NSW English Syllabus Outcomes

These are the Syllabus Outcomes for the New South Wales (NSW) English Syllabus K-6 (implemented from 2023/2024).

The lesson plans on the Teaching with Picture Books website are aligned with these outcomes.

English Syllabus Outcomes (Early Stage 1/Kindergarten):

ENE-OLC-01: communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults.
ENE-VOCAB-01: understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts.
ENE-PHOAW-01: identifies, blends, segments and manipulates phonological units in spoken words as a strategy for reading and creating texts.
ENE-PRINT-01: tracks written text from left to right and from top to bottom of the page and identifies visual and spacial features of print.
ENE-PHOKW-01: uses single-letter grapheme-phoneme correspondences and common diagraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts.
ENE-REFLU-01: reads decodable texts aloud with automaticity.
ENE-RECOM-01: comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect.
ENE-CWT-01: creates written texts that include at least to related ideas and correct simple sentences.
ENE-SPELL-01: applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts.
ENE-HANDW-01: produces all lower-case and upper-case letters to create texts
ENE-UARL-01: understands and responds to literature read to them.

English Syllabus Outcomes (Stage 1/Years 1-2):

EN1-OLC-01: Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions.
EN1-VOCAB-01: understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas.
EN1-PHOKW-01: uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs and trigraphs, to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts.
EN1-REFLU-01: sustains reading unseen texts with automaticity and prosody and self-corrects errors.
EN1-RECOM-01: comprehends independently-read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text and monitoring for meaning.
EN1-CWT-01: plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure.
EN1-SPELL-01: applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts.
EN1-HANDW-01: uses a legible, fluent and automatic handwriting style and digital technology, including word-processing applications, when creating texts.
EN1-UARL-01: understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose.

English Syllabus Outcomes (Stage 2/Years 3-4):

EN2-OLC-01: communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting.
EN2-VOCAB-0: builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words.
EN2-REFLU-01: sustains independent reading with accuracy, automaticity, rate and prosody suited to purpose, audience and meaning.
EN2-RECOM-01: reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension.
EN2-CWT-01: plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience.
EN2-CWT-02: plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience.
EN2-CWT-03: plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience.
EN2-SPELL-01: selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts.
EN2-HANDW-01: forms legible joined letters to develop handwriting fluency.
EN2-HANDW-02: uses digital technologies to create texts.
EN2-UARL-01: identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts.

English Syllabus Outcomes (Stage 3/Years 5-6):

EN3-OLC-01: communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding.
EN3-VOCAB-01: extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts.
EN3-RECOM-01: fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension.
EN3-CWT-01: plans, creates and revises written texts for multiple purposes and audiences through selection of text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language.
EN3-SPELL-01: automatically applies taught phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts, and justifies spelling strategies used to spell unfamiliar words.
EN3-HANDW-01: sustains a legible, fluent and automatic handwriting style.
EN3-HANDW-02: selects digital technologies to suit audience and purpose to create texts.
EN3-UARL-01: analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts.
EN3-UARL-02: analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts.

NSW English Syllabus Outcomes

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