S3 ICT Capabilities

ICT Capabilities ENGLISHNSW Syllabus for the Australian CurriculumStage 3

ObjectiveICT StrandICT Activities

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)-identify and summarise key ideas and information from guest speakers, eg: note-taking or using digital technologies

Speaking & listening CreatingManaging/Operating

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 andmultimodal elements for defined audiences and purposes, making appropriate choices formodality and emphasis (ACELY1700, ACELY1710)

Speaking & listening InvestigatingManaging/Operating

Recognise and discuss issues related to the responsible use of digital communication

Writing & representing Ethics/Cybersafety

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 CreatingManaging/Operating

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 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

Writing & representing InvestigatingCreatingManaging/Operating

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)

Writing & representing Ethics/Cybersafety

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 as required to create texts (ACELY1707, ACELY1717)


Explain & justify responsible use of digital technologies

Reading & viewingEthics/Cybersafety

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

Reading & viewingInvestigatingManaging/Operating

Recognise the effect of multimedia elements, eg film techniques, animation, voice-overs, sound effects, framing, close-ups-compare texts includingmediatexts 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 wayshyperlinkeddigital texts are organised, explaining effect on viewers' interpretations (ACELA1511)


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) -compare texts includingmediatexts that represent ideas and events in different ways, explaining the effects of the different approaches (ACELY1708)-recognise the effect ofmultimedia 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


Demonstrate an awareness of the limitations of spell check features in digital communication

SpellingInvestigatingManaging/Operating

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

Responding & composingInvestigatingManaging/Operating

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)

Responding & composingInvestigatingManaging/Operating

ICT Capabilities HISTORYNSW Syllabus for the Australian CurriculumStage 3


Use a range of sources to investigate ONE significant development or event and its impact on the chosen colony

The Australian ColoniesCommunicatingInvestigatingCreating

Sequence key figures and events and explain theirsignificance in the development of Australian democracy, eg: Sir Henry Parkes, Edmund Barton, Louisa Lawson, Vida Goldstein

Australia as a NationCommunicatingInvestigatingCreating

Using a range of sources, research and describe the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other groups to Australian society

Australia as a NationCommunicatingInvestigatingCreating

ICT Capabilities MATHSNSW Syllabus for the Australian CurriculumStage 3


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

Number and Algebra Whole Numbers 1CommunicatingInvestigating

Explore square and triangular numbers using arrays, grid paper or digital technologies

Number and Algebra Whole Numbers 2CommunicatingInvestigating

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 1CommunicatingInvestigating

Recordnumerical data in a simple spreadsheet Number and Algebra Addition and Subtraction 1Communicating

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 2Investigating

Use digital technologies to multiply numbers of up to four digits

Number and Algebra Multiplication and Division 1Investigating

Check answers to mental calculations using digital technologies


Apply appropriate mental and written strategies, and digital technologies, to solve multiplication word problems

Number and Algebra Multiplication and Division 1CommunicatingInvestigating

Use digital technologies to dividewhole numbers by one- and two-digit divisors


Check answers to mental calculations using digital technologies


Apply appropriate mental and written strategies, and digital technologies, to solve division word problems


Use a table or similar organiser to record methods used to solve problems


Investigate whether different digital technologies apply the order of operations


Calculateunit fractions of collections, with and without the use of digital technologies, eg:calculate 1/5 of30

Number and Algebra Fractions and Decimals 2CommunicatingInvestigating

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


Add and subtract decimals with the same number of decimal places, with and without the use ofdigital technologies


Add and subtract decimals with a different number of decimal places, with and without the use ofdigital technologies


Multiply decimals of up to three decimal places by whole numbers of up to two digits, with and without the use ofdigital technologies, eg:'I measured three desks. Each desk was 1.25m in length, so the total length is 31.25=3.75m'


Calculate common percentages (10%, 25%, 50%) of quantities, with and without the use ofdigital technologies


Calculate the sale price of an item after a discount of 10%, 25% and 50%, with and without the use ofdigital technologies, recording the strategy and result


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 1CommunicatingInvestigating

Continue and create number patterns, with and without the use ofdigital technologies, using whole numbers, fractions and decimals, eg:14,18,116, or 1.25, 2.5, 5,

Number and Algebra Patterns & Algebra 2CommunicatingInvestigating

Use bus, train, ferry and airline timetables, including those accessed on the internet, to prepare simple travel itineraries

Measurement and GeometryTime 2CommunicatingInvestigatingCreating

Use computer drawing tools to construct a shape from a description of its side and angle properties

Measurement and GeometryTwo-Dimensional Space 1CommunicatingInvestigating

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 GeometryTwo-Dimensional Space 1CommunicatingInvestigatingCreating

Construct designs with rotational symmetry, with and without the use of digital technologies


Make enlargements of two-dimensional shapes, pictures and maps, with and without the use of digital technologies


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 GeometryTwo-Dimensional Space 1Investigating

Construct patterns of two-dimensional shapes that involve translations, reflections and rotations using computer software


Use a street directory or online map to find the route to a given location

Measurement and GeometryPositionCommunicatingInvestigating

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

Statistics and ProbabilityData 1CommunicatingInvestigatingCreating

Construct dot plots for numerical data, eg:the number of siblings of each student in the class

Statistics and ProbabilityData 1CommunicatingInvestigatingCreating

Interpret data representations found in digital media and in factual texts

Statistics and ProbabilityData 2CommunicatingInvestigating

Interpret tables and graphs from the media and online sources, eg:data about different sports teams

Statistics and ProbabilityData 2CommunicatingInvestigating

Critically evaluate data representations found in digital media and related claims

Statistics and ProbabilityData 2Ethics/Cybersafety

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

Statistics and ProbabilityData 2Investigating

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

Statistics and ProbabilityChance 1Investigating

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 ProbabilityChance 2CommunicatingInvestigating

ICT Capabilities SCIENCENSW Syllabus for the Australian CurriculumStage 3


Accurately observing, measuring and recording data, using digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS087, ACSIS104)

SkillsWorking Scientifically CommunicatingInvestigatingCreating

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)

SkillsWorking Scientifically CommunicatingCreating

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)

SkillsWorking Scientifically CommunicatingCreating

Selecting and using techniques for documenting and communicating design ideas to others, eg drawings, plans, flow charts, storyboarding, modelling and presentations, using digital technologies

SkillsWorking TechnologicallyCommunicatingCreating

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

SkillsWorking TechnologicallyCommunicatingCreating

Research, usingsecondary 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 WorldCommunicatingInvestigatingCreating

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 InformationCommunicatingInvestigatingCreating

Explore a range of emerging information technologies and the ways that communicating with others has changed, eg: the use of video-conferencing, blogs and wikis

Knowledge and Understanding Made Environment InformationCommunicatingInvestigatingCreating

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