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• VCHIC025

  Create simple imaginative texts, such as dialogues, storyboards, puppet shows or songs that encourage exploration and enjoyment of language

  Elaborations

  • creating variations on Hindi poems or songs that include repetitive phrases, established rhythms, rhymes and actions
  • using puppets to create dialogues between characters from favourite stories or fables
  • creating their own simple storyboards or picture books, using captions and dialogue
  • designing and creating Voki animations that use expressive, entertaining and humorous language
  • imitating the style and structure of a favourite song to create their own song that explores different combinations of sounds and rhythms
  • acting out elements of events such as the Rakhi festival, using traditional expressions and culturally appropriate behaviours, such as भाई की कलाई पर राखी बांधना
  • drawing their own versions of characters encountered in imaginative texts and selecting simple descriptive statements as captions to their pictures

  VCHIC025 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Creating

• VCHIC026

  Translate simple texts such as rhymes, captions, story books or familiar social interactions, noticing words and expressions that are difficult to translate

  Elaborations

  • translating popular children’s rhymes into English, for example, चूँ-चूँ करती आई चिड़िया; चंदा मामा, noticing words that are difficult to translate or explain
  • identifying Hindi words or expressions that do not easily translate into English, for example, आँखों का तारा
  • translating exchanges between characters in favourite stories from Hindi into English
  • discussing the meaning of traditional Hindi phrases used on special occasions, comparing how similar wishes are expressed in English, for example, जीते रहो
  • translating lines from cartoon or comic-strip characters such as पिंकी और बबली, noticing how meanings sometimes get changed or confused when translated into another language

  VCHIC026 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Translating

• VCHIC021

  Respond to questions, directions and requests and use simple questions and statements to ask for help or permission, attract attention and check understanding

  Elaborations

  • using appropriate language to ask for help, information or to attract attention, for example, यह क्या है? मुझे समझ नहीं आया। क्या आप मेरी मदद करेगें? विद्यालय का खेल-दिवस कब है?
  • interacting with each other to complete learning activities and check on understanding, for example, मुझे पैन दो। क्या यह सही है? अपने हिस्से का कार्य जल्दी समाप्त करो।
  • responding to directions when playing games, completing work or getting ready for class, for example, मुझे एक बार फिर से दिखाएँ। ज़ोर से गाओ। वाक्य लिखो। इसे ध्यान से सुनो। इन चित्रों को देखो। एक सीधी पंक्ति में खड़े हो जाइए।
  • praising and encouraging each other during learning activities, for example, बहुत बढ़िया! बुरा नहीं है। ठीक-ठाक है।
  • using interaction skills such as questioning, responding and interpreting non-verbal clues when working collaboratively

  VCHIC021 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCHIC029

  Talk about their individual and group sense of identity and how this is expressed through the different languages they use

  Elaborations

  • talking about how they feel when using English, Hindi or other languages and whether there are some things that feel more natural in one language than in the other
  • demonstrating gestures or behaviours that they feel ‘belong’ in Hindi but not in English or vice versa
  • sharing opinions about whether they have a different sense of identity when they are using different languages
  • creating drawings or photo displays that show their connections with family, friendship groups and communities, writing captions of words or phrases that they associate with each group
  • considering the importance to their identity of speaking Hindi to some people, such as older relatives or members of the wider Hindi-speaking community
  • observing themselves and reporting to each other how they use Hindi and English in different contexts and for different purposes, identifying favourite expressions or gestures in each language

  VCHIC029 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Reflecting

• VCHIC028

  Recognise that ways of communicating in different languages reflect ways of behaving and thinking

  Elaborations

  • recognising differences in attitudes or ways of expressing feelings when using Hindi or English, for example, when being polite and respectful, when thanking or sympathising with people or when exchanging wishes on special occasions
  • identifying non-verbal aspects of communication in Hindi that may be unfamiliar to non-Hindi speakers, such as the way that older relatives greet children by holding their hand over the child’s head and saying जीते रहो, or shaking the head from side to side or back and forth to show varying levels of agreement
  • recognising how the Hindi language reflects traditions and social distinctions to do with how people are regarded in society, how old they are or what religion they practise, for example, the use of the honorific particle जी after a surname to show respect or after an individual name to show affection
  • discussing how Australian behaviours and expressions might be understood or misunderstood by newcomers to the language and culture, for example, the use of terms such as ‘bushwalking’ or ‘arvo’, or expressions such as ‘she’ll be right’ and children’s use of first names with some adults
  • comparing how they communicate in Hindi, English or other languages when they are interacting with different people, such as elders, friends, strangers, parents, small children

