Learning Map
EnglishWriting Compositionusually ages 6–7

Revising and editing

Proof-read own writing to check for errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation; evaluate and revise writing with teacher/peer support, re-reading to ensure meaning is clear and tense is consistent

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When your child finishes a piece of writing, do they proofread it for spelling mistakes, missing punctuation, and errors in grammar — and make corrections before handing it in?

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Builds on
Responding to Writing Feedbackages 5–7Proofreading builds on Y1 revising writing
Writing Process Vocabularyages 5–8Proof-reading and revising requires 'draft', 'edit', 'revise', and 'proofread' as named steps in the writing process
Starting and Ending Sentencesages 5–8Knowledge of punctuation needed to spot errors
Alternative Spellings for Soundsages 6–9Knowledge of spelling alternatives needed to proofread spelling
Revising and editingthis skill · ages 6–7
Unlocks
Revising and editing (age 7+)ages 7–11Evaluating writing effectiveness and proposing changes builds on basic proofreading and revision
Past, Present and Progressive Tenseages 6–9Progressive forms concept extends from earlier verb knowledge

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Curriculum alignment

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

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

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9E1LY06medium confidenceYear 1 · Literacy

create and re-read to edit short written and/or multimodal texts to report on a topic, express an opinion or recount a real or imagined event, using grammatically correct simple sentences, some topic-specific vocabulary, sentence boundary punctuation and correct spelling of some one- and two-syllable words

AC9E3LY04medium confidenceYear 3 · Literacy

read a range of texts using phonic, semantic and grammatical knowledge to read accurately and fluently, re-reading and self-correcting when required

AC9E3LY08low confidenceYear 3 · Literacy

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

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

EN2-CWT-01low confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 2
EN2-CWT-02low confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E1LY14medium confidenceEnglish · Level 1 · Literacy strand
VC2EFLY14medium confidenceEnglish · Foundation · Literacy strand
VC2E2LY12medium confidenceEnglish · Level 2 · 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.

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