What each state expects of the curriculum
| State | Expectation | Practical meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria (VRQA) | Substantially address the 8 learning areas | Any program; describe coverage per area in the plan; exemptions possible |
| NSW (NESA) | Based on NSW syllabuses and outcomes for the stage | Programs must be mapped to syllabus outcomes; Australian-written programs help |
| Queensland (HEU) | High-quality program covering the learning areas | Any approach; annual report by learning area |
| WA | Address the WA Curriculum learning areas | Moderator evaluates coverage and progress |
| SA | Address Australian Curriculum learning areas | Learning program reviewed annually |
| Tasmania | Home Education Standards across learning areas | Flexible; natural learning accepted |
| ACT, NT | Address the learning areas | Plan and periodic review |
Australian-made programs
- Euka Education: a complete online Australian Curriculum program from Foundation to Year 12 with teacher support and reporting built for registration; the most-used all-in-one. About $1,000–$2,500 per year.
- My Homeschool: Charlotte Mason-inspired complete courses written to the Australian Curriculum, with registration templates and a large community. About $300–$600 per year.
- Simply Homeschool: Australian program with weekly plans, registration support and a strong online community; unit-study flavour. About $400–$800 per year.
- Aussie Homeschool Curriculum, Learning by Grace, Complete Education Australia: smaller Australian providers offering complete or partial programs mapped to the curriculum.
- Distance education schools (Queensland, NSW, Victoria, SIDE in WA, Open Access College in SA): free or low-cost, teacher-marked, and not home education in the legal sense.
Imported programs families use
- Math: Singapore Maths, Math Mammoth (with the Australian/metric versions), Math-U-See Australia, Maths Online (Australian).
- Reading and phonics: All About Reading, Jolly Phonics, Little Learners Love Literacy (Australian), Fitzroy Readers (Australian).
- Writing: IEW, Brave Writer, Writing With Ease.
- History and science: Story of the World with Australian history added (My Homeschool and Simply Homeschool supply Australian history units), Real Science Odyssey, Apologia.
- Complete: The Good and the Beautiful, Sonlight and BookShark, with Australian history and HASS units added to satisfy the learning areas.
Free Australian resources
- The Australian Curriculum website (v9): the learning areas and achievement standards themselves; short and readable for plan-writing.
- ABC Education: videos and resources mapped to the curriculum.
- Khan Academy and Khan Academy Kids, Mystery Science, CK-12.
- Kuraplan's free Australian worksheets by year and subject, with answer keys, and a generator for any topic in Australian Curriculum terms.
- State libraries, museums and the National Museum of Australia's digital classroom for HASS.
- Home Education Association (HEA) and state groups for plan templates and registration advice.
Writing a learning plan that gets approved
- Structure the plan by learning area (English, mathematics, science, HASS, the arts, technologies, health and PE, languages), even if you teach by unit or interest.
- For each area: what you will cover this year, the resources you will use, how often, and how you will monitor progress. A paragraph each is normal; NSW wants syllabus outcome references.
- Name the approach honestly (Charlotte Mason, unschooling, eclectic) and show how it covers the areas; regulators accept alternative approaches when coverage is visible.
- Keep a simple record of work from day one; the renewal or annual report is a summary of it.
- Kuraplan can draft the plan in learning-area language from a description of your children and resources; edit it and submit.