrate an awareness of the

limitations of spell check features in
digital communication

Investigate how the organisation of

texts into chapters, headings,
subheadings, home pages and
subpages for online texts and
according to chronology or topic can
be used to predict content and assist
navigation (ACELA1797)
-discuss the conventions of a range of complex
texts, eg: act and stage directions in plays,
literary devices in poems and stories, layout
conventions in print and digital texts

Discuss the conventions of a range of

complex texts, eg: act and stage
directions in plays, literary devices in
poems and stories, layout conventions
in print and digital texts
-investigate how the organisation of texts into
chapters, headings, subheadings, home pages
and sub pages for online texts and according
to chronology or topic can be used to predict
content and assist navigation (ACELA1797)

ICT Capabilities
HISTORY
NSW Syllabus for the Australian
Curriculum
Stage 3

Use a range of sources to investigate

ONE significant development or event
and its impact on the chosen colony

Sequence key figures and events and

Objective

ICT Strand

The Australian
Colonies

Communicating
Investigating
Creating

Australia as a
Nation

Communicating
Investigating

ICT Activities

explain their significance in the

development of Australian democracy,
eg: Sir Henry Parkes, Edmund Barton,
Louisa Lawson, Vida Goldstein

Using a range of sources, research and

describe the contribution of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander peoples and
other groups to Australian society

Creating

Australia as a
Nation

Communicating
Investigating
Creating

ICT Capabilities
MATHS
NSW Syllabus for the Australian
Curriculum
Stage 3

Interpret information from the

internet, the media, the environment
and other sources that use large
numbers

Objective

ICT Strand

Number and
Algebra Whole
Numbers 1

Communicating
Investigating

ICT Activities

Explore square and triangular numbers

using arrays, grid paper or digital
technologies

Number and
Algebra Whole
Numbers 2

Communicating
Investigating

Select and apply efficient mental,

written and calculator strategies to
solve addition and subtraction word
problems, including problems involving
money

Number and
Algebra Addition
and Subtraction 1

Communicating
Investigating

Number and
Algebra Addition
and Subtraction 1

Communicating

Select and apply appropriate mental

and written strategies, with and
without the use of digital technologies,
to solve unfamiliar problems

Number and
Algebra Addition
and Subtraction 2

Investigating

Use digital technologies to multiply

numbers of up to four digits

Number and
Algebra
Multiplication and
Division 1

Investigating

Record numerical data in a simple

spreadsheet

Check answers to mental calculations

using digital technologies

Number and
Algebra
Multiplication and
Division 1
Number and

Investigating
Communicating

Apply appropriate mental and written

strategies, and digital technologies, to
solve multiplication word problems

Algebra
Multiplication and
Division 1

Investigating

Use digital technologies to

divide whole numbers by one- and twodigit divisors

Number and
Algebra
Multiplication and
Division 1

Communicating
Investigating

Check answers to mental calculations

using digital technologies

Number and
Algebra
Multiplication and
Division 1

Investigating

Apply appropriate mental and written

strategies, and digital technologies, to
solve division word problems

Number and
Algebra
Multiplication and
Division 1

Communicating
Investigating

Use a table or similar organiser to

record methods used to solve
problems

Number and
Algebra
Multiplication and
Division 2

Communicating
Investigating

Investigate whether different digital

technologies apply the order of
operations

Number and
Algebra
Multiplication and
Division 2

Investigating

Calculate unit fractions of collections,

with and without the use of digital
technologies, eg: calculate 1/5 of 30

Number and
Algebra Fractions
and Decimals 2

Communicating
Investigating

Calculate a simple fraction of a

collection/quantity, with and without
the use of digital technologies,
eg: calculate 2/5 of 30

Number and
Algebra Fractions
and Decimals 2

Communicating
Investigating

Add and subtract decimals with the

same number of decimal places, with
and without the use of digital
technologies

Number and
Algebra Fractions
and Decimals 2

Communicating
Investigating

Add and subtract decimals with a

different number of decimal places,
with and without the use of digital
technologies

Number and
Algebra Fractions
and Decimals 2

Communicating
Investigating

Multiply decimals of up to three

decimal places by whole numbers of up
to two digits, with and without the use
of digital technologies, eg: 'I measured
three desks. Each desk was 1.25 m in
length, so the total length is
3 1.25 = 3.75 m'

Number and
Algebra Fractions
and Decimals 2

Communicating
Investigating

Calculate common percentages (10%,

25%, 50%) of quantities, with and
without the use of digital technologies

Number and
Algebra Fractions
and Decimals 2

Communicating
Investigating

Calculate the sale price of an item

after a discount of 10%, 25% and 50%,
with and without the use of digital
technologies, recording the strategy
and result

Number and
Algebra Fractions
and Decimals 2

Communicating
Investigating

Create, with materials or digital

technologies, a variety of patterns
using whole numbers, fractions or
decimals, eg: 14, 24, 34, 44, 54, 64,
or 2.2, 2.0, 1.8, 1.6,

