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• VCELA086

  Know their written name (as a grapheme) and match the letters in their name

  Elaborations

  • matching letters that are the same
  • recognising that letters and numbers are different
  • learning to speak and communicate using simple sentence starters

  VCELA086 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Writing | Language

• VCELA098

  Recognise the beginning sounds of familiar words

  Elaborations

  • matching images to objects
  • recognising objects or images that begin with the same or a similar sound
  • copying and imitating words and sounds using voice or alternative and augmentative communication

  VCELA098 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA024

  Use sounds and facial expressions to affect familiar others

  Elaborations

  • encountering various languages and forms of communication at home, school and in the community
  • experiencing others engaging, communicating and changing things in the world around them
  • reacting to the sounds and voices of familiar others
  • reacting to a range of gestures, signs, images and facial features of familiar others
  • using sounds, noises, gestures, eye gaze etc. to gain attention or request an object, e.g. reaching towards something they want
  • turning towards a communication partner

  VCELA024 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA060

  Recognise ways to gain and maintain attention

  Elaborations

  • gaining the attention of others through gestures, facial expressions, sounds and movements
  • interacting with a familiar adult by attending and making eye contact for extended periods of time
  • refining their behaviour and actions based on the response of others (cause and effect)
  • developing a small repertoire of predictable and consistent responses

  VCELA060 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA051

  Recognise that text can be attached to images and recognise that people pause when talking and communicating

  Elaborations

  • attending to written texts attached to images within their environment
  • learning that objects can be represented by an image or text
  • communicating using a word/image to request an object
  • pausing to wait for a response after a communication
  • learning about taking turns in communication

  VCELA051 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Writing | Language

• VCELA017

  Experience people writing, speaking and communicating using various modes

  Elaborations

  • experiencing speech being broken down into different sounds
  • reacting to interactive and multimodal texts
  • exploring a range of sounds and movements, including facial expression and gesture

  VCELA017 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Writing | Language

• VCELA025

  Respond to a familiar person and engage with them

  Elaborations

  • being exposed to individuals interpreting their actions and sounds
  • experiencing people reacting and engaging with each other and them
  • learning to control their behaviour, e.g. moving, making sounds,
  • making eye contact, sound or gesture towards a familiar other during a communicative process
  • gaining another’s attention through sounds and or action
  • communicating physical need, for example hungry or tired through sounds and/or action

  VCELA025 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA028

  Respond to different sounds and words used in everyday experiences

  Elaborations

  • being exposed to people communicating and playing with words
  • being exposed to a variety of different rhymes, syllables and sounds
  • observing the connection between everyday words and objects
  • reacting to familiar voices and preferred sounds

  VCELA028 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA061

  Demonstrate a number of ways to indicate a choice

  Elaborations

  • selecting a preferred object, or requesting a drink through gestures, facial expressions, sounds and movements
  • learning that gestures can indicate needs or choices, for example reaches towards a familiar person/object

  VCELA061 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA121

  Copy own name and recognise some of the letters within it, and understand that pausing is presented as a full stop in written text

  Elaborations

  • learning that each letter has two symbols, a capital and lowercase symbol
  • recognising the capital letter of their name in other contexts
  • understanding what a full stop looks like
  • locating full stops in text

  VCELA121 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Writing | Language

• VCELA111

  Know that a letter can be the same but look different, including capital and lower-case letters, and match some letters with their sound and name

  Elaborations

  • recognising the individual letters of their name
  • experiencing the individual letters of the alphabet, their name letter and common sounds
  • identifying their name as starting with a capital letter

  VCELA111 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCELA001

  Encounter various forms of texts and respond to sounds, text, symbols, images or objects in their environment

  Elaborations

  • experiencing various text forms and communication related to the environment or activity
  • experiencing texts and forms of communication being labelled, e.g. this is a fairy story, hello what did you want to say? Oh I think Amy wants a turn etc.
  • reacting to different forms of communication by familiar people, for example a smile, a wave
  • reacting to change in the environment associated with a text type, e.g. turns head or looks towards a multimodal text, images, sound, word such as their name

  VCELA001 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCELA050

  Recognise the connection between an object, image and spoken word

  Elaborations

  • learning that objects and actions are represented by a word or image
  • using an associated picture/image to request a familiar object, action or event

  VCELA050 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Writing | Language

• VCELA096

  Recognise different ways to communicate needs, likes and dislikes

  Elaborations

  • expressing needs, wants and feelings through language and communication
  • making requests through the use of words, photographs, pictures or alternative and augmentative communication

  VCELA096 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA087

  Use spoken words, sign or Augmentative Alternative Communication System to communicate and understand that images can be used to write and express ideas

  Elaborations

  • learning to use high-frequency images and words, for example the student’s own name, ‘stop’
  • using spoken words, articulating most of the sounds
  • learning that images/signs can be combined to make a word
  • listening to sounds and words and reproducing them using a personalised communication system

  VCELA087 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Writing | Language

• VCELA120

  Understand that language can be represented as written text

  Elaborations

  • identifying object or action by matching object to word
  • contributing text during shared writing experiences

  VCELA120 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Writing | Language

• VCELA018

  React to familiar voices and preferred sounds

  Elaborations

  • encountering various noises, sounds and voices
  • being exposed to words, sounds and noises of different pitch, duration and timbre
  • responding to the connection between everyday words and objects

  VCELA018 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Writing | Language

• VCELA088

  Know the beginning sounds (onset) of familiar words

  Elaborations

  • exploring sounds and how they are combined to make words
  • knowing how to copy/imitate words and sounds using voice or personalised communication system

  VCELA088 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Writing | Language

• VCELA062

  Recognise the connection between words, images, sounds and everyday objects

  Elaborations

  • recognising the words associated with classroom activities and actions
  • making choices as a way to explore the connection between an object and its spoken name, image or sign
  • making simple requests

  VCELA062 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA129

  Understand that people communicate in different ways

  Elaborations

  • knowing that people use different communication forms, such as image, voice, facial expressions or sign, to communicate the same intention, for example ‘stop’ as a sign, image or expression
  • recognising that people communicate in different ways
  • learning that English is the spoken language used at school
  • modifying the style (for example, volume, rate or intensity) of communication to suit familiar locations and contexts

  VCELA129 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Speaking and Listening | Language