Tasmania, Year 5 to Year 12: Tia now follows TASC senior courses

Tasmanian students from Year 5 to Year 12 can now use Tia for personalised tutoring connected to the curriculum taught at their stage. Mathematics, English and Science in Years 5 to 10 follow Australian Curriculum Version 9, already in Tia. The new senior alignment brings Tasmania's own TASC courses into Tia for Years 11 and 12: English Level 3, Mathematics Methods Level 4 and Biology Level 3. The new coverage is live now.

Why the Tasmanian course name matters

A Year 5 student working through fractions and a Year 12 student working through Biology Level 3 need different curriculum documents. Tia already uses the Australian Curriculum Version 9 for Mathematics, English and Science in Years 5 to 10. It now also follows three courses accredited by the Office of Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification (TASC) for senior students.

The distinction is visible to parents: a younger student's report names the Australian Curriculum, while a senior student's report names the TASC course they worked against. A parent can see the actual statements covered rather than infer them from a broad subject label.

Tasmania's education department explains its school curriculum frameworks, including Australian Curriculum Version 9 in Prep to Year 10 and TASC-accredited courses in senior secondary education. This announcement covers Tia's supported subjects from Year 5 onward.

What is now covered from Year 5 to Year 12?

Stage	Curriculum in Tia	Subjects covered in this announcement	Statements
Years 5 to 10	Australian Curriculum Version 9	Mathematics, English and Science	390 content descriptions
Years 11 and 12	TASC 2025 course editions	English Level 3, Mathematics Methods Level 4 and Biology Level 3	322 course statements

These are 712 curriculum statements in total, not 712 lessons or promised results. The 390 Australian Curriculum content descriptions comprise 149 Mathematics, 142 English and 99 Science. The 322 TASC course statements comprise 73 English Level 3, 79 Mathematics Methods Level 4 and 170 Biology Level 3.

Each statement was taken directly from the publishing authority's own documents and checked word for word before going live in Tia. The senior content follows TASC's own structure of modules, areas of study and strands. Mathematical notation is carried as TASC sets it.

The Australian Curriculum coverage was already in Tia. The TASC course alignment for the three named senior courses is the news here. A Tasmanian family can now see which source governs their student's current stage, rather than treating every year as the same generic national senior pathway.

Years 5 to 10: the Australian Curriculum Version 9

Tasmania teaches the Australian Curriculum in Years 5 to 10. For the three Tia subjects, that means 390 content descriptions across the years covered: 149 in Mathematics, 142 in English and 99 in Science. Families can read the Australian Curriculum Version 9 to see the national descriptions at each level.

A Year 5 student practising fractions can take another route through the idea when the first explanation does not land. A Year 8 student can slow down on a Science concept or work through an English task at an appropriate level. Tia changes the explanation and pace while the Australian Curriculum content description remains the learning reference.

For a student attending school, this can mean extra practice between classes connected to what the school teaches. For a student learning at home, the same alignment gives the parent a named reference for the work completed. At both stages the parent can review the work instead of relying only on time spent in the app.

A Year 10 student can continue to work against the Australian Curriculum before selecting a senior course. Tia does not label that Year 10 work as TASC senior study. The report identifies the actual curriculum used for the student's work.

Years 11 and 12: Tasmania's own TASC courses

Tia now supports English Level 3, Mathematics Methods Level 4 and Biology Level 3 against TASC-accredited 2025 course editions. These courses are one-year courses a student may take in Year 11 or Year 12. Tia serves the selected course in either year, following the TASC course itself rather than assuming that one set of units always belongs to Year 11 and another to Year 12.

A student taking Mathematics Methods Level 4 can work on course-specific mathematics with notation as TASC sets it. A student taking Biology Level 3 can practise explaining the subject matter in a different way while staying anchored to the course. An English Level 3 student can work against that named course rather than a general senior English label.

Families can check TASC's course information for the authority's current course descriptions and requirements. Tia's alignment is learning support for those courses, not a TASC assessment, credential or promise of a particular result. TASC courses can contribute to the Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE) and an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) pathway, depending on the student's programme and assessment.

The 322 senior statements are organised in Tia using TASC's own modules, areas of study and strands. This makes the record useful when a parent wants to compare a lesson with the course their student actually selected. It also avoids describing Tasmanian senior learning only as Australian Curriculum Senior Secondary when the student is working to one of these Tasmanian courses.

What a Tasmanian parent sees in the progress report

Tia's progress report names the curriculum the student was taught against. In Years 5 to 10 it identifies the Australian Curriculum. In Years 11 and 12, for the supported courses, it identifies the TASC course. The report lists the specific statements worked on in the wording of the authority that published them.

The distinction is practical. If a Year 6 student worked through a Mathematics description, their parent can see that Australian Curriculum description. If a Year 12 student worked on Biology Level 3, their parent can see the TASC course and relevant statement. A parent does not have to translate a generic activity label to work out whether the session connected to the student's course.

Reports record Tia learning. They do not replace a teacher's formal assessment or TASC's assessment processes. For a closer look at the information parents need, read what parents should see in a tutoring dashboard.

For students at school and students learning at home

A school student may want another explanation after a class, a chance to practise before the next topic or support with an earlier idea that current coursework assumes. Tia works within the relevant Australian Curriculum description or the student's selected TASC course while adapting the route to the student's pace and interests.

Tasmanian home education is registered with the Office of the Education Registrar and reviewed as part of registration. For families educating at home, progress reports listing the particular curriculum statements worked on can support the records they keep. Families should confirm current registration and review requirements directly with the Registrar. Tia does not claim its reports satisfy those requirements.

Home education is one way to use Tia, not the only reason this coverage matters. A Tasmanian parent can use the records to see where a student has spent time and which statement the work addressed, then decide what support is needed next.

Tasmania and Queensland now have state-specific senior content

Tasmania joins Queensland's state-specific senior curriculum coverage in Tia. The named senior courses are different in the two states: this Tasmanian release concerns English Level 3, Mathematics Methods Level 4 and Biology Level 3 accredited by TASC. Queensland's release concerns its own QCAA senior subjects.

Other Australian states currently follow the Australian Curriculum Senior Secondary for Years 11 and 12 in Tia, and that curriculum is shown on their reports. For Tasmania, the relevant TASC course now appears when a student follows one of the three newly included senior courses. Years 5 to 10 continue to use Australian Curriculum Version 9.

FAQ

One last thing

The useful change is not simply a longer list of statements. A Tasmanian parent can see the learning reference that belongs to their student's stage: Australian Curriculum content descriptions through Year 10, then the selected TASC-accredited course in Year 11 or 12. Tia's personalised tutor adapts the teaching while the curriculum and the record stay clear.

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