Number and
Algebra Patterns
& Algebra 1

Communicating
Investigating

Continue and create number patterns,

with and without the use of digital
technologies, using whole numbers,
fractions and decimals,
eg: 14, 18, 116, or 1.25, 2.5, 5,

Number and
Algebra Patterns
& Algebra 2

Communicating
Investigating

Measurement
and Geometry
Time 2

Communicating
Investigating
Creating

Measurement
and Geometry
Two-Dimensional
Space 1

Communicating
Investigating

Use bus, train, ferry and airline

timetables, including those accessed
on the internet, to prepare simple
travel itineraries

Use computer drawing tools to

construct a shape from a description of
its side and angle properties

Rotate a graphic or object through a

specified angle about a particular
point, including by using the rotate
function in a computer drawing
program

Measurement
and Geometry
Two-Dimensional
Space 1

Communicating
Investigating
Creating

Construct designs with rotational

symmetry, with and without the use of
digital technologies

Measurement
and Geometry
Two-Dimensional
Space 1

Communicating
Investigating
Creating

Make enlargements of two-dimensional

shapes, pictures and maps, with and
without the use of digital technologies

Measurement
and Geometry
Two-Dimensional
Space 1

Communicating
Investigating
Creating

Investigate and use functions of digital

technologies that allow shapes and
images to be enlarged without losing
the relative proportions of the image

Measurement
and Geometry
Two-Dimensional
Space 1

Investigating

Construct patterns of two-dimensional

shapes that involve translations,
reflections and rotations using
computer software

Measurement
and Geometry
Two-Dimensional
Space 2

Communicating
Investigating
Creating

Use a street directory or online map to

Measurement
and Geometry

Communicating
Investigating

find the route to a given location

Position

Tabulate collected data, including

numerical data, with and without the
use of digital technologies such as
spreadsheets

Statistics and
Probability
Data 1

Communicating
Investigating
Creating

Construct dot plots for numerical data,

eg: the number of siblings of each
student in the class

Statistics and
Probability
Data 1

Communicating
Investigating
Creating

Interpret data representations found in

digital media and in factual texts

Statistics and
Probability
Data 2

Communicating
Investigating

Interpret tables and graphs from the

media and online sources, eg: data
about different sports teams

Statistics and
Probability
Data 2

Communicating
Investigating

Critically evaluate data

representations found in digital media
and related claims

Statistics and
Probability
Data 2

Ethics/Cybersafety

Identify misleading representations of

data in the media, eg: broken axes,
graphics that are not drawn to scale

Statistics and
Probability
Data 2

Investigating

Determine the likelihood of winning

simple games by considering the
number of possible outcomes, eg: in a
'rock-paper-scissors' game

Statistics and
Probability
Chance 1

Assign expected probabilities to

outcomes in chance experiments with
random generators, including digital
simulators, and compare the expected
probabilities with the observed
probabilities after both small and large
numbers of trials

Statistics and
Probability
Chance 2

ICT Capabilities
SCIENCE

Investigating

Communicating
Investigating

NSW Syllabus for the Australian

Curriculum
Stage 3

Objective

ICT Strand

Accurately observing, measuring and

recording data, using digital
technologies as appropriate
(ACSIS087, ACSIS104)

Skills
Working
Scientifically

Communicating
Investigating
Creating

Using a variety of ways to honestly and

accurately communicate ideas,
explanations and processes, including
multi-modal texts, labelled diagrams,
as well as written and oral factual
texts as appropriate (ACSIS093,
ACSIS110)

Skills
Working
Scientifically

Communicating
Creating

Using a variety of ways to honestly and

accurately communicate ideas,
explanations and processes, including
multi-modal texts, labelled diagrams,
as well as written and oral factual
texts as appropriate (ACSIS093,
ACSIS110)

Skills
Working
Scientifically

Communicating
Creating

Selecting and using techniques for

Skills
Working
Technologically

Communicating
Creating

ICT Activities

documenting and communicating

design ideas to others, eg drawings,
plans, flow charts, storyboarding,
modelling and presentations, using
digital technologies

For a design project, selecting and

safely using a range of tools,
equipment and related techniques to
cut, edit, join, manipulate and shape
materials and/or information

Skills
Working
Technologically

Communicating
Creating

Research, using secondary sources to

gather information about science
understandings, discoveries and/or
inventions that depend on the
reflection and refraction of light and
how these are used to solve problems
that directly affect people's lives, eg
mirrors, magnifiers, spectacles and
prisms (ACSHE083, ACSHE100)

Knowledge and
Understanding
Natural
Environment
Physical World

Communicating
Investigating
Creating

Explore how information and

communication systems can be used to
exchange ideas, collaborate with
others, organise and present data, eg:
a database, spreadsheet and
multimedia designs

Knowledge and
Understanding
Made Environment
Information

Communicating
Investigating
Creating

Explore a range of emerging

information technologies and the ways
that communicating with others has
changed, eg: the use of videoconferencing, blogs and wikis

Knowledge and
Understanding
Made Environment
Information

Communicating
Investigating
Creating