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• VCEALA118

  Understand that texts can reflect a variety of ideas and perspectives

  Elaborations

  • recognising that texts may reflect a variety of cultural beliefs, practices and views
  • suggesting an audience for a text, for example ‘This book was written for children’
  • choosing narratives centred on a range of characters with different profiles and experiences
  • giving a simple personal response to a text, for example ‘I enjoyed it’, ‘I learnt about …’
  • comparing and contrasting ideas and experiences in texts with own experience

  VCEALA118 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• 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

• VCELA085

  Know that symbols, words and images can communicate needs

  Elaborations

  • making choices through alternative and augmentative communication, sign, symbol and image selection
  • using language to make requests, greet people, convey basic information about themselves and others
  • using image and sentence strip to communicate a need for example I want… to assist in requesting an object
  • using symbols to label an image

  VCELA085 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Writing | Language

• VCELA073

  Recognise that a group of words can communicate a message

  Elaborations

  • learning to build on spoken sentence starters to communicate a need or want, for example ‘I want … a drink’
  • learning to combine words to convey a message, for example ‘Dad’s car’, ‘throw ball’

  VCELA073 | Curriculum content | English | Level C | Reading and Viewing | 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

• VCJAU138

  Understand that hiragana symbols can be combined to represent words

  Elaborations

  • recognising that there are 19 distinct consonants in Japanese (k, g, s, sh, z, j, t, ch, ts, d, n, h, f, b, p, m, y, r, w) and five vowels (a, i, u, e, o)
  • understanding the system of basic Japanese sound combinations, that is, a vowel can be attached to most consonants to produce a kana
  • understanding that vowel length can differentiate words in Japanese, for example, ‘e’ (え) for a picture and ‘ee’ (ええ) for ‘yeah’
  • recognising the concept of the minimum unit of rhythm in Japanese (‘foot’ or フット) and that one foot in Japanese consists of two moras, for example, ごちそうさま is pronounced as a three-foot word ごち・そう・さま
  • demonstrating understanding of the differences in pronunciation of English and Japanese versions of loan words such as バナナ、ペット、サッカー

  VCJAU138 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCPSCSO011

  Identify how families can have a range of relationships

  Elaborations

  • exploring the features of their family including who lives at home and name their relationships to each of these people
  • brainstorming what is a family’s role, such as providing love, support and food, and identify the family members who undertake these tasks
  • graphing class results showing the number of students who have brothers, sisters and pets

  VCPSCSO011 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 1 and 2 | Social Awareness and Management | Relationships and diversity

• VCSSU012

  Living things can look and feel different

  Elaborations

  • handling and observing living and non-living things
  • developing an emerging awareness of some essential characteristics of living things, for example, 'Eyes are for seeing’

  VCSSU012 | Science | Level B | Science Understanding | Biological sciences

• VCSSU106

  The properties of sound can be explained by a wave model

  Elaborations

  • describing how sounds are produced by different musical instruments
  • measuring the speed of sound
  • using a wave model to describe the measured properties of sound, wavelength and frequency

  VCSSU106 | Science | Levels 7 and 8 | Science Understanding | Physical sciences

• VCSSU049

  Light and sound are produced by a range of sources and can be sensed

  Elaborations

  • recognising senses are used to learn about the world around us: our eyes to detect light, our ears to detect sound, touch to feel vibrations, our noses to detect smell and our tongues to detect taste
  • identifying the Sun as a source of light
  • recognising that objects can be seen when light from sources is available to illuminate them
  • exploring different ways to produce sound using familiar objects and actions, for example, striking, blowing, scraping and shaking

  VCSSU049 | Science | Foundation to Level 2 | Science Understanding | Physical sciences

• VCDSTC025

  Investigate food and fibre production used in modern or traditional societies

  Elaborations

  • exploring tools, equipment and procedures to improve plant and animal production, for example when growing vegetables in the school garden and producing plant and animal environments such as a greenhouse, animal housing, safe bird shelters
  • identifying and describing the areas in Australia and Asia where major food or fibre plants and animals are grown or bred, for example the wheat and sheep belts, areas where sugar cane or rice are grown, northern Australia’s beef industry, plantation and native forest areas
  • describing ideal conditions for successful plant and animal production including how climate and soils affect production and availability of foods, for example Aboriginal seasons and food availability

  VCDSTC025 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Technologies Contexts | Food and fibre production

• VCHHK138

  Position of the society in relation to other nations in the world by 1918 including the effects of ideas and movements of people

  Elaborations

  • Australia
    • investigating the type of society in Australia ‘Working Man’s Paradise’, ‘Social Laboratory’
    • investigating how the major social legislation of the new Federal Government affected living and working conditions in Australia, for example Legislation 1901–1914, including the Harvester Judgment, Immigration Restriction Act, invalid and old-age pensions and the maternity allowance scheme, Defence Acts
  • Asia
    • analysing the causes of collapse of the Qing and the 1911 Revolution. Discuss reasons why there was increasing demand for Indian independence and self-government and the founding of the Indian Congress Party
    • investigating Japan’s increased expansion into China, the signing of the ‘Twenty-one Demands’ in 1915 and territorial gains as a result of the Treaty of Versailles

  VCHHK138 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Knowledge | The making of the modern world | Australia and Asia

• VCELA483

  Understand how language use can have inclusive and exclusive social effects, and can empower or disempower people

