Learning Map
EnglishWriting Compositionusually ages 6–7

Building Writing Stamina

Write about real events and for different purposes, developing stamina for sustained writing across genres beyond narrative (e.g., recounts, letters, instructions)

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Can your child write in different styles for different purposes — for example, writing a recount of a school trip, a letter to a friend, or a set of instructions for a game?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
Simple Stories with Beginning and Endingages 5–7Writing about real events builds on narrative writing skills
Writing Process Vocabularyages 5–8Writing for different purposes requires the vocabulary of purpose, genre, recount, and instruction
Expressing Feelings with Wordsages 5–7Writing about real events draws on the ability to put feelings into words — the SEL skill of expressing emotions verbally before encoding them in written form
Writing to informages 5–7Informative writing skills support writing for different purposes
Joining Lettersages 6–10Joined handwriting supports sustained writing stamina
Building Writing Staminathis skill · ages 6–7
Unlocks
Organising Writing into Paragraphsages 7–10Paragraph organisation requires writing for different purposes
Planning Ideas Before Writingages 6–10Planning before writing builds on earlier compositional skills
Drawing conclusions from evidenceages 7–9Reporting science findings orally and in writing draws on the non-fiction writing skills (recounts, explanations) established in English

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9E3LY08low confidenceYear 3 · Literacy

write words using joined letters that are clearly formed and consistent in size

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

EN2-CWT-01medium confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 2
EN2-CWT-03medium confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2EFLY13low confidenceEnglish · Foundation · Literacy strand
VC2E3LY11low confidenceEnglish · Level 3 · Literacy strand
VC2E1LY13low confidenceEnglish · Level 1 · Literacy strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

Nearby on the map

Basic Informational Writingages 6–11 Planning Ideas Before Writingages 6–10 Revising and editingages 6–7 Structured Opinion Writingages 6–11

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