Find out more about what your child will learn at our school.
What Your Child Will Learn
At NLHIS we are committed to providing a rich and engaging learning experience for all students. Each term, we design a curriculum that aligns with the NSW syllabus, ensuring a balance of foundational skills, inquiry-based learning, and hands-on experiences.
Our Term Curriculum Overviews outline key learning areas, topics, and focus skills for each grade, helping you stay informed about your child's learning journey. Click on the links below to explore what your child will be learning this term:
🔗 Kindergarten Term Overview
🔗 Year 1 Term Overview
🔗 Year 2 Term Overview
These overviews are a great way to support your child’s learning at home and engage in conversations about their school experiences. If you have any questions, please reach out to your child’s teacher.
The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) is responsible for the curriculum, Kindergarten to Year 12, for all NSW schools.
For the primary years, NESA develops syllabuses for all subjects in 6 key learning areas:
- creative arts
- English
- human society and its environment (HSIE)
- mathematics
- personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE)
- science and technology.
Some primary schools may also offer languages.
NSW schools also offer special religious education and special education in ethics via approved providers, where available.
Like all NSW schools, we have developed teaching and learning programs to suit our local context and the needs of our students.
To learn more about curriculum in NSW, visit:
- NSW Department of Education – key learning areas
- NESA’s Parent Guide – Schooling in NSW which provides information about learning stages, key learning areas and syllabuses
- NSW Department of Education policy – Curriculum planning and programming, assessing and reporting to parents K–12.
Stages of learning
There are 6 stages of learning from Kindergarten to Year 12. Primary school covers Early Stage 1, or Kindergarten, to the end of Stage 3.
- Stage 1 includes Kindergarten to Year 2 (Kindergarten is referred to as Early Stage 1).
- Stage 2 includes Years 3 and 4.
- Stage 3 includes Years 5 and 6.