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Zero to Three
Approx. age:
0 - 3
Year Levels:
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- The learner may attend formal or informal childcare.
- Health, children and community services have a role in encouraging and supporting parents.
- Services are required to comply with national standards (www.ncac.org)
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Children aged up to three:
- have well-established social and emotional behaviour patterns.
- develop vocabulary acquisition skills that influence language learning for life.
- can balance and support their body weight in a number of different ways of moving such as crawling, standing and walking. www.raisingchildren.net.au
- Are primarily influenced by their family.
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Early Years of Schooling *
Approx. age:
3 - 8
Year Levels:
Preschool to Year 3
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- Quality preschool or early care and learning programs support life learning outcomes
- School is compulsory from the age of six.
- Reading, writing and numeracy are assessed through system-wide tests in Year 3.
- The NT Curriculum Framework (NTCF) forms the basis of learning programs from Transition onwards.
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Early Years Learners:
- start to acquire skills of negotiation, self-control and cooperation
- need predictable and stable relationships for effective learning
- develop understandings of things such as size, shape, numbers and letters
- learn through supportive and challenging play and experiences that include all their senses
- refine their sense of their body in space, developing gross motor skills
- continue to be strongly influenced by the family with increasing influence from other significant adults and peers
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Primary Years of Schooling *
Approx. age:
8 - 11
Year Levels:
Year 4 to Year 6
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- Transitions into and out of the Primary Years are a formal part of this stage of schooling
- Reading, writing and numeracy are assessed through system-wide tests in Year 5.
- Learners participate in group activities with peers, often after school hours or in holidays
- NTCF continues to be the basis of learning programs
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Primary Years Learners:
- are experimenting with identity, comparing themselves to their peers and experiencing different kinds of friendships
- have high levels of energy and enthusiasm and enjoy movement and noise in class and play spaces
- consolidate numeracy and literacy skills and continue to develop other skills such as problem solving and decision-making.
- are able to expand their thinking in reflective and spontaneous ways and demonstrate an emerging awareness of values
- are keen to extend their capabilities and self-expression and begin to be responsible for their own learning and behaviours
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Middle Years of Schooling *
Approx. age:
11 - 14
Year Levels:
Year 7 to Year 9
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- Transitions into and out of the Middle Years are a formal part of this stage of schooling
- Reading, writing and numeracy are assessed through system-wide tests in Year 7 (and Year 9 from 2008)
- Extra curricular and community-based activities become a significant part of learning
- NTCF continues to be the basis of learning programs
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Middle Years Learners:
- are experiencing adolescence and the accompanying emotional and physical changes
- are forming, articulating and managing relationships and developing stronger links with their peers, greater independence and a stronger sense of belonging in wider adolescent cultures
- reflect on who they are, where they belong, what they value and where they are going including how schooling fits into their identify
- are developing their own voice and sense of social justice, often challenging the voices of significant adults including parents or caregivers and teachers
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Senior Years of Schooling *
Approx. age:
14 - 17
Year Levels:
Year 10 to Year 12
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- Commencing in 2010 a child of compulsory school age now means a child of or above six years of age and below the minimum school leaving age. Minimum school leaving age is the age at which a child completes Year 10 or at the age of 17, whichever comes sooner. However, a child will still be of compulsory school age until age 17 even though they have completed Year 10 unless they are participating as required in one or more eligible options for a total of 25 hours per week or more.
- Northern Territory Curriculum Framework (NTCF) is the basis for year 10 while the Northern Territory Certificate of Education (NTCE) is the basis for Year 11 and 12 studies.
- The NTCE is a rigorous certificate of completion and achievement that is nationally and internationally recognised and may be done in full-time or part-time mode over three or more years.
- Transition from the Middle Years to a more mature learning approach, and the transition from school to higher education, VET programs or work are part of this stage of schooling
- The Senior Years build on the earlier stages to develop employment-ready Territorians who are able to take advantage of many pathways open to them.
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Senior Years Learners:
- have complex lives and are dealing with issues related to lifestyles that may or may not fit school or family expectations
- may be in part-time employment or training, hence moving in and out of schooling to undertake traineeships, apprenticeships or work placements
- are shaping and reshaping their lives but may or may not have developed their own goals for future learning and employment pathways
- live with their parents or caregivers, or independently, and experience differing levels of influence from parents or caregivers
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Further Education, Training and Employment
Approx. age:
15 and older
Year Levels:
Year 10 and beyond
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- Learning may take place in a higher education institution, VET facility or the workplace
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- As young people enter adulthood, parents or caregivers are likely to reduce their level of involvement, but will still be a source of advice and encouragement.
- The focus is on learning that takes the adult towards a profession or trade.
- The principles of adult learning apply.
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