Examples of practice in the early years of school

​​These examples of practice illustrate alignment of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment in the early years of school. They provide snapshots from across a school year. The examples, which are linked to the Australian Cur​riculum​, include learning experiences that adopt and adapt C2C lessons, monitoring tools and assessment tasks.

The examples of practice demonstrate a range and balance of pedagogical approaches that are both child and teacher initiated, planned and spontaneous, including explicit instruction, inquiry learning, play-based learning and a project approach. The examples of practice illustrate the characteristics of age-appropriate pedagogies: active, agentic, collaborative, creative, explicit, language rich and dialogic, learner focused, narrative, playful, responsive and scaffolded.

Each example of practice can be used to support teacher reflection and decision-making.

Tip: ​Download the example of practice in Prep – annotated sample for an introduction into how to unpack each example of practice.​

Examples of practice in Prep

Event-based approach

​ Digital technologies 
Mathematics

Project approach​

Geography 
Science (PDF, 1MB) 

Explicit instruction

English 2 ​​

Play-based learning​

History ​

Inquiry learning

English 1 
History
Mathematics ​

Examples of practice​ in Prep/Year 1

​Play-based learning

​English 3​ ​
English 4​ 

Direct teaching/instruction

​​English 4​ ​ ​​

Project approach

​Visual Arts ​​

​Explicit instruction

Health and Physical Education​ ​​​

Examples of practice in Year 1 

Science