ELSA and WA Prep (Foundation) Curriculum

App 1: Patterns and Relationships

ELSA’s Patterns and Relationships app is mapped to the following content descriptions from the Western Australian Prep Curriculum (the first year of formal schooling).

Western Australian Prep

Number and Algebra

• Establish understanding of the language and processes of counting by naming numbers in sequences, initially to and from 20, moving from any starting point (ACMNA001)
• Sort and classify familiar objects and explain the basis for these classifications. Copy, continue and create patterns with objects and drawings (ACMNA005)
• Compare, order and make correspondences between collections, initially to 20, and explain reasoning (ACMNA289)

Measurement and Geometry

• Use direct and indirect comparisons to decide which is longer, heavier or holds more, and explain reasoning in everyday language (ACMMG006)

Science Inquiry skills

• Participate in guided investigations and make observations using the senses (ACSIS011)
• Share observations and ideas (ACSIS012)
• Engage in discussions about observations and represent ideas (ACSIS233)

Science as a Human Endeavour

• Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events (ACSHE013)

Digital Technologies Knowledge and Understanding

• Data can have patterns and can be represented as pictures and symbols (ACTDIK002)

Digital Technologies Processes and Production skills

• Collect and use data of any kind (ACTDIP003)
• Use data to complete a task (ACTDIP003)

App 2: Location and Arrangement

ELSA’s Location and Arrangement app is mapped to the following content descriptions from the Western Australian Prep Curriculum (the first year of formal schooling).

Western Australian Prep

Measurement and Geometry

• Describe position and movement (ACMMG010)

Science Understanding

• The way objects move depends on a variety of factors, including their size and shape (ACSSU005)

Science Inquiry skills

• Participate in guided investigations and make observations using the senses (ACSIS011)
• Share observations and ideas (ACSIS012)

Science as a Human Endeavour

• Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events (ACSHE013)

Digital Technologies Knowledge and Understanding

• Digital systems (hardware and software) are used at home, in the school and in the community (ACTDIK001)

Digital Technologies Processes and Production skills

• Generate and record design ideas through describing, drawing, modelling and/or a sequence of written or spoken steps (WATPPS02)
• Use given components and equipment to safely make simple solutions (WATPPS03)

Western Australian Prep

Measurement and Geometry

• Connect days of the week to familiar events and actions (ACMMG008)

Science Understanding

• Daily and seasonal changes in our environment affect everyday life (ACSSU004)

Science Inquiry skills

• Participate in guided investigations and make observations using the senses (ACSIS011)
• Share observations and ideas (ACSIS012)
• Engage in discussions about observations and represent ideas (ACSIS233)

Science as a Human Endeavour

• Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events (ACSHE013)

Digital Technologies Knowledge and Understanding

• Digital systems (hardware and software) are used at home, in the school and in the community (ACTDIK001)
• Data can have patterns and can be represented as pictures and symbols (ACTDIK002)

Design and Technologies Processes and Production skills

• Generate and record design ideas through describing, drawing, modelling and/or a sequence of written or spoken steps (WATPPS02)
• Use given components and equipment to safely make simple solutions (WATPPS03)
• Work independently, or with others when required, for solutions (WATPPS05)

App 4: Investigations

ELSA’s Investigations app is mapped to the following content descriptions from the Western Australian Prep Curriculum (the first year of formal schooling).

Western Australian Prep

Number and Algebra

• Sort and classify familiar objects and explain the basis for these classifications. Copy, continue and create patterns with objects and drawings (ACMNA005)
• Compare, order and make correspondences between collections, initially to 20, and explain reasoning (ACMNA289)

Measurement and Geometry

• Use direct and indirect comparisons to decide which is longer, heavier or holds more, and explain reasoning in everyday language (ACMMG006)

Statistics and Probability

• Answer yes/no questions to collect information and make simple inferences (ACMSP011)

Science Understanding

• Living things have basic needs including food and water (ACSSU002)
• Objects are made of materials that have observable properties (ACSSU003)
• The way objects move depends on a variety of factors, including their size and shape (ACSSU005)

Science Inquiry skills

• Participate in guided investigations and make observations using the senses (ACSIS011)
• Share observations and ideas (ACSIS012)
• Pose and respond to questions about familiar objects and events (ACSIS014)
• Engage in discussions about observations and represent ideas (ACSIS233)

Science as a Human Endeavour

• Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events (ACSHE013)

Digital Technologies Knowledge and Understanding

• Digital systems (hardware and software) are used at home, in the school and in the community (ACTDIK001)

Design and Technologies Processes and Production skills

• Generate and record design ideas through describing, drawing, modelling and/or a sequence of written or spoken steps (WATPPS02)
• Work independently, or with others when required, for solutions (WATPPS05)