No. The Australian Curriculum v9 does not require music notation reading at Years 1 and 2. Students may be introduced to simple rhythm notation or graphic scores as a tool for recording their own musical ideas in the COMPOSE strand, but formal staff notation is not a curriculum requirement until the upper primary years. The emphasis at this level is firmly on aural and kinaesthetic learning — developing the ear, the voice, and the body’s sense of rhythm before adding the abstract layer of notation.