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• Science: Level B description

  In Level B, students play and use structured activities to make observations and use their senses to investigate the behaviours and properties of everyday objects, materials and living things. They explore change in the world around them, including changes that impact on them, for example the...

  Level description | Science

• Critical and Creative Thinking: Level B description

  In Level B, the curriculum focuses on developing students understanding of the world around them, how to learn and solve everyday problems. Students become familiar with simple strategies to structure and understand the world and thinking. Students are exposed to thinking processes.

  Level description | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking

• Critical and Creative Thinking: Level B achievement standards

  By the end of Level B, students use their senses and cause and effect to explore and understand the world around them. Students generate ideas based on their experiences and make choices in structured situations.

  Students begin to become aware of their own point of view through their emotions...

  Level description | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Level B

• English: Level B description

  In Level B, students communicate with peers, teachers and known adults. Opportunities are provided for students to explore English knowledge, understanding, skills and processes through everyday experiences, personal interests and significant events. Students begin to understand that communication...

  Level description | English

• 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

• History: Level B description

  Personal and Present Family History

  The curriculum at Levels A to D provides a study of personal and family histories. Students learn about their own history and that of their family; this may include stories from different cultures and other parts of the world. As participants in their own history...

  Level description | The Humanities | History

• Mathematics: Level B achievement standards

  Number and Algebra

  Students participate in everyday activities that involve numbers and counting, comparing groups of objects, and pattern activities. Students can rote count to three. Students identify ‘one’ and ‘lots’ of objects and show an understanding of ‘more...

  Level description | Mathematics | Level B

• VCCCTR066

  Experience reasoning and conclusions

  Elaborations

  • participating in routine experiences and experiencing teachers explaining reasons for courses of action
  • participating in structured activities which result in a conclusion being established
  • exploring objects and developing an understanding, idea and/or concept

  VCCCTR066 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Level B | Reasoning

• Geography: Level B description

  The Level B curriculum focuses on places I live in and developing students’ awareness of the places they experience daily. They are supported to develop their curiosity of place by exploring some of the significant features of the place and what they do in each. They are developing an emerging...

  Level description | The Humanities | Geography

• VCELY069

  Listen to and respond to simple instructions

  Elaborations

  • attending to a familiar speaker, song or story
  • listening and responding to a simple closed question and indicating a choice, for example indicating which equipment is wanted, selecting a switch or image to request help or an object
  • making relevant responses such as nod of head to indicate understanding when communicating or listening to instructions

  VCELY069 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Speaking and Listening | Literacy

• VCMMG028

  Recognise and participate in familiar events that happen on a daily basis

  Elaborations

  • recognising the sequence of familiar events, for example ‘first and then’, with the support of picture-based schedules
  • understanding and using environmental cues such as equipment, staff and location to predict and identify activities
  • assisting in the construction of visual timetable for the class
  • responding to the signal from a timer to indicate the end of an activity

  VCMMG028 | Mathematics | Level B | Measurement and Geometry | Using units of measurement

• VCMNA019

  Correspond ‘one’ with a single object

  Elaborations

  • showing understanding of object permanency, by tracking and finding an object
  • exploring ‘oneness’ and indicate one, for example one clap, experiencing one object, giving out materials one at a time, requesting one, hearing one sound or beat
  • distributing objects and materials with support, using basic one-to-one correspondence

  VCMNA019 | Mathematics | Level B | Number and Algebra | Number and place value

• Health and Physical Education: Level B description

  The Level B curriculum provides the basis for developing knowledge, understanding and skills for students to lead healthy, safe and active lives. Students learn about their ability and simple actions they can take to keep themselves healthy and safe. Students are supported to participate in activities...

  Level description | Health and Physical Education

• VCELA059

  Use sounds, gestures, images and facial expressions to communicate

  Elaborations

  • responding to their name and the names of familiar people
  • responding consistently to familiar contexts including people, places and objects
  • showing an understanding that sound and action convey meaning
  • contributing to small group discussions by sharing a favourite toy
  • gaining and directing attention, such as turning attention toward the person who is communicating
  • recognising some of the sounds, gestures and facial features of familiar people and contexts
  • reproducing part of a short message by pointing and/or using objects or pictures

  VCELA059 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCMNA020

  Explore the concept of ‘none’, ‘one’ and ‘more’

  Elaborations

  • recognising a change in a collection’s size within the context of familiar, everyday objects, for example a group of cars, toys, lollies, fruit, vegetables, coins, books, materials or tools
  • demonstrating an understanding of one by selecting, giving or taking one object
  • responding to questions about group composition (for example ‘Which group has more?’ ‘Which group has none?’) verbally or by indicating through augmentative and alternative communication, actions or eye gaze

  VCMNA020 | Mathematics | Level B | Number and Algebra | Number and place value