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• VCPSCSE059

  Respond to people or events and demonstrate a range of emotions

  Elaborations

  • beginning to notice peers and their significant emotional expression
  • indicating the immediate and present cause of emotions
  • exploring emotions, people’s physical characteristics, labels and visual representations

  VCPSCSE059 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level B | Self-Awareness and Management | Recognition and expression of emotions

• VCPSCSE028

  Identify the skills for working independently and describe their performance when undertaking independent tasks

  Elaborations

  • responding to a case study showing an independent task, highlighting the successes and areas for improvement
  • defining what it means to be an independent learner
  • preparing a work plan outlining the steps to be undertaken in order to complete an independent task
  • developing a list of success criteria in order to monitor and cross-check their progress

  VCPSCSE028 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• 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

• VCPSCSE067

  Change, accept and reject things based on their personal preference

  Elaborations

  • producing responses to specific people and objects based on experience and preference
  • trying a variety of learning activities and developing personal preferences
  • expressing feelings about learning activities

  VCPSCSE067 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level C | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSE054

  Experience problems within everyday situations and assist to implement routine and accept assistance from familiar adults to manage problems

  Elaborations

  • reacting to major changes in the environment
  • experiencing their reactions being labelled and responded to, for example being comforted if sad or distressed
  • experiencing adult comfort or support to cope with emotional events and adults providing solutions to their everyday problems

  VCPSCSE054 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level A | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSE046

  Evaluate behaviours and protective factors that contribute to the development of confidence, adaptability and self-reflection

  Elaborations

  • defining the concept of protective behaviours and give examples
  • identifying factors that lead to improved confidence, adaptability and self-reflection
  • assessing a range of behaviours and the effect these have on their ability to adapt to challenges
  • identifying a challenging situation or task and analyse the factors that contribute to managing the situation or completing the task
  • developing questions to support self-reflection in relation to confidence and adaptability

  VCPSCSE046 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 9 and 10 | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSE036

  Discuss the range of strategies that could be used to cope with difficult tasks or changing situations

  Elaborations

  • defining resilience and adaptability and give examples of how they are displayed
  • understanding that people experience situations uniquely, that people may react differently to the same situation
  • compiling a list of strategies to guide responses to challenging moments in life

  VCPSCSE036 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 7 and 8 | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSE052

  React to people and express emotions

  Elaborations

  • reacting positively or negatively to an element in their environment, for example person, object, activity or event
  • communicating basic needs through emotional displays such as crying, sounds, physical movement, facial expression
  • having emotional displays ‘labelled’ by an adult, for example you look sad/ happy/ upset

  VCPSCSE052 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level A | Self-Awareness and Management | Recognition and expression of emotions

• VCPSCSE018

  Identify how persistence and adaptability can be used when faced with challenging situations and change

  Elaborations

  • identifying ways to manage potentially difficult or harmful situations by considering possible actions or choices
  • listing a range of help-seeking strategies to assist them to cope with challenge and change
  • discussing the saying ‘If at first you do not succeed try try again’

  VCPSCSE018 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 3 and 4 | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSE060

  Indicate the personal characteristics and the abilities they possess

  Elaborations

  • starting to recognise themselves in a mirror and photographs
  • exploring the personal characteristics and capabilities they possess through structured learning activities
  • reflecting on their own learning and personal characteristics by answering ‘yes’ and ‘no’ questions

  VCPSCSE060 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level B | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSE008

  Extend their vocabulary through which to recognise and describe emotions and when, how and with whom it is appropriate to share emotions

  Elaborations

  • developing and displaying in the classroom a list of alternative words for emotions such as excited or fearful
  • discussing whether it is easy to talk to someone when you are happy, excited, angry, sad or scared
  • imagining you are afraid of the dark, describe how you would tell a friend, parent or teacher
  • identifying situations when it might not be appropriate to openly share feelings
  • exploring when it might be appropriate to use the strategy of ‘counting to ten’ before responding

  VCPSCSE008 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 1 and 2 | Self-Awareness and Management | Recognition and expression of emotions

• VCPSCSE026

  Reflect on how personal strengths have assisted in achieving success at home, at school or in the community

  Elaborations

  • identifying personal strengths in others, such as courage, sense of humour and determination and explaining how these could contribute to achieving success
  • describing what being successful at school looks and feels like and what personal strengths would assist
  • listing personal strengths that would make you successful at home, school and in the community and discussing the strengths that are common in all three settings

  VCPSCSE026 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSE025

  Explore the links between their emotions and their behaviour

  Elaborations

  • creating a video or play to show the links between emotions and behaviour
  • analysing stories/movies to demonstrate the links between emotions and behaviour
  • exploring how individuals experience changing emotions and changing intensity of emotions, depending on the situation and day
  • predicting probable emotions and subsequent behaviours by interpreting body language

  VCPSCSE025 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Self-Awareness and Management | Recognition and expression of emotions

• VCPSCSE027

  Describe what it means to be confident, adaptable and persistent and why these attributes are important in dealing with new or challenging situations

  Elaborations

  • responding to the statement that ‘playing sport develops confidence, adaptability and persistence’
  • sharing and discussing ideas about how people respond to new or challenging situations, such as changing school, and describing what it means to be resilient
  • in relation to a fairy tale, identifying when the characters were being confident, adaptable and/or persistent and explaining your reasons

  VCPSCSE027 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSE034

  Describe how and why emotional responses may change in different contexts

  Elaborations

  • identifying the range of possible emotions in different scenarios and explore how these may be managed
  • identifying triggers that evoke different emotions
  • using ‘what if’ questions to explore a scenario to identify changing emotional responses

  VCPSCSE034 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 7 and 8 | Self-Awareness and Management | Recognition and expression of emotions

• VCPSCSE053

  Identify significant objects and people and make a choice between alternatives to show what they like

  Elaborations

  • reacting to the sound of their name
  • accepting and rejecting objects or activities by an emotional response
  • focusing on familiar people and objects

  VCPSCSE053 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level A | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSE068

  Try a variety of activities and completing some steps in a set routine independently

  Elaborations

  • independently carry out simple, familiar activities and using cues from others to work out next movement in a familiar routine
  • learning to follow adult prompts to stop external and internal distractions
  • making choices about learning activities

  VCPSCSE068 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level C | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSO031

  Describe the characteristics of respectful relationships and suggest ways that respectful relationships can be achieved

  Elaborations

  • brainstorming the characteristics of respectful relationships and displaying them on a concept map
  • working in groups to develop a tip sheet for achieving respectful relationships
  • using a story to stimulate discussion about the characteristics and achievement of respectful relationships

  VCPSCSO031 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Social Awareness and Management | Relationships and diversity

• VCPSCSO021

  Describe the ways in which similarities and differences can affect relationships

  Elaborations

  • thinking about someone you admire and explore whether there are similarities or differences between yourself and that person
  • reading a story to enable students to discuss similarities and differences and the affect on relationships
  • discussing the statement ‘Differences can contribute to good relationships’

  VCPSCSO021 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 3 and 4 | Social Awareness and Management | Relationships and diversity

• 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