Curriculum at Pialba State School
Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) and the Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 guide teaching and learning in Queensland state schools. Queensland schools implement all eight learning areas of the Australian Curriculum from Prep to Year 10.
At Pialba State School, students in Prep to Year 6 engage in a balanced curriculum designed to develop strong foundations in literacy, numeracy, inquiry, creativity, wellbeing and critical thinking. Learning experiences are aligned to the Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 and Queensland Department of Education expectations. The curriculum includes:
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)
- Health and Physical Education (HPE)
- Technologies
- The Arts
- Languages (where applicable)
Queensland schools also embed:
- General capabilities such as literacy, numeracy, ICT capability and critical thinking
- Cross-curriculum priorities including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Sustainability and Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia.
Focus on Reading (Queensland Statewide Initiative)
Queensland state schools continue to strengthen literacy outcomes through the statewide Focus on Reading initiative. This approach supports schools to improve students’ reading comprehension, vocabulary knowledge and oral language through evidence-based teaching practices.
At Pialba State School, Focus on Reading is reflected through:
- Explicit teaching of reading strategies
- Vocabulary and oral language instruction
- Fluency development
- Reading comprehension instruction
- Use of quality mentor texts
- Structured literacy approaches
- Data-informed teaching
- Collaborative teacher planning and moderation
Teachers support students to become confident readers who can:
- Decode and read fluently
- Understand increasingly complex texts
- Think critically about what they read
- Discuss and justify ideas using evidence from texts
Reading instruction is embedded across all curriculum areas so students develop strong background knowledge and disciplinary vocabulary.