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• VCICCB001

  Identify what is familiar and what is different in the ways culturally diverse individuals and families live

  Elaborations

  • noting information from stories that identify similarities and differences between families from a range of places including stories from students in the class and in stories about children in other places
  • identifying how people express a familiar cultural practice, such as the food eaten at different celebrations, or the songs sung at a celebration
  • sharing stories about familiar cultural practices from home and describing their importance to the family
  • comparing the words students use for their grandparents, such as Nanna/Pop, Grandma/Grandpa; Nonna/Nonno (Italian); Yaya/Pappous (Greek)

  VCICCB001 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Foundation to Level 2 | Cultural Practices

• VCICCB002

  Describe their experiences of intercultural encounters in which they have been involved

  Elaborations

  • exploring stories that describe experiences of intercultural encounters, for example, when students met someone who spoke a language different from their own
  • brainstorming a range of activities, locations, events or technologies that may provide intercultural experiences, such as international travel, visiting their local library, attending Chinese New Year celebrations, or speaking to relatives overseas through video chat applications
  • creating posters to identify how students celebrate or commemorate a range of cultural events
  • using images of people in Australia and other countries to ask students a set of reflective questions about culture, such as whether they’re curious about their own culture or more curious about other cultures

  VCICCB002 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Foundation to Level 2 | Cultural Practices

• VCICCD003

  Identify and discuss cultural diversity in the school and/or community

  Elaborations

  • recognising that others have different cultures and beliefs whilst also reflecting on student’s own cultural background, for example, by plotting the location of each student’s background on a world map
  • identifying and listing how many languages are spoken within the families of students within the classroom, and using the internet to learn some common terms, such as how to say ‘hello’, ‘goodbye’, ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ in each language identified
  • exploring cultural diversity by identifying visible elements, such as food and behaviour, and invisible elements, such as how people live and what they value, for example, households with three generations living together
  • using prompt questions to discuss cultural diversity within the classroom/school community, for example, were all students born in Australia? Were all Australians born here? If not, how did they become Australian?
  • discussing events acknowledged, celebrated and/or observed in the school and community, by whom and for what reasons, for example, Eid and Ramadan, Harmony Day or Easter

  VCICCD003 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Foundation to Level 2 | Cultural Diversity

• VCICCD004

  Imagine and explain what their responses might be if they were placed in a different cultural situation or setting

  Elaborations

  • exploring student responses in a role play situation, for example, imagine what it is like to have to get help or seek assistance in a setting where they do not speak the language
  • examining different meanings associated with gestures and body language in a range of cultural settings, exploring examples such as whether direct eye contact is seen as a sign of respect or why touching someone on the head is offensive in Thailand

  VCICCD004 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Foundation to Level 2 | Cultural Diversity

• VCNRU017

  Recognise that the languages people use reflect their culture, such as who they are, where and how they live, and find examples of similarities and differences between the language being studied and their own ways of communicating

  Elaborations

  • exploring the meaning of ‘culture’, considering different lifestyles and symbols such as flags, including the Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag
  • exploring the significance of different cultural practices, activities and games
  • recognising words that reflect aspects of the culture of the language
  • understanding that particular Australian English terms and expressions have no equivalent in the language, for example, billabong, corroboree, the bush
  • recognising features of the target language interactions which may be similar or different to own ways of communicating

  VCNRU017 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• VCNRU013

  Understand elements of grammar such as those related to questions, commands and short sentences and develop vocabulary to describe self, friends and family

  Elaborations

  • recognising the order of words in phrases and sentences
  • using adverbs to indicate where, for example, inside, outside, here, there, under
  • using simple adverbs to enhance sentences
  • using verbs in the first person to describe aspects of self, for example, I am six, I have a cat
  • recognising terms for common everyday nouns, for example, the door, the chair, the house,
  • responding to and issuing commands, for example, come here please, sit down
  • responding to questions such as ‘how old are you?’ and ‘how are you?’
  • developing number knowledge for numbers up to 29 and using them in sentences
  • beginning to use conjunctions such as ‘and’

  VCNRU013 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCNRU014

  Recognise features of familiar spoken, written and visual texts

  Elaborations

  • listening to, reading and viewing different simple texts in the language, understanding that texts can be short or long, spoken, written, digital, visual or multimodal, for example songs, chants, labels, captions, stories and dialogues
  • identifying the language being studied from a selection of spoken or written texts from other languages represented in the classroom or in the school
  • comparing similar texts in the language with English and noticing how they are the same or different, for example, a counting song, street signs or labels at a market

