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• VCPSCSE074

  Identify characteristics of self and share their likes and dislikes

  Elaborations

  • naming and responding to questions about self, for example age, gender
  • naming or labelling familiar people, objects and places
  • recalling personal experiences and facts about a topic of interest when supported through guided questioning

  VCPSCSE074 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level D | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSO076

  Categorise familiar people and members of their family and class

  Elaborations

  • naming self, family members and classmates from a photograph
  • seeking a consistent friendship group or person during recreation and class group work and identifying own ‘friends’ when asked
  • identifying people associated with particular events and routines

  VCPSCSO076 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level D | Social Awareness and Management | Relationships and diversity

• VCPSCSO078

  Respond to others in group situations, playing or working in a small group cooperatively

  Elaborations

  • demonstrating some basic rules of cooperation, for example, sharing and taking turns appropriately
  • cooperating with others when working or playing in groups
  • showing an understanding of sharing with regard to personal belongings, class items and resources

  VCPSCSO078 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level D | Social Awareness and Management | Collaboration

• VCPSCSO077

  Work with various peers, including participating in an activity they didn’t like

  Elaborations

  • cooperating with others when working or playing in groups
  • implementing some self-help skills when attempting to complete a task they didn’t like
  • developing some simple strategies to work with new team members

  VCPSCSO077 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level D | Social Awareness and Management | Relationships and diversity

• VCPSCSO079

  Demonstrate some understanding that negative words and actions are hurtful and that their behaviour can impact on others

  Elaborations

  • using peer behaviour as a cue for own behaviour showing both positive and negative reactions
  • demonstrating an understanding that their behaviour can impact on others
  • regulate own behaviour and emotional expression in familiar contexts
  • sharing how it feels when other people use negative words or actions

  VCPSCSO079 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level D | Social Awareness and Management | Collaboration

• VCSIS037

  Actively observe, explore and manipulate

  Elaborations

  • actively joining in scientific investigations directed by the teacher
  • identifying and using familiar objects in routine events
  • using senses, under teacher direction, to gather information about the world around them

  VCSIS037 | Science | Level D | Science Inquiry Skills | Planning and conducting

• VCSIS036

  Actively join in exploration of familiar objects and events

  Elaborations

  • asking questions about objects used in everyday life
  • following directions and asking questions about everyday objects and events

  VCSIS036 | Science | Level D | Science Inquiry Skills | Questioning and predicting

• VCSIS040

  Use both general terms and simple, scientific vocabulary to begin to describe their activities and observations

  Elaborations

  • working in a small group (with teacher support) using photos and real objects to describe what they have done and what they have found out
  • communicating ideas using images, key words, alternative and augmentative communication systems and answering ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions related to their findings

  VCSIS040 | Science | Level D | Science Inquiry Skills | Communicating

• VCSIS039

  Use words to answer simple questions about observations and findings

  Elaborations

  • identifying the characteristics of an object or living thing, for example, ‘a house has a roof, windows, doors, a floor and rooms’, ‘an animal has eyes and a mouth, while a plant has roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruit’
  • taking part in formal and guided discussions relating to students’ observations

  VCSIS039 | Science | Level D | Science Inquiry Skills | Analysing and evaluating

• VCSIS038

  Use pictures, words and provided simple graphic organisers to record observations and findings and sort objects into groups based on particular characteristics

  Elaborations

  • using photos , pictures and words to represent and record their observations, for example, the life cycle of living things, parts of different plants
  • sorting objects or living things based on set characteristics, for example, number of legs, type of body covering

  VCSIS038 | Science | Level D | Science Inquiry Skills | Recording and processing

• VCSSU031

  Science is about exploring the world around me

  Elaborations

  • recognising that structured investigations help us understand objects and the world around us
  • exploring and observing using different senses
  • working with others to observe and manipulate objects used in everyday life

  VCSSU031 | Science | Level D | Science Understanding | Science as a human endeavour

• VCSSU034

  The weather and time of day affect events and clothing choices

  Elaborations

  • linking the time of day with routine events and objects
  • using images of different clothes to put together a ‘summer’ and a ‘winter’ outfit

  VCSSU034 | Science | Level D | Science Understanding | Earth and space sciences

• VCSSU033

  Objects can be sorted into groups based on their properties, and some objects can be mixed and changed

  Elaborations

  • investigating objects and materials and sorting into groups based on two attributes, for example, food or drink, hot or cold, big or small
  • investigating what familiar objects are made from, including their parts and materials

  VCSSU033 | Science | Level D | Science Understanding | Chemical sciences

• VCSSU032

  Living things can be plants or animals

  Elaborations

  • observing the life cycles of living things
  • displaying an understanding of the requirements of living things by caring for them, for example, watering plants and feeding pets

  VCSSU032 | Science | Level D | Science Understanding | Biological sciences

• VCSSU035

  The shape of objects will affect how they move

  Elaborations

  • investigating how the shape of an object affects how well it can roll or slide
  • investigating how the shape of a helicopter blade affects how long a model paper helicopter can stay in the air

  VCSSU035 | Science | Level D | Science Understanding | Physical sciences

• Visual Arts: Level D achievement standards

  By the end of Level D, students describe artworks they make and view.

  Students make artworks in different forms to express their ideas, observations and imagination, using different materials, techniques and processes.

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts | Level D

• Visual Arts: Level D description

  In Level D, students explore visual arts. They learn about how to make visual representations of their ideas, experiences, observations and imagination.

  Students become aware of how and begin to explore why artists, craftspeople and designers present their ideas through different visual representations...

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts