Year 7 · usually aged 12 to 13
Year 7 maths and English
57 maths and English lessons for Year 7, mapped to the Victorian Curriculum 2.0. Your child starts where they are, follows a short daily plan, and you see how they're going.
The lessons
Every Year 7 lesson in Study Compass.
Maths
Number (10)
- Squares and square roots
- Powers and prime factors
- Fractions, decimals and percentages, including negatives
- Rounding and estimating
- Multiplying fractions
- Fraction problems
- Percentages of amounts
- Integers: comparing, adding and subtracting
- Ratios
- Best buys and discounts
Algebra (6)
- Formulas with letters
- Simplifying expressions
- Solving equations
- Real-life graphs
- Patterns to graphs
- Changing one variable
Measurement (6)
- Area of triangles
- Volume of prisms
- Circles and π
- Angles and parallel lines
- Angle sums
- Scale drawings
Space (4)
- Drawing 3D objects in 2D
- Classifying shapes
- Transformations on the Cartesian plane
- Shape decision trees
Statistics (3)
- Averages and range
- Stem-and-leaf plots
- Data investigation
Probability (2)
- Sample spaces
- Simulations
English
Reading (10)
- Text structure
- How ideas are organised
- Close reading
- Shaping the reader
- Images, angles and sound
- Reading digital texts
- Building character
- How stories work
- Layers of meaning
- Many voices, many views
Writing (4)
- Narrative with craft
- Persuasive writing for a real audience
- Refining their writing
- Discussion and presenting (at home)
Grammar and punctuation (10)
- Sentence length
- Keeping tense consistent
- Cohesion
- Colons and brackets
- Academic vocabulary
- Language that judges
- Language and identity
- Abstract nouns
- Relative clauses
- Active and passive voice
Spelling (2)
- Greek and Latin roots
- Spelling rules and commonly misspelt words
Each lesson has a short explainer read aloud, a quiz and five levels of practice. Outside Victoria, a few lessons sit in a different year so the plan matches what your school teaches.
NAPLAN
Year 7 NAPLAN, at a glance.
NAPLAN is in March, about six weeks into Year 7, so it leans on Year 6 learning. Numeracy has a short non-calculator part, then a calculator part.
| Test | Time | How |
|---|---|---|
| Writing | 42 min | Online, typed |
| Reading | 65 min | Online |
| Conventions of language | 45 min | Online: spelling, grammar, punctuation |
| Numeracy | 65 min | Online, non-calculator part then calculator part |
NAPLAN-style practice tests for Year 7 · Try 10 free questions · NAPLAN explained
Practice scores, not official NAPLAN results. Study Compass isn't affiliated with or endorsed by ACARA.