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• VCELA131

  Use different ways to express needs, likes and dislikes

  Elaborations

  • using communication systems to express preferences and make requests and comments
  • recognising that symbols and signs can be used in conjunction with spoken language to communicate ideas
  • using words, signs or images to express needs and feelings

  VCELA131 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCSIS040

  Use both general terms and simple, scientific vocabulary to begin to describe their activities and observations

  Elaborations

  • working in a small group (with teacher support) using photos and real objects to describe what they have done and what they have found out
  • communicating ideas using images, key words, alternative and augmentative communication systems and answering ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions related to their findings

  VCSIS040 | Science | Level D | Science Inquiry Skills | Communicating

• VCHPEP043

  Identify what they can do

  Elaborations

  • identifying some characteristics of self and others including what they can do and achievements
  • identifying things they are good at and how they have improved over time
  • describing self help skills and what strategies they can use to persist until they are successful
  • identifying ways they can use their strengths and skills to help themselves and others

  VCHPEP043 | Health and Physical Education | Level D | Personal, Social and Community Health | Being healthy, safe and active

• VCDSCD012

  Explore and communicate how designed solutions are generated and produced to meet needs

  Elaborations

  • using a common testing method and recording results, for example, taste-testing comparison of food products and recording results as a happy or sad face
  • identifying the jobs or roles of each member of the groups when completing a task
  • gathering and using materials, tools and equipment to make a designed solution, for example, watering and mulching garden
  • following steps to assemble a system and checking that it functions as planned, for example, following instructions to build a spaceship using building blocks

  VCDSCD012 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Level D | Creating Designed Solutions

• VCDTCD012

  Follow and represent a sequence of steps and decisions (algorithms) needed to solve simple problems

  Elaborations

  • taking and using photos to represent the sequence of events, for example placing in order photos of buildings/rooms that need to be passed when getting from the classroom to the front school gate
  • viewing a game and listing the number of levels within it
  • writing a simple set of instructions to sequence events, for example the processes involved in making toast with jam
  • recognising sequences of instructions or events that are commonly experienced such as crossing a road that has traffic lights

  VCDTCD012 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Level D | Creating Digital Solutions

• VCSSU032

  Living things can be plants or animals

  Elaborations

  • observing the life cycles of living things
  • displaying an understanding of the requirements of living things by caring for them, for example, watering plants and feeding pets

  VCSSU032 | Science | Level D | Science Understanding | Biological sciences

• 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

• VCGGK050

  How places can be defined at a variety of scales

  Elaborations

  • considering how street addresses define places locally, regionally and nationally
  • using large-scale and small-scale maps while investigating places and how they are defined

  VCGGK050 | The Humanities | Geography | Level D | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCDSTS010

  Explore how people create familiar designed solutions and identify their ability to meet personal and local community needs

  Elaborations

  • making design decisions in everyday activities, for example, what should we cook today and why?
  • exploring what technologies they use in their daily life, for example, what tools and equipment do we need to grow vegetables?
  • exploring how and why their local environment has changed over time, for example, new buildings or play equipment

  VCDSTS010 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Level D | Technologies and Society

• VCELA132

  Use vocabulary in the form of short phrases for a variety of purposes such as to request an object, communicate a need, recount information, or express a feeling

  Elaborations

  • building the vocabulary to label personal interests, experiences and associated objects
  • building vocabulary and images used to label experiences at school including those associated with topics or themes of study

  VCELA132 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCSSU033

  Objects can be sorted into groups based on their properties, and some objects can be mixed and changed

  Elaborations

  • investigating objects and materials and sorting into groups based on two attributes, for example, food or drink, hot or cold, big or small
  • investigating what familiar objects are made from, including their parts and materials

  VCSSU033 | Science | Level D | Science Understanding | Chemical sciences

• VCCCTQ082

  Investigate how past experience influences thinking and reactions to situations and problems

  Elaborations

  • exploring similarities and differences in personal reactions to situations and problems
  • exploring problems and the various action/ options, and their preference
  • mapping reactions and thinking to situations and problems and exploring the link between reaction and thinking

  VCCCTQ082 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Level D | Questions and Possibilities

• VCELA109

  Recognise how a group of words can represent an object or image

  Elaborations

  • using a noun and adjective to refer to an object or image, for example ‘the red car’ to refer to an object or image
  • making a request using a group of words, for example ‘I want the red car’, ‘cold drink please’, ‘work book please’
  • identifying spaces, letters and words in text

  VCELA109 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCAMAP015

  Present media artworks that communicate a simple idea or story

  Elaborations

  • identifying the main features of a media art piece
  • creating art pieces to communicate ideas, concepts, feels and/ or experiences
  • creating a visual and sound picture card or poster using graphic software with the intention to meet an audience need, for example retell familiar l story or event to share with the class
  • exploring viewpoints – societies and cultures: For example, what images will I use to tell my story, or represent an event?
  • collecting and sharing, with permission of the people involved, class stories and presenting them in the form of a class photo story or PowerPoint
  • assisting in the producing and presenting of a media artwork for a particular purpose, for example, creating a poster about behaviour when using cameras in the room

  VCAMAP015 | The Arts | Media Arts | Level D | Present and Perform

• 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

• VCPSCSO079

  Demonstrate some understanding that negative words and actions are hurtful and that their behaviour can impact on others

  Elaborations

  • using peer behaviour as a cue for own behaviour showing both positive and negative reactions
  • demonstrating an understanding that their behaviour can impact on others
  • regulate own behaviour and emotional expression in familiar contexts
  • sharing how it feels when other people use negative words or actions

  VCPSCSO079 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level D | Social Awareness and Management | Collaboration

• VCSIS037

  Actively observe, explore and manipulate

  Elaborations

  • actively joining in scientific investigations directed by the teacher
  • identifying and using familiar objects in routine events
  • using senses, under teacher direction, to gather information about the world around them

  VCSIS037 | Science | Level D | Science Inquiry Skills | Planning and conducting

• VCPSCSE075

  Identify situations that could be a problem or challenge and discuss relevant self-help skills

  Elaborations

  • expressing and communicating their feelings, needs and choices in increasingly appropriate ways
  • showing a readiness and willingness to be taught how to do some things not yet learned or tried
  • seeking help when they cannot solve a problem or challenge, or when a peer needs help

  VCPSCSE075 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level D | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCELA110

  Explore connection between words, objects and images in stories and informative texts

  Elaborations

  • learning that text can provide information about an image
  • understanding that words can be used to describe an image
  • learning that words and images can be used to tell a story about an event

  VCELA110 | Curriculum content | English | Level D | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCADRE013

  Explore how characters express ideas in dramatic play

  Elaborations

  • creating a play about a social situation
  • creating a play with a social purpose
  • using gesture, sound and/ or facial expressions to communicate a character’s feelings at different points in a familiar story
  • taking part in purposeful dramatic play focusing on experiencing the roles and situations they create
  • exploring possibilities for role and situation when participating in whole group teacher-led process drama and role play
  • learning how to work safely during drama activities and following safety rules of the space

  VCADRE013 | The Arts | Drama | Level D | Explore and Express Ideas