Learning Map
EnglishWriting Compositionusually ages 5–7

Simple Stories with Beginning and Ending

Write simple narratives by sequencing sentences to describe events in order; narrate a single event or linked events with a beginning, middle, and ending or reaction

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Can your child write a short story about something that happened — with a clear beginning, middle, and end — so that someone who wasn't there could follow what happened and in what order?

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Builds on
Saying Sentences Before Writing Themages 5–6Oral rehearsal precedes written narrative
Writing Process Vocabularyages 5–8Writing simple narratives requires 'narrative', 'sequence', 'beginning', 'middle', 'ending' as shared vocabulary
Sitting and holding a pencilages 4–6Handwriting needed for written narrative
Characters, settings, and eventsages 5–8Story elements from reading inform writing
Rote counting to 100ages 5–6Sequencing events in narrative writing draws on the ordinal/sequential thinking developed through counting
Simple Stories with Beginning and Endingthis skill · ages 5–7
Unlocks
Building Writing Staminaages 6–7Writing about real events builds on narrative writing skills
Narrative Writingages 7–11Developed narrative with settings/characters/plot builds on simple sequential narrative writing
Organising Writing into Paragraphsages 7–10Organising paragraphs requires narrative writing ability
Responding to Writing Feedbackages 5–7Need writing to revise
Planning Ideas Before Writingages 6–10Experience with narrative writing supports planning narratives

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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

AC9E1LA06low confidenceYear 1 · Language

understand that a simple sentence consists of a single independent clause representing a single event or idea

AC9E1LA03low confidenceYear 1 · Language

explore how texts are organised according to their purpose, such as to recount, narrate, express opinion, inform, report and explain

AC9EFLE03low confidenceFoundation · Literature

recognise different types of literary texts and identify features including events, characters, and beginnings and endings

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

ENE-CWT-01medium confidenceEnglish K-10 · Early Stage 1
EN2-CWT-01low confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E1LY13medium confidenceEnglish · Level 1 · Literacy strand
VC2EFLY13medium confidenceEnglish · Foundation · Literacy strand
VC2E3LY11low confidenceEnglish · Level 3 · 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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Responding to Writing Feedbackages 5–7 Saying Sentences Before Writing Themages 5–6 Shared Research Projectsages 5–9 Sharing and Publishing Your Writingages 5–11

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