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• English: Level 7 achievement standards - Speaking and Listening

  Students listen for and explain different perspectives in texts. They understand how the selection of a variety of language features can influence an audience. They understand how to draw on personal knowledge, textual analysis and other sources to express or challenge a point of view. They create...

  Level description | English | Level 7 | Speaking and Listening

• Ethical Capability: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, the curriculum focuses on developing the knowledge, skills and understandings to explore the tensions related to ethical concepts and decision making. Students extend their exploration of the two major ways to approach ethical deliberation – thinking about consequences...

  Level description | Capabilities | Ethical Capability

• Intercultural Capability: Levels 7 and 8 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 8, students explain how cultural practices may change over time in a range of contexts. They understand how cultural groups can be represented, and comment on the effects of these representations.

  Students understand the challenges and benefits of living and working in culturally...

  Level description | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Levels 7 and 8

• VCMNA245

  Express one quantity as a fraction of another, with and without the use of digital technologies

  Elaborations

  • using examples for the quantities to be expressed and understanding the reasons for the calculations

  VCMNA245 | Mathematics | Level 7 | Number and Algebra | Real numbers

• VCARU013

  Understand and use aspects of key grammatical forms and structures in spoken and written texts, such as articles, nouns, adjectives, personal pronouns, verbs and verb tenses, conjunctions, adverbs, statements, negation and questions, and use vocabulary that relates to familiar environments and activities

  Elaborations

  • learning frequently used words related to the home and school environment, for example,

    بيت؛ عائلة؛ أب؛ أم؛ إخوة؛ معلمة؛ مدرسة؛ حصّة؛ صف؛ كتاب؛ دراسة؛ فرصة؛ وقت فراغ؛ ايام الأسبوع

  • understanding the effect of word order in phrases and sentences, for example,

    الجملة الفعلية: كتب الولد القصة؛ جاءت البنت إلى المدرسة؛ يعمل أبي في المطار

  • recognising the different parts of speech and categorising words into groups, for example, الاسم؛ الفعل ؛ الصّفة؛ الحرف
  • recognising definite and indefinite articles with nouns and knowing that nouns have a gender, for example, تلميذ/التلميذ؛ مُعلّمة العلوم؛ المعلمة
  • understanding that adjectives have a gender and that they follow the noun and its gender, for example, الأب حنون؛ الأم جميلة؛ الكرسي كبير؛ الطاولة صغيرة
  • describing aspects of own daily activities, using simple present tense verbs, for example, أستيقظ في الصباح؛ اتناول الفطور؛ أستقلّ الباص؛ أدخل الصف؛ أكمل الواجب؛ ألبس ثيابي
  • understanding and using simple verbs to express likes and dislikes, for example, أحب طعام أمي؛ لا أحب الأكل السريع؛ أحب الرياضة ولا أحب الرسم
  • using demonstrative pronouns to identify people, objects or animals, for example, هذا كتاب؛ هذه مسطرة
  • using singular possessive pronouns, for example, بيتي؛ سريري؛ معلمتي؛ غرفتكَ؛ كتابكِ؛ حقيبتها؛ دفتره
  • using singular personal pronouns, both masculine and feminine, with appropriate simple present tense verbs to describe aspects of home or school life, for example, تحبّ أمي العمل؛ هي نشيطة؛ يحب أبي الطبخ؛ هو ماهر
  • understanding and responding to basic familiar instructions using imperatives, for example, إفتح الباب؛ أجلس في مكانك؛ لا تتكلم دون إذن؛ نظّف غرفتك؛ اكمل عملك
  • exploring the use of simple conjunctions such as و؛ أو؛ أيضا؛ كذلك
  • using adverbs of place and time to expand expression, for example,

    باكراً؛ صباحاً؛ بعيداً ؛ قريباً؛ شرقاً؛ غرباً

  • understanding and using singular nouns and regular plural noun endings in masculine and feminine forms, for example, معلم/معلمون؛ معلمة/معلمات؛
  • expressing negation in simple sentences, for example, لا أحب السفر؛ ليس لدي إخوة
  • using a range of adjectives in singular form to describe appearance, feelings and personalities, for example,

    أمي طويلة وأبي وسيم؛ صديقي سعيد ومعلمتي حزينة؛ أخي ظريف وأختي مزعجة

  • using past tense verbs to recount events related to home and school contexts, for example,

    قدمت فرضي للمعلمة؛ تأخرت عن الدرس؛ نمت متأخرا؛ نسيت كتبي في البيت

  • understanding and using simple question words in their interactions with peers, for example,

    متى أتيت إلى البيت؟ من أعدّ لك الفطور؟ ماذا احضرتِ للغداء؟ كيف أتيت إلى المدرسة؟

  • developing knowledge of cardinal and ordinal numbers to describe time and date, for example, (آذار) الساعة الواحدة ظهراً؛ اليوم السادس من إبريل (نيسان)/اليوم أربعة مارس
  • applying rules of present tense verb conjugation when speaking to peers and the teacher, for example,

    أنتَ تدرس كثيرا؛ أنتِ تلعبين مع غيري؛ أنتم تلاميذ مجتهدون

  • building metalanguage to describe grammatical concepts and develop learning resources, for example, verb charts, vocabulary lists, and groups of pronouns, adverbs or adjectives

  VCARU013 | Languages | Arabic | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Understanding | Systems of language

• Media Arts: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, students build on their understanding of structure, intent, character, settings, viewpoints and genre conventions in their media artworks.