  VCHIC028 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Reflecting

• VCHIC023

  Present simple information about home, school and community, using visual support such as photos, maps or charts

  Elaborations

  • using simple descriptive language and supporting resources to introduce family members and friends and to identify relationships with them, for example, मौसी; चाचा, providing details such as age, religion, occupation or regional backgrounds, for example, वह ऑस्ट्रेलियाई है। उसकी उम्र तीस साल की है।
  • presenting information they have collected about each other’s likes, dislikes or interests to create a class profile, chart or database, using checklists, surveys or question cues
  • presenting information via picture stories or multimodal displays on events or topics of potential interest to Hindi-speaking children of their own age in other contexts
  • working together to design posters or web pages to promote a cultural event or regional profile
  • creating a class book or digital display about topics they have been studying in Hindi and/or other curriculum areas, for example, इस्तेमाल की जा चुकी वस्तुओं से कुछ और बनाना; जीवन-चक्र; विश्व संगीत

  VCHIC023 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Informing

• VCHIU033

  Understand that the way the Hindi language is used varies according to the age, gender and background of speakers and that it involves different dialects and accents

  Elaborations

  • understanding that there is a standard form of Hindi called मानक हिंदी which is used in writing and spoken by many people, and also many spoken dialects that differ from region to region, for example, ब्रज भाषा, अवधी
  • reflecting on how they communicate with family and friends and people less close to them or in authority, noticing differences in word choice, gestures and communicative behaviour
  • comparing language used among different family members, such as grandparents, parents and siblings, noticing words that reflect status or position in the family, for example, addressing older siblings as आप rather than तुम
  • comparing language use at home and school, for example, by identifying differences in ways of thanking someone or asking for help; the use of nicknames or terms of affection such as राजा बेटा, रानी बिटिया
  • making personal connections with different language dialects spoken in regions of India, in Fiji, Mauritius and other parts of the world
  • understanding the importance of using appropriate language when interacting with different people, for example, the use of ultra-formal language such as बैठिएगा when speaking with elders or strangers

  VCHIU033 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCHIU036

  Recognise the relationship between language and culture, for example, by identifying expressions, gestures or forms of address associated with different cultural practices

  Elaborations

  • understanding that languages carry cultural ideas and values, as in the use of words such as देसी as opposed to विदेशी, the use of blessings by older people to children, the use of indirect forms of language such as कोई बात नहीं as a way of deflecting a difficult situation
  • identifying forms of address or expressions associated with cultural events or celebrations that reflect values and traditions, for example, बधाई हो
  • noticing how family values such as familiarity, politeness or respect are expressed in Hindi and associated behaviours, for example, addressing cousins or distant male siblings as भइया; the concept of जूठा
  • identifying words and expressions that reflect cultural beliefs, practices and traditions, such as offering of प्रसाद to God, offering to God or visitors फूल, मिठाई, फल, पानी पीजिए to guests when they visit
  • noticing that some Australian terms and expressions are only meaningful in the Australian context and have no equivalent in Hindi, for example, ‘fair go’, ‘she’ll be right’
  • recognising words and expressions in Hindi that reflect traditions and distinctions that are not easily translated into English, for example, forms of address such as स्वामी जी for a religious leader, गुरुजी for a male teacher, बाबाजी for an older male person and राम राम as a mode of greeting in villages

  VCHIU036 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• VCHIU031

  Recognise and apply elements of grammar, such as noun and adjectival forms, conjunctions, gender and number markers, verb tenses and compound forms, and constructions related to compulsion

