Northern Territory curriculum and worksheets
Australian Curriculum (Version 9) · Northern Territory Department of Education (NT Education)
The Northern Territory teaches the national Australian Curriculum (Version 9). The first year of school is called Transition, which is optional, with compulsory schooling starting the following year.
- Curriculum authority
- Northern Territory Department of Education (NT Education)
- Curriculum used
- Australian Curriculum (Version 9)
- First year of school
- Transition
- Our worksheets
- Mapped to national ACARA v9 maths codes, answer keys computed in code
What curriculum does Northern Territory use?
Northern Territory teaches the national Australian Curriculum (Version 9), the same framework set by ACARA and used across most of the country. There is no separate NT curriculum to learn: the content descriptions, strands and achievement standards are the national ones.
The Northern Territory Department of Education (NT Education) is responsible for schooling in Northern Territory and supports schools in delivering the national curriculum. Because Northern Territory adopts the national curriculum, the worksheets and curriculum pages elsewhere on SproutSheets apply here directly.
How it maps to the Australian Curriculum
The mapping is one to one: Northern Territory uses the national Mathematics content descriptions and their AC9M codes, which is exactly what our worksheets are labelled with. The only naming point to know is the first year of school, called Transition in Northern Territory, which is the national Foundation year. After that it is Year 1 through Year 10, the same as nationally.
Because the codes and year names match, there is nothing to translate for the primary maths content: a national Year 3 content description is a Year 3 content description here too.
Year-level equivalents
How Northern Territory names its year levels, and the matching SproutSheets pages (which use the national year names). Primary is strongest for ready-made worksheets.
Years 11 and 12 in Northern Territory
After Year 10, Northern Territory students work towards the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET), issued by the SACE Board of South Australia (SACE Board). The NTCET is based on and administered by South Australia's SACE Board, so Northern Territory senior students study the same subjects and rules as SACE. SproutSheets worksheets target Foundation to Year 10, so senior secondary is reference only. How Years 11 and 12 work across Australia.
Using SproutSheets in Northern Territory
Everything on our Australian Curriculum pages applies to Northern Territory without changes. Use the Foundation page for Transition, and the Year 1 to Year 10 pages as named.
Our worksheets are mapped to the national ACARA v9 Mathematics codes, and every maths answer key is computed in code, so the answers are never wrong. Browse by year level or by content code and print what you need.
The Northern Territory calls the first year of school Transition, which is the national Foundation year. On SproutSheets, use the Foundation page for Transition.
Transition is optional in the Northern Territory, with compulsory schooling beginning the year a child turns six, so a Transition class may include children who are new to school. The curriculum content is the national Foundation curriculum.
Official sources
Curriculum content is set by the authorities below. Several jurisdictions are mid-rollout, so check the current version there before you rely on a specific outcome or code.