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• VCRAC018

  Share with peers and teacher information about aspects of the students' personal world

  Elaborations

  • sharing information about self related to daily routine, family and friends, favourite objects, pastimes and aspects of school and home
  • describing items and experiences of personal significance such as birthdays
  • interacting with others, such as through greeting cards and shared digital spaces, using language related to special occasions and well-wishing
  • recounting events and sharing feelings with others, using modelled language

  VCRAC018 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCRAU033

  Recognise the areas of the world where the language is spoken

  Elaborations

  • identifying which world communities use the language and that the language studied borrows from other languages
  • identifying examples of how the language has influenced Australian English showing awareness of the language as a 'real' language in use in the world and one of multiple languages in the Australian community

  VCRAU033 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCRAU031

  Recognise that texts such as stories, games and conversations have particular features

  Elaborations

  • recognising language features typically associated with texts, for example, the use of imperatives in games and time markers in stories
  • comparing features of different text types, for example, differences in purpose or in the amount and kinds of language in a conversation and a story
  • noticing differences between written and spoken texts (for example, comparing a written story with a spoken version), or comparing how texts within the same mode can differ, for example, a birthday card and an email message

  VCRAU031 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCRAU032

  Understand that language may vary according to age, gender and social position, such as place in the family

  Elaborations

  • noticing differences between formal and informal language, for example, greetings
  • comparing advertisements, such as for games or toys, for different age groups and genders
  • recognising appropriateness of gestures to accompany language when addressing teachers, friends or visitors to school
  • analysing how the language of texts such as invitations and greeting cards can vary depending on the occasion and the degree of closeness of the relationship between people

  VCRAU032 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCRAU034

  Make connections between cultural practices and language use, such as specific vocabulary and expressions

  Elaborations

  • noticing how gestures differ between cultures for example ways of beckoning others
  • understanding that meanings of facial expressions can vary across cultures and that the same expression can convey various emotions
  • showing awareness that language carries cultural ideas
  • recognising character traits and values in stories
  • analysing which aspects of own language use might seem ‘strange’ from another perspective and why

  VCRAU034 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• VCRAU029

  Recognise and reproduce pronunciation conventions, including loan words from English and intonation for questions, statements and commands

  Elaborations

  • making connections between the sounds of the language and English sounds
  • recognising intonation for statements, questions and commands
  • identifying onomatopoeic words in the language compared with some in English such as the 'hum' of bees or the 'pop' of a balloon

  VCRAU029 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCRAU030

  Develop understanding of ways to express possession and describe qualities of people and objects, and expand vocabulary and grammatical elements related to personal and social world

  Elaborations

  • describing people and animals using pronouns and adjectives of character
  • describing places and movement using prepositions and adjectives
  • referring to objects using concrete nouns related to home, school and local environment, for example, forms of transport and items such as foods
  • describing quantity using cardinal numbers, ordinal numbers, and plural forms
  • describing actions using simple verbs
  • recognising imperatives
  • seeking information using questions
  • linking ideas using conjunctions
  • locating events in time and using days of the week and months
  • understanding the rules for simple sentence construction and the use of possessive forms
  • giving praise, gratitude and encouragement
  • comparing the rules of punctuation in the language with those used in English, for example, using capital letters and full stops for sentences

  VCRAU030 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCSIS065

  With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge

  Elaborations

  • listing shared experiences as a whole class and identifying possible investigations
  • reflecting on familiar situations to make predictions with teacher guidance

  VCSIS065 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Inquiry Skills | Questioning and predicting

• VCSIS067

  Safely use appropriate materials, tools, equipment and technologies

  Elaborations

  • discussing and recording safety rules for use of equipment as a whole class
  • using a variety of tools to make observations, for example, digital cameras, thermometers, rulers and scales

  VCSIS067 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Inquiry Skills | Planning and conducting

