What Areas of the Curriculum to Include?
✂️ What to Cull: Tailoring the Curriculum to Fit Your Family
At Caravan Classroom, we intentionally cover all 8 Key Learning Areas (KLAs) of the Australian Curriculum in our education plans. Why?
Because we believe you deserve to see the whole picture - not just a trimmed-down version. With the full scope laid out, you can make informed, confident decisions about what to include, and what to leave out.
Our goal isn’t to overwhelm you - it’s to empower you to create a flexible, personalised plan that works for your child, aligns with your family’s lifestyle, and that assists you in meeting your state or territory’s registration requirements.
🧭 Start Here: Know What’s Required
Before culling anything, be sure to check the home education requirements for your state or territory. These differ around Australia and knowing what’s mandatory vs optional will help you make smart, strategic choices.
Once you're clear on what’s expected, you’re ready to refine.
📚 The 8 Key Learning Areas (KLAs)
Our plans include curriculum-mapped content for all 8 areas:
· English
· Mathematics
· Science
· HASS (Humanities and Social Sciences)
· Health and Physical Education (HPE)
· Technologies
· The Arts
· Languages
But not all need to be taught all the time. What’s included should reflect your child’s needs, your family’s context, and what’s required for your registration.
🧰 What (and How) to Cull
✅ 1. Keep: English & Mathematics
These are the non-negotiables. We strongly recommend including the full curriculum for both, as:
· They are foundational subjects
· They underpin learning in all other areas
· They are often monitored most closely by home education authorities
⚖️ 2. Consider Carefully: Languages
While travel can create unique opportunities for language exposure, not every family has access to a language model. If Languages are not required by your authority and you’re not actively engaging with another language, this may be a subject to:
· Reduce
· Replace with cultural experiences
· Remove altogether
🧩 3. Understand Subjects with Multi-Year Standards
Some KLAs have achievement standards that span across two years (e.g. Content is studied across Years 3 and 4), including:
· HPE
· Technologies
· The Arts
· Languages
This gives you flexibility. You might:
· Confirm if your child already covered some content at school - if so, consider deleting
· Choose to revisit for revision only if content has previously been covered
· Delay or omit content if it will be covered again in the schooling year post-travel
· Halve the content by spanning the curriculum content across two years if travelling for 2+ years
👉 Our plans note which KLAs follow this structure, so you can quickly identify what’s essential and what can potentially be reduced or deleted.
🎨 4. The Arts – Pick One
The Arts curriculum includes five strands:
· Dance
· Drama
· Media Arts
· Music
· Visual Arts
Only one is required.
We’ve included all five so you can pick the one your child enjoys most - and delete the rest with confidence.
🌱 5. Health & Physical Education (HPE)
HPE covers vital life skills - from emotional wellbeing and safety, to physical fitness and healthy habits. Many travelling families already cover HPE naturally through daily life.
Our plans help you:
· Recognise this learning
· Make it visible and curriculum-aligned
· Easily document it for registration
· Know exactly what the curriculum involves and how to teach it while travelling
🔍 6. Science & HASS – Travel-Friendly & Worth Including
These subjects often connect beautifully to life on the road:
· Science: ecosystems, weather, space, and real-world investigations
· HASS: local history, cultures, civics, and geography
Many children - and their parents - find this content genuinely enjoyable. You might even discover you're looking forward to learning right alongside your child as you explore the plans.
🧠 Why Our Plans Include Everything
We know our plans might look extensive - particularly at first glance - but that’s intentional.
We want you to:
· See the full curriculum scope
· Avoid being restricted by hidden or drip-fed content
· Cull with confidence
· Build a plan that truly fits your child’s journey
These plans are made to be edited, pared back, and adapted - not followed rigidly.
🎒 Create a Plan That Works for Your Family
No two families are the same - and your home education plan shouldn’t be either.
We provide the structure, the curriculum links, and the learning blocks so that you feel empowered and confident when providing a home school education while travelling.
You decide what stays and what goes.
👇 Useful Links
🗂️ Explore Our Curriculum-Mapped Plans
🏛️ Learn More About the Australian Curriculum
📘 Find Your State’s Home Education Requirements
