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ScienceEarth's Systemsusually ages 5–6

Seasonal changes

Observe changes across the four seasons and describe weather associated with each season, including how day length varies

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Can your child describe what happens in each season — like leaves falling in autumn, snow in winter — and notice that days are shorter in winter and longer in summer?

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Builds on
Days, Weeks, Months & Yearsages 5–6Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
Seasonal changesthis skill · ages 5–6
Unlocks
Local weather patternsages 5–6Must observe seasonal changes before recording weather patterns systematically
Weather Forecasting & Safetyages 5–6Must observe weather and seasons before understanding weather forecasting purpose
Seasons & Weather Patternsages 5–7Seasons/weather patterns parallels curriculum four seasons topic
Sunlight warms things upages 5–6Seasonal observation supports understanding sunlight warming effects
Why seasons changeages 5–7Seasonal changes observation supports daylight pattern recognition
Shapes of land and waterages 7–8Seasonal observation supports understanding land and water features

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Curriculum alignment

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

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

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S1U02medium confidenceYear 1 · Science understanding

describe daily and seasonal changes in the environment and explore how these changes affect everyday life

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

ST1-SCI-01low confidenceScience and Technology K-6 · Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S2U07medium confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding 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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