• VCSIS070

  Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings

  Elaborations

  • identifying and discussing numerical and visual patterns in data collected from students’ investigations and from other sources
  • discussing how well predictions matched results from an investigation
  • comparing, in small groups, results of investigations and accounting for differences, including explanation of their reasoning

  VCSIS070 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Inquiry Skills | Analysing and evaluating

• VCSIS071

  Reflect on an investigation, including whether a test was fair or not

  Elaborations

  • discussing as a whole class the idea of fairness in testing
  • discussing which aspects of the investigation helped improve fairness, and any aspects that weren't fair
  • reflecting on investigations, identifying what went well, what was difficult or didn't work so well, and how well the investigation helped answer the question

  VCSIS071 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Inquiry Skills | Analysing and evaluating

• VCSIS069

  Use a range of methods including tables and column graphs to represent data and to identify patterns and trends

  Elaborations

  • using provided tables to organise materials and objects based on observable properties
  • discussing with teacher guidance which graphic organisers will be most useful in sorting or organising data arising from investigations
  • discussing how to graph data presented in a table
  • identifying and discussing numerical and visual patterns in data collected from students' investigations and from other sources

  VCSIS069 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Inquiry Skills | Recording and processing

• VCSIS068

  Use formal measurements in the collection and recording of observations

  Elaborations

  • making and recording measurements using familiar formal units and appropriate abbreviations, such as seconds (s), grams (g), centimetres (cm) and millilitres (mL)

  VCSIS068 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Inquiry Skills | Recording and processing

• VCSIS066

  Suggest ways to plan and conduct investigations to find answers to questions including consideration of the elements of fair tests

  Elaborations

  • working in groups, with teacher guidance, to plan ways to investigate questions and evaluating which ways might be most successful
  • exploring, with teacher guidance, different ways to conduct investigations and connecting these to the types of questions asked

  VCSIS066 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Inquiry Skills | Planning and conducting

• VCSIS072

  Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language

  Elaborations

  • using simple explanations and arguments, reports or graphical representations to communicate ideas to other students
  • communicating with other students carrying out similar investigations to share experiences and improve investigation skills

  VCSIS072 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Inquiry Skills | Communicating

• VCSSU063

  Heat can be produced in many ways and can move from one object to another; a change in the temperature of an object is related to the gain or loss of heat by the object

  Elaborations

  • describing how heat can be produced, for example, through friction or by burning
  • exploring how heat can be transferred through conduction
  • recognising that we can feel heat and measure its effects using a thermometer

  VCSSU063 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Understanding | Physical sciences

• VCSSU061

  Earth’s rotation on its axis causes regular changes, including night and day

  Elaborations

  • modelling the relative sizes and movement of the Sun, Earth and Moon
  • describing timescales for the rotation of the Earth
  • constructing sundials and investigating how they work

  VCSSU061 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Understanding | Earth and space sciences

• VCSSU059

  A change of state between solid and liquid can be caused by adding or removing heat

  Elaborations

  • investigating how liquids and solids respond to changes in temperature, for example water changing to ice, or melting chocolate
  • exploring how changes from solid to liquid and liquid to solid can help us recycle materials

  VCSSU059 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Understanding | Chemical sciences

• VCSSU057

  Living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things

  Elaborations

  • exploring differences between living, once living and products of living things
  • identifying variations in the features of plants, for example, colour and shape of leaves, or types of flowers
  • identifying variations in the features of animals, for example, body covering, ear shapes or number of legs

  VCSSU057 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Understanding | Biological sciences

• VCSSU064

  Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance

  Elaborations

  • exploring how non-contact forces are similar to contact forces in terms of objects pushing and pulling another object
  • investigating the effect of forces on the behaviour of an object through different actions, for example, throwing, dropping, bouncing and rolling
  • comparing and contrasting the effect of friction on different surfaces, for example, the abrasion of tyres and shoes on a range of surfaces
  • exploring the forces of attraction and repulsion between magnets

  VCSSU064 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Understanding | Physical sciences