  Elaborations

  • describing objects using concrete nouns related to home, school and local environments, for example, forms of transport मोटरकार, रेलगाड़ी, food items चावल, रोटी, दाल and classroom objects कुर्सी, मेज़, पेंसिल
  • describing quantity using cardinal numbers, such as पाँच रोटियाँ, दस गिलास
  • using appropriate forms of tenses, for example, गया था, जाऊँगा, जा रहा हूँ, खाया था, खा रहा हूँ, खाऊँगा
  • using adjectives to describe characteristics or qualities of a person or object, such as nationality, shape and colour, and noticing that they change with gender and number, for example, छोटा लड़का, छोटी लड़की, छोटे लड़के
  • using possessive adjectives to express ownership, for example, मेरी पुस्तक, तुम्हारा बस्ता
  • creating simple sentence structures such as मैं पढ़ता हूँ।
  • using pronouns for places and objects, for example, यहाँ, वहाँ, यह, वह
  • recognising that punctuation in English is the same as in Hindi apart from the use of capital letters and a different symbol for a full stop
  • using conjunctions to link elements of sentences or phrases, for example, और, या, लेकिन
  • constructing questions to seek information, for example, क्यों? कैसे?
  • identifying regular forms of gender and number
  • understanding how actions completed at a particular time in the past are described using perfective tenses and how ने is used as the agent marker for transitive verb actions in these tenses
  • showing how actions are performed by using compound verb forms such as in मैंने काम ख़त्म कर दिया, दुकान बंद हो गई।
  • understanding the distinctions in levels of compulsion implied in statements like मुझे जाना चाहिए। मुझे जाना है। मुझे जाना पड़ता है।

  VCHIU031 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCHIU034

  Understand that the Hindi language is influenced by and in turn influences other languages and cultures

  Elaborations

  • understanding the influence on Hindi of different languages over different times, for example, the use of English words such as ‘post-box’, ‘railway station’, ‘bus’, ‘school’
  • identifying more examples of Hindi words or expressions that are commonly used in English, such as ‘verandah’ from बरामदा, ‘bandana’ from बांधना
  • identifying how words from Sanskrit, Perso-Arabic and English are used in different contexts to mean related concepts such as ‘concern/anxiety’: Sanskrit चिंता; Arabic फ़िक्र; and ‘tension’, English टेन्शन
  • finding examples of expressions in Hindi that include words from English or other languages, for example, क्या यह आपका फ़ाइनल उत्तर है?

  VCHIU034 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCHIU032

  Notice differences between simple spoken, written and multimodal texts used in different contexts, comparing with similar texts in English

  Elaborations

  • recognising features of familiar genres of Hindi texts, such as digital books or puppet shows, video clips or children’s songs
  • recognising differences between the layout and language features of different types of texts and formats, such as चित्र-कथाएँ and लोक-कथाएँ
  • recognising the role played by different elements in texts to contribute to meaning-making, for example, the layout, title, illustration and punctuation in a picture book or the use of repetition and rhyme in poems and chants
  • recognising differences in spoken and written forms of everyday texts, such as greetings or wishes, for example, आपको बहुत-बहुत बधाई हो (spoken) and हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ. (written), comparing with similar differences between spoken and written texts in English

  VCHIU032 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCHIU035

  Understand that Hindi is an important regional and international language used by speakers who are often multilingual in different contexts around the world

  Elaborations

  • understanding that Hindi is used by communities of speakers in many regions of the world beyond their immediate and extended family
  • talking to people they know in their families, at school and in the wider community about the languages they speak and how they use them
  • understanding that Hindi is one of many languages spoken in India and other communities around the world, and that most Hindi speakers also speak other languages
  • recognising that there are many different Indian languages spoken in India and other regions of the world, involving different dialects, accents and vocabulary

  VCHIU035 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCHIU030

  Build phonic awareness and pronunciation skills through singing, reciting and experimenting with sounds; develop familiarity with the use of the under-dotted characters representing loan sounds in Hindi and conventions governing punctuation marks in written script