  Students extend use of media technologies and their understanding of story principles and media elements, such as the use of time, space,...

  Level description | The Arts | Media Arts

• VCASFC221

  Present and explain factual information about a range of topics of interest

  Elaborations

  • describing in the correct sequence home and school routines such as weekend activities or their school timetable
  • reporting to the class about a shared school event, such as Deaf Sports Day or a school camp
  • creating signed texts to explain a hobby or interest, using visual supports such as photos or props
  • presenting descriptions of items of school equipment such as those used in woodwork, science or sports, and giving simple signed explanations of how they work
  • instructing the class in a procedural text such as a simple recipe or instruction guide, using list buoys
  • sharing selected points of information from their home or local community, such as family traditions or cultural events, conveying key points of information from visual infographics or diagrams
  • working in groups to create an informative video or display about their school
  • assembling an information pack about their school to support newly arrived deaf students, including a signed glossary of key people and places and simple directions to navigate the school
  • explaining a favourite game that can be played in Auslan or English, highlighting key Auslan terms and supporting information with pictures, gestures and demonstrations

  VCASFC221 | Languages | Auslan | Second Language Learner | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Informing

• Italian - F–10 Sequence: Levels 7 and 8 description

  Students consolidate their understanding and use of regular forms and familiar grammatical structures. They expand their understanding through noticing variation and non-standard forms, for example, dialects used in the local community. They also notice exceptions to rules, for example, irregular...

  Level description | Languages | Italian | F–10 Sequence

• Visual Arts: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, students make and respond to visual artworks. They design and create visual expressions of selected themes and concepts through a variety of visual arts forms and styles. Students develop an informed opinion about artworks based on their research of current and past artists....

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts

• Visual Communication Design: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, students research and investigate the practices and viewpoints of designers in the creation of visual communications and gain an understanding of how to visually communicate ideas to an audience. They experiment and develop their skills in creative, critical and reflective thinking...

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Communication Design

• Intercultural Capability: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, the curriculum focus is on developing the knowledge, skills and understandings to reflect on how cultural practices and beliefs contributes to individual, group and national identities. This includes religious beliefs, traditional celebrations and customs, social relationships...

  Level description | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability

• French - F–10 Sequence: Levels 7 and 8 description

  Students expand their range of vocabulary beyond their immediate world. They make clearer distinctions between sounds and intonation patterns. They develop more detailed grammatical knowledge, using additional tenses (le passé composé, le futur proche), some reflexive verb forms...

  Level description | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence

• Italian - F–10 Sequence: Levels 7 and 8 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 8, students use spoken and written Italian to interact in a range of personal and social contexts. They describe or present people, places, events or conditions; discuss likes, dislikes and preferences; present information; recount and narrate events; and talk about personal...

  Level description | Languages | Italian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8

• VCMNA246

  Round decimals to a specified number of decimal places

  Elaborations

  • using rounding to estimate the results of calculations with whole numbers and decimals, and understanding the conventions for rounding

  VCMNA246 | Mathematics | Level 7 | Number and Algebra | Real numbers

• VCMNA249

  Recognise and solve problems involving simple ratios

  Elaborations

  • understanding that rate and ratio problems can be solved using fractions or percentages and choosing the most efficient form to solve a particular problem

  VCMNA249 | Mathematics | Level 7 | Number and Algebra | Real numbers

• VCMNA251

  Introduce the concept of variables as a way of representing numbers using letters

  Elaborations

  • understanding that arithmetic laws are powerful ways of describing and simplifying calculations and that using these laws leads to the generality of algebra

  VCMNA251 | Mathematics | Level 7 | Number and Algebra | Patterns and algebra

• VCMSP270

  Calculate mean, median, mode and range for sets of data. Interpret these statistics in the context of data

  Elaborations

  • understanding that summarising data by calculating measures of centre and spread can help make sense of the data

  VCMSP270 | Mathematics | Level 7 | Statistics and Probability | Data representation and interpretation

• Chinese - Second Language Learner - F–10 Sequence: Levels 7 and 8 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 8, students use spoken and written Chinese to sustain interactions in a range of social and personal contexts. They exchange ideas and opinions, for example, 你要去看电影吗？；我们可以六月份一起去. They summarise the main points of information about known content from a range of spoken and print...

  Level description | Languages | Chinese | Second Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8

• Health and Physical Education: Levels 7 and 8 description

  The Level 7 and 8 curriculum expands students’ knowledge, understanding and skills to help them achieve successful outcomes in classroom, leisure, social, movement and online situations. Students learn how to take positive action to enhance their own and others’ health, safety and wellbeing. They...

  Level description | Health and Physical Education

• Italian - 7–10 Sequence: Levels 7 and 8 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 8, students engage in social interaction to exchange greetings and to share ideas and information related to their personal, social and school worlds. They use known phrases to exchange ideas and opinions, for example, Non mi piace la pallacanestro. They participate in classroom...

  Level description | Languages | Italian | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8