  VCNRU014 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCNRU012

  Recognise and reproduce the sounds and letters of the alphabet of the language being studied, identifying how they are represented in words

  Elaborations

  • building phonic awareness by pronouncing and writing the target-language alphabet letters with familiar sounds, and building to more unfamiliar sounds
  • experimenting with sounds, rhythms, intonation and stress
  • noticing the number of letters in the alphabet of the language being studied
  • locating and highlighting specific alphabet letters from the language being studied
  • developing pronunciation and intonation skills by singing, reciting and repeating alphabet names in context, for example, songs
  • focusing on those letters that are different from letters in the English alphabet

  VCNRU012 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCNRU015

  Recognise that the greetings and forms of address in the language being studied may vary according to such things as the time of day, age, gender and relationship of participants

  Elaborations

  • using appropriate form of address or greeting with peers when speaking to adults and appropriate greeting depending on the time of day
  • recognising that there can be different forms of address for the same person, for example, mum, mother

  VCNRU015 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCNRU016

  Recognise that Australia has speakers of many different languages, including the language being studied, and that languages borrow words from each other and sometimes use the same alphabet symbols and vocabulary

  Elaborations

  • understanding and recognising, where applicable, the similar order of letters and comparing the lower and uppercase alphabet in the language and English-alphabet letters
  • understanding that there are many everyday words and names in English that have origins in other languages, for example, alphabet, telephone, echidna, eucalyptus, disco, hippopotamus, Zoe

  VCNRU016 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCPSCSE002

  Identify their likes and dislikes, needs and wants, abilities and strengths

  Elaborations

  • discussing and listing individual likes, interests and dislikes
  • comparing needs and wants in daily life by asking the question ‘could you live without this?’
  • exploring abilities, strengths and achievements and share with others

  VCPSCSE002 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Foundation Level | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSE001

  Develop a vocabulary and practise the expression of emotions to describe how they feel in different familiar situations

  Elaborations

  • developing a list of alternative words to describe an emotion such as happy, sad or angry
  • responding to stimulus showing familiar situations and describe the emotions displayed
  • identifying how characters feel in stories/movies and the range of words that could be used to describe their emotions

  VCPSCSE001 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Foundation Level | Self-Awareness and Management | Recognition and expression of emotions

• VCPSCSE003

  Recognise that problems or challenges are a normal part of life and that there are actions that can be undertaken to manage problems

  Elaborations

  • developing a list of responses to the prompt ‘It is important to keep trying because...’
  • describing a challenge you may have faced in the last week, such as making a new friend, and create a list of actions that could assist
  • developing a list of challenges that a student in Prep may face this year, such as learning to swim or looking after their possessions, and discuss why it is important to keep trying

  VCPSCSE003 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Foundation Level | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSO005

  Practise the skills required to include others and make friends with peers, teachers and other adults

  Elaborations

  • discussing what it means to be friendly and make a list of the qualities of a friend
  • role playing a range of scenarios such as saying hello to a new student in your class or thanking an adult for helping you
  • describing how it feels when talking with teachers and other adults

  VCPSCSO005 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Foundation Level | Social Awareness and Management | Relationships and diversity

• VCPSCSO007

  Use appropriate language to describe what happens and how they feel when experiencing positive interactions or conflict

  Elaborations

  • describing a range of interactions such as who, what, why and how did it make them feel
  • reflecting on how it feels when someone does not share equipment or play spaces
  • practising the language used to describe positive emotions experienced
  • recognising negative emotions resulting from conflict

  VCPSCSO007 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Foundation Level | Social Awareness and Management | Collaboration

• VCPSCSO004

  Identify a range of groups to which they, their family and members of their class belong

  Elaborations

  • discussing the features/characteristics of the groups that they and their families belong to by sharing stories, artefacts and images
  • sharing descriptions of groups that they belong to
  • surveying class members to show that there are many ways to group people, such as students who own a pet, walk to school or who like ice-cream

  VCPSCSO004 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Foundation Level | Social Awareness and Management | Relationships and diversity

• VCPSCSO006

  Name and practise basic skills required to work collaboratively with peers

  Elaborations

  • demonstrating how to listen to others, showing interest and support
  • sharing equipment or practicing taking turns in a game
  • demonstrating attentiveness to others by asking further questions in discussion

  VCPSCSO006 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Foundation Level | Social Awareness and Management | Collaboration