In Levels 5 and 6, the curriculum focuses on developing the knowledge, skills and understanding to test the strength of thinking. Students develop their capacity to deliberately manage their thinking. Students explore common errors that can occur in thinking.
Level description | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking
VCELY337 | Curriculum content | English | Level 5 | Speaking and Listening | Literacy
VCICCD012 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Cultural Diversity
VCKOU165 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Understanding | Systems of language
VCZHC036 | Languages | Chinese | Second Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Informing
VCADRD030 | The Arts | Drama | Levels 5 and 6 | Drama Practices
By the end of Level 5, students explain how text structures assist in understanding the text. They understand how language features, images and vocabulary influence interpretations of characters, settings and events. They analyse and explain literal and implied information from a variety of texts...
Level description | English | Level 5 | Reading and Viewing
In Levels 5 and 6, the curriculum focuses on developing the knowledge, skills and understandings to evaluate the significance of ethical matters. Students explore the basis of a range of ethical principles and reflect on means and ends. Students consider decision-making approaches based on thinking...
Level description | Capabilities | Ethical Capability
By the end of Level 6, students demonstrate an understanding of how beliefs and practices can be influenced by culture and explain how intercultural experiences can influence beliefs and behaviours.
Students identify the barriers to and means of reaching understandings within and between culturally...
Level description | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 5 and 6
VCASFC042 | Languages | Auslan | First Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Creating
By the end of Level 6, students identify and describe change and continuity and explain the causes and effects of change on society. They compare the different experiences and perspectives of people in the past. They explain the significance of an individual and group.
Students sequence events...
Level description | The Humanities | History | Levels 5 and 6
VCJAU157 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Understanding | Systems of language
VCIDU051 | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Understanding | Role of language and culture
Students use formulaic phrases in Indonesian with the teacher and peers. They focus on aspects of their personal world and are introduced to content related to Indonesia. Students develop oral language through scaffolded tasks and texts. They extend their oral fluency by focusing on sentence-level...
Level description | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence
Students use formulaic phrases to participate in classroom routines, presentations and structured conversations with the teacher and peers. Students develop oral language through scaffolded tasks and texts such as songs, descriptions and stories. They extend their oral fluency by focusing on sentence...
Level description | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence
VCGGC089 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 5 and 6 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information
VC2M5ST01 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 5 | Statistics
VCCCTR027 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Levels 5 and 6 | Reasoning
VCIDC038 | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Informing
VCZHC147 | Languages | Chinese | Background Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Informing