  Elaborations

  • creating an alphabet bank, collecting words beginning with each letter, for example, कमल, कसरत, कोयल।
  • imitating the discrimination of unaspirated and aspirated sounds, for example, क-ख, द-ध।
  • understanding that the sound and letter correspondence is the same in written and spoken Hindi, that there are no silent letters or more than one sound for any one letter, apart from the letters ह, य and व, whose pronunciation is influenced by their context
  • understanding that Hindi vowels can be pronounced with a nasal quality added to them which is represented by either a चंद्रबिंदु or a small dot (बिंदु) above the headstroke, for example, हाँ, मैं
  • recognising how to distinguish between nasal vowel sounds and nasal consonants, and the rules that govern how to represent nasal consonant combinations in words such as गंगा, पंजाब, ठंड/ठण्ड, बंद/बन्द and तुम्हारा
  • recognising that there are loan words in Hindi from languages such as English, Persian, Arabic, Turkish and Portuguese, and learning how the underdotted characters क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, फ़ are used to represent such loan sounds
  • recognising how pitch, stress and rhythm help to convey meaning even when individual words are unfamiliar

  VCHIU030 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCHPEM103

  Apply innovative and creative thinking in solving movement challenges

  Elaborations

  • transferring and applying skills to solve movement challenges
  • testing alternative responses to movement challenges and predicting the success or effectiveness of each
  • posing questions to others as a strategy for solving movement challenges
  • drawing on prior knowledge to solve movement challenges

  VCHPEM103 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 3 and 4 | Movement and Physical Activity | Learning through movement

• VCHPEM099

  Practise and apply movement concepts and strategies

  Elaborations

  • planning and performing strategies to be successful in tag and dodge games
  • demonstrating movement concepts and strategies to create scoring opportunities
  • exploring centre of gravity and stability as they perform balance activities
  • participating in physical activities which require problem-solving to achieve a goal
  • using different equipment to create an original game or movement challenge

  VCHPEM099 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 3 and 4 | Movement and Physical Activity | Moving the body

• VCHPEM098

  Perform movement sequences which link fundamental movement skills

  Elaborations

  • performing routines incorporating different jumping techniques and connecting movements
  • demonstrating fundamental movement skills in correct sequence to complete a movement task or challenge
  • performing tumbling routines using rolling actions, incline, weight transfer, flight and balances
  • participating in dance routines from different cultures, such as Tinikling from The Phillipines, Polynesian dance, Japanese parasol dance, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance
  • using a surface dive and propelling the body underwater to recover an object

  VCHPEM098 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 3 and 4 | Movement and Physical Activity | Moving the body

• VCHPEM100

  Examine the benefits of physical activity and physical fitness to health and wellbeing

  Elaborations

  • examining the benefits of regular physical activity, including the influence on sleep, concentration and fitness
  • collecting, recording and organising information to investigate which physical activities people engage in to maintain health, wellbeing and fitness
  • exploring physical activity and screen-usage time recommendations for children and proposing how they can meet these recommendations

  VCHPEM100 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 3 and 4 | Movement and Physical Activity | Understanding movement

• VCHPEM102

  Adopt inclusive practices when participating in physical activities

  Elaborations

  • using cooperative skills to complete a movement task, such as a partner balance, partner passing strategy or team strategy
  • working cooperatively with team members to maintain possession in a game by passing to other players and listening to team-mates
  • modifying physical activities to ensure that everyone is included, such as changing equipment, rules or playing space

  VCHPEM102 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 3 and 4 | Movement and Physical Activity | Learning through movement

• VCHPEM104

  Apply basic rules and scoring systems, and demonstrate fair play when participating

  Elaborations

  • collaborating to decide rules for a new game
  • contributing to fair decision-making in physical activities by applying the rules appropriately
  • recognising unfairness and exclusion in a game situation, and proposing strategies to overcome these issues
  • recognising consequences of personal and team actions in group activities

  VCHPEM104 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 3 and 4 | Movement and Physical Activity | Learning through movement

• VCHPEM097

  Practise and refine fundamental movement skills in different movement situations in indoor, outdoor and aquatic settings

  Elaborations

  • performing activities where locomotor and object control skills are combined to complete a movement
  • performing fundamental movement skills to demonstrate weight transference in different physical activities
  • coordinating kicking with arm movements to move the body through the water
  • exploring and practising different techniques to propel objects towards a target

  VCHPEM097 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 3 and 4 | Movement and Physical Activity | Moving the body