The Informatics Reference Framework for School provides a high level and robust set of core topic areas that provide a framework for specifying in curricula the concepts, principles and practices of informatics.

This document is a supplement to the Informatics Reference Framework for School. The intention is to support the interpretation of the Informatics Reference Framework in the context of recent innovations in informatics so that curriculum designers are encouraged to address contemporary themes of informatics and issues arising to help to match the curriculum to the interest of learners.

Specifically, the focus is on the themes that are highlighted in bold italics in Section 4.4 of the Informatics Reference Framework for School. These themes are ‘opened up’ for attention in the current document as the basis for further development, in such a way that the concept of a framework is retained, although learning outcomes and aspirations are less formally addressed.