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• Design and Technologies: Levels 3 and 4 description

  In Levels 3 and 4, students develop ways of thinking about their peers and communities and as consumers and a sense of self and ownership of their ideas. Students explore and learn to harness their creative, innovative and imaginative ideas and approaches to achieve designed solutions. They do...

  Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies

• VCELA293

  Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources, including vocabulary encountered in research, into own texts

  Elaborations

  • building etymological knowledge about word origins (for example 'thermometer') and building vocabulary from research about technical and subject specific topics

  VCELA293 | Curriculum content | English | Level 4 | Writing | Language

• VCSIS072

  Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language

  Elaborations

  • using simple explanations and arguments, reports or graphical representations to communicate ideas to other students
  • communicating with other students carrying out similar investigations to share experiences and improve investigation skills

  VCSIS072 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Inquiry Skills | Communicating

• Personal and Social Capability: Levels 3 and 4 description

  In Levels 3 and 4, the curriculum focuses on developing students’ understandings of positive relationships and connections. Students extend their emotional literacy via an enhanced vocabulary of understanding and describing emotions. They learn about the importance of valuing difference...

  Level description | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability

• VCESU144

  Discuss examples of ways in which the cultures of Spanish speakers influence everyday interactions such as expressions of respect and affection

  Elaborations

  • understanding that language carries information about the people who use it and that common expressions and conventions often reflect cultural values, for example, the explicit expression of affection reflected in the use of diminutives (primita, mami, papito, hermanito), and the importance of religion reflected in the use of names with religious associations (Rosario, Mercedes, Pilar)
  • learning how to talk about culture and language using terms such as ‘meaning’, ‘difference’ and ‘behaviour’, and thinking about values, ideas and traditions that sit inside language, for example, responding to prompts such as: What does it mean when…? Why do you think people…?

  VCESU144 | Languages | Spanish | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• VCECD007

  Explore how apparently wrong actions can sometimes lead to good outcomes and the reverse

  Elaborations

  • using examples to show how an act could lead to good or bad outcomes, or both, such as an act of generosity (for example sharing lunch, helping a friend with homework, providing welfare) or selfishness or greed; or an act of apparent duty (for example keeping a promise or being respectful, or honest)
  • evaluating the consequences of responses to problems and whether these were intended or foreseeable, for example, playing a prank on someone
  • researching changes of opinion before, during and after a development in the local community

  VCECD007 | Capabilities | Ethical Capability | Levels 3 and 4 | Decision Making and Actions

• VCICCB005

  Compare their own and others cultural practices, showing how these may influence the ways people relate to each other

  Elaborations

  • comparing the expression of common concepts or human experiences in a range of cultural settings, for example, life milestones and celebrations, learning from older family/community members, demonstrating an emotion
  • exploring rules or expectations within the school or classroom, for example, raising a hand before asking a question, using manners or wearing a uniform, and discussing how these may help foster a culture of respect for other students and teachers
  • researching a cultural practice, for example Japanese origami, or a cultural artefact, for example a kilt, and asking students to explain the significance to other students
  • discussing aspects of Australian culture that might seem ‘strange’ from another perspective, such as eating kangaroo or having an outlaw as a national hero, and contrast with other cultural practices that students may find ‘strange’, such as the Spanish practice of eating twelve grapes at New Years Eve

  VCICCB005 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 3 and 4 | Cultural Practices

• VCAVAE025

  Explore ideas and artworks from different cultures and times as inspiration to create visual artworks

  Elaborations

  • researching artworks of different styles and artists from different times and cultures, to inspire their own expression of ideas, for example, in forms such as printmaking and drawing, and styles such as realism or expressionism
  • discussing the role of the artist and artworks as an expression of society and culture, for example, discussing the role of artworks from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the stories they tell
  • exploring ways to express their ideas using visual conventions from different historical, social or cultural contexts
  • experimenting with visual conventions and styles from different cultures to create particular visual effects in their artworks
  • identifying and explaining choices in art making, for example, including forms, styles and visual conventions in their artworks, and the influences of other artists on their artworks

  VCAVAE025 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Levels 3 and 4 | Explore and Express Ideas

• 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

• Design and Technologies: Levels 3 and 4 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 4 students explain how solutions are designed to best meet needs of the communities and their environments. They describe contributions of people in design and technologies occupations. Students describe how the features of technologies can be used to create designed solutions...

  Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4

• VCNRU033

  Understand that languages may change over time and that they influence each other, recognising words in the language being studied that are derived from other languages

  Elaborations

  • recognising that the language has a history and has developed into what is the spoken language today
  • understanding that the language being studied may be spoken elsewhere in the diaspora of speakers of that language
  • noticing that languages are fluid and ever-evolving and can be incorporated into and influence other languages beyond their own

  VCNRU033 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• Indonesian - F–10 Sequence: Levels 3 and 4 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 4, students interact in classroom routines and structured interactions with teachers and peers. They reproduce the sounds of au (mau) and g (gemuk) and the final sound k (tidak). Students follow instructions, make requests and respond with actions (Duduklah, Bukalah bukumu). They...

  Level description | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4

• Auslan - First Language Learner - F–10 Sequence: Levels 3 and 4 description

  Students recognise and apply elements of Auslan grammar, such as marking manner or aspect on verbs. They use increasingly sophisticated means of showing constructed action, and of using space to track a character or location through a text for purposes of cohesion. They develop metalanguage for...