  Elaborations

  • identifying language that seeks to align the listener or reader (for example 'of course', 'obviously', 'as you can imagine')
  • identifying the use of first person (I, we) and second person pronouns (you) to distance or involve the audience, for example in a speech made to a local cultural community
  • identifying references to shared assumptions
  • identifying appeals to shared cultural knowledge, values and beliefs
  • reflecting on experiences of when language includes, distances or marginalises others
  • creating texts that represent personal belief systems (such as credos, statements of ethical judgements, guidelines, letters to the editor and blog entries)

  VCELA483 | Curriculum content | English | Level 10 | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCELA036

  Recognise that texts can have many forms, can use images, objects and symbols

  Elaborations

  • beginning to understand that multimodal texts may include symbols, images and objects
  • recognising some photographs, images and objects in a text

  VCELA036 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCSSU130

  Electric circuits can be designed for diverse purposes using different components; the operation of circuits can be explained by the concepts of voltage and current

  Elaborations

  • investigating parallel and series circuits and measuring voltage drops across and currents through various components
  • investigating the properties of components such as LEDs, and temperature and light sensors
  • comparing circuit design to household wiring
  • exploring the use of sensors in robotics and control devices

  VCSSU130 | Science | Levels 9 and 10 | Science Understanding | Physical 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

• VC2M8ST01

  distinguish between a population and a sample, and investigate techniques for data collection including census, sampling, experiment and observation, and explain the practicalities and implications of obtaining data through these techniques

  Elaborations

  • identifying situations where data can be collected by census and those where a sample is appropriate
  • investigating the practicalities and implications of obtaining data through sampling, using a variety of investigative processes; for example, investigating situations when random sampling or non-random sampling is used to collect data and the implication of each sampling method
  • discussing how observations, experiments and sampling methods can be impacted by bias; for example, recognising that a sampling bias occurs when certain members of a population are more likely to be selected in a sample than others, such as a survey conducted at a shopping centre, and recognising that environmental conditions may bias the results of scientific investigations if experiments are conducted at different times or under different conditions
  • using digital tools such as simulations and digital measuring devices to observe, measure and record qualitative and quantitative data, discussing precision and the implications of error

  VC2M8ST01 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 8 | Statistics

• VC2M3SP01

  make, compare and classify objects, identifying key features and explaining why these features make them suited to their uses

  Elaborations

  • classifying a collection of geometric objects, including cylinders, spheres, prisms and pyramids, according to key features such as the shape and number of faces and/or surfaces, edges and vertices
  • making and comparing objects built out of cubic blocks and discussing key features; for example, comparing the amount of space that objects occupy by counting how many blocks it takes to build different rectangular prisms that have the same height but different bases
  • making geometric objects in solid form out of connecting cubes and in skeleton form with straws, and constructing objects using dynamic geometry software, recognising, comparing and discussing the features of the objects using the different representations
  • using familiar shapes and objects to build or construct models and compare the suitability of different shapes and objects for aspects of the model; for example, building rectangular towers out of connecting cubes and recognising that the taller the tower, the less stable it becomes unless the base is increased; or building bridges out of straws bent into different shapes and comparing the strength of different designs
  • identifying, classifying and comparing common objects found on Country/Place as cubes, rectangular prisms, cylinders, cones and spheres
  • investigating and explaining how Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ dwellings are oriented in the environment to accommodate climatic conditions

  VC2M3SP01 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 3 | Space

• VCMMG123

  Investigate the effect of one-step slides and flips with and without digital technologies

  Elaborations

  • understanding that objects can be moved but changing position does not alter an object’s size or features

  VCMMG123 | Mathematics | Level 2 | Measurement and Geometry | Location and transformation

• VCTRU102

  Understand the relationship between language and culture, reflecting on how language reflects personal and community experience and values, and may be differently interpreted by speakers of other languages

  Elaborations

  • discussing how values, such as politeness, affection or respect, are conveyed in Turkish, for example, by comparing interactions in their family with interactions they observe in non-Turkish speaking families, for example, the use of terms of affection, such as güzelim, hayatım, kuzum, canım, or terms of politeness, such as lütfen, rica ederim
  • understanding that people respond to intercultural experiences in different ways depending on their own cultural perspectives and recognising the validity of different perspectives and questioning notions of ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ ideas
  • identifying interaction patterns around familiar routines, such as meal times or welcoming guests, which reflect cultural values associated with family life and social relationships, for example, Afiyet olsun!, Elinize sağlık! Buyurun! Hoş geldiniz! Hoşça kal! Güle güle!
  • drawing on their own experience of using Turkish, English and other languages in different contexts to consider how language can be both empowering and disempowering and inclusive and exclusive, for example, the use of expressions such as Sen benim kim olduğumu biliyor musun?
  • noticing how choice of language when communicating with different people, such as forms of address, choice of adjectives, nouns or pronouns, reflects relationships, attitudes and values
  • experimenting with ‘reading between the lines’ of unfamiliar texts, such as an editorial, news report or advertisement, to identify cultural references, values or perspectives that reflect the intention of the text and the context in which it was produced
  • identifying changes in contemporary ways of communicating in Turkish that reflect changes in cultural and social practices, for example, Hayırlı sabahlar/günaydın, sohbet etmek/iki lafin belini kırmak

  VCTRU102 | Languages | Turkish | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Understanding | Role of language and culture