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Words: Natasha BitaProducer: Louise Starkey
Everything you need to know about the 2023 curriculum
Teachings in Australian classrooms are about to get a major makeover, following a decision to endorse an old-school curriculum from next year to ensure students master the basics.
Primary school students will be expected to add, subtract and multiply without using a calculator and will start learning their times tables in Year 2.
Math
A previous version of the curriculum, widely condemned by maths teachers, had postponed the rote learning of multiplication from Year 3 to Year 4, and delayed teaching kids to tell the time until Year 2.
High school students will be forced to study Australian history in Years 9 and 10 — currently an optional option — with ­lessons on "Deep Time" Indigenous history taught in Year 7.
History
The curriculum aims for a ceasefire in the culture war over the teaching of Indigenous history and European settlement of Australia, by ensuring both perspectives are taught in schools.
Children will spend more time active outdoors, with more focus on sport and exercise and less theory in the physical education syllabus.
Sport
Teachers will pay more attention to teaching about the origins and heritage of Australia's democracy, and the diversity of Australian communities.
Diversity
Lessons on privacy and security will be added to the digital technologies curriculum.
Digital
Students will be taught about "respectful relationships" — from sharing to sexual consent — in age-appropriate ways in every year of school.
Consent
Lessons about mental health will be postponed until the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACAARA) has time to consult medical and psychology experts.
Mental Health
Swipe up for more information on the first "decluttered" curriculum review since 2014.

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