  Level description | Languages | Auslan | First Language Learner | F–10 Sequence

• VCDSCD028

  Critique needs or opportunities for designing and explore and test a variety of materials, components, tools and equipment and the techniques needed to create designed solutions

  Elaborations

  • exploring the different uses of materials in a range of products, including those from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and countries of Asia
  • critiquing and selecting appropriate joining techniques for materials to produce working models
  • exploring and testing a range of materials under different conditions for suitability including sustainability considerations and identifying appropriate tools, equipment and techniques
  • examining the structure and production of everyday products, services and environments to enhance their own design ideas
  • exploring the properties of materials to determine suitability, for example the absorbency of different fabrics or the strength of different resistant materials

  VCDSCD028 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Creating Designed Solutions | Investigating

• VCELU135

  Understand that languages change over time and that they influence each other, recognising words in English that are derived from Greek and words in Greek that are derived from other languages

  Elaborations

  • recognising that the language used by the Ancient Greeks has developed into the Modern Greek language and that the Greek language has influenced many languages including English
  • understanding that there is the standard language called ‘Modern Greek’ as well as a number of different dialects spoken throughout Greece and the Greek diaspora
  • noticing that languages are fluid and ever-evolving and can be incorporated into and influence other languages beyond their own (for example, Ancient Greek has influenced and still influences many languages of the world)
  • viewing inscriptions on Ancient Greek tombstones (for example, from Vergina), coins (for example, from from Alexander the Great or King Philip’s reign) and vases (for example, from the Hellenistic era)
  • recognising that some words in Greek are borrowed from other languages, for example, πάρτυ, χόμπυ, μπάσκετ, κομπιούτερ
  • examining the etymology of everyday words in English which are derived from Greek morphemes/words or from Greek myths (for example, aeroplane, Ajax, history, mathematics, Nike, school, story) and discussing the extent to which this has occurred

  VCELU135 | Languages | Modern Greek | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• Victorian Aboriginal Languages: Levels 3 to 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students use familiar language and modelled sentence patterns to share information about aspects of their personal worlds, such as their family and friends, interests, everyday routines and activities. They interact appropriately with respected community members and community...

  Level description | Languages | Victorian Aboriginal Languages | Levels 3 to 6

• VCELY286

  Identify and explain language features of texts from earlier times and compare with the vocabulary, images, layout and content of contemporary texts

  Elaborations

  • viewing documentaries and news footage from different periods, comparing the style of presentation, including costumes and iconography with contemporary texts on similar topics and tracking changing views on issues, for example war, race, gender

  VCELY286 | Curriculum content | English | Level 4 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCLVC155

  Gather, record and classify information from a range of sources from Country/Place, historical documents and contemporary resources

  Elaborations

  • finding out the origins of Indigenous names, for example, of streets, city parks, rivers, public institutions, social programs in their area
  • labelling, ordering and classifying natural objects from the environment according to Indigenous taxonomies
  • obtaining information from a variety of sources about the natural environment, for example, by listening to visiting respected community members, reading, viewing, consulting historical resources and photos, and presenting findings in chart, poster, table, graphic or digital form
  • reading, viewing or listening to simple texts such as posters, signs, historical documents, word lists, answering questions by selecting from options and filling in gaps
  • viewing a demonstration, for example, of cooking bush tucker, cooking in an earth oven, and recording key words/phrases related to processes associated with the collection and preparation of food
  • surveying peers and community members on different topics, for example, favourite television programs, video games, foods, football teams, sports or bands, after school activities/time spent in those activities, languages spoken; and presenting results in chart, graph or digital formats
  • labelling, drawing and matching inside and outside body parts
  • observing and reading signs of Country/Place with the guidance of respected community members/community speakers, for example, the presence of bees, dragonflies, changing colours of bark, different tracks, tides, seaweed dumps, regeneration of vegetation, special (warning) calls of birds, turtle mating, ripening of fruit, changes in the night sky; and recording these details through photos, pictures, diagrams, captions, simple descriptions and commentaries
  • classifying different types of plants/parts of plants and their uses, for example, what different parts are used for or which are poisonous, presenting findings in chart, poster, table, graphic or digital form
  • mapping Country/Place in various forms, for example, on paper, in sand or mud, labelling key topographical features and infrastructure and making simple statements about their locations in relation to other places, for example, east, west, near, far, other side of…
  • investigating and discussing where appropriate the meaning of personal and family names of Aboriginal origin
  • surveying and comparing healthy ways of eating, for example, by identifying what is available from the school canteen and listing which healthy foods they like to eat, recording and presenting results in chart, graph or digital format or by giving an oral presentation

  VCLVC155 | Languages | Victorian Aboriginal Languages | Levels 3 to 6 | Communicating | Informing

• VCHHK079

  The journey(s) of a significant world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with and effects on other societies

  Elaborations

  • identifying key individuals and groups who established contacts with Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania during the age of discovery and exploring their impact on society, including examining the journey(s) these explorers made using internet mapping tools, for example, Christopher Columbus, Vasco de Gama and Ferdinand Magellan
  • using navigation maps to reconstruct the journey of one or more explorers
  • investigating networks of exchange between different groups of people

  VCHHK079 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Knowledge | First contacts

• 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