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• Personal and Social Capability: Levels 5 and 6 description

  In Levels 5 and 6, the curriculum focuses on exploring the expression of emotions and how the expression of emotions can impact on relationships with others. Students consider the characteristics of respectful relationships and the behaviours that demonstrate sensitivity to diversity. The curriculum...

  Level description | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability

• Personal and Social Capability: Levels 1 and 2 description

  In Levels 1 and 2, the curriculum focuses on enabling students to learn about making and keeping friends and understanding the effects that their actions have on others. Students extend their vocabulary to describe the emotions they experience when interacting with others. Students develop an...

  Level description | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability

• VCNRC072

  Obtain, analyse and evaluate information and ideas from multiple spoken, written, print or digital sources on a range of issues

  Elaborations

  • gathering information from different sources and reporting to others, for example, interpreting a weather report
  • extracting information, discussing gist and evaluating main ideas of texts, such as a conversation, film or music review, advertisement or article
  • analysing reports of an event from a range of sources, and comparing different perspectives
  • listening to, reading and viewing informational texts such as news reports or feature articles, noting key words, specialised terms or points of information to be used in own news report
  • researching aspects of culture and choosing and explaining a particular course of action, for example, a suitable time to visit countries where the language is spoken, or a suitable holiday for visitors to Australia, for example, designing a poster in the language for visitors to Australia

  VCNRC072 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 9 and 10 | Communicating | Informing

• VCNRU102

  Identify connections between language, culture and communication, recognising how communication styles and practices vary across cultures and how intercultural exchange involves the exchange of meaning as well as words

  Elaborations

  • investigating own personal and community practices to identify connections with the target language and culture, for example, in cooking, sport, music, dance or technology
  • discussing elements of culture and their significance in reflecting values, attitudes and traditions
  • discussing, questioning and explaining understanding of own and other cultures, and considering how attitudes towards diversity and difference affect communication
  • examining culturally specific terms developing appropriate explanations for them and discussing equivalent terms in other languages

  VCNRU102 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 7 and 8 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• VCNRC073

  Adapt and present information, ideas and opinions on a range of issues in a variety of text types and modes selected to suit audience and purpose

  Elaborations

  • presenting texts on a range of topics to inform others, for example, a weather report, a magazine article about an event, a travel brochure promoting a local region or product
  • designing texts such as an advertisement or magazine cover for a particular audience, explaining cultural references and using techniques and effects such as images, music and colour
  • conveying own ideas and information in a range of texts for different audiences, using examples of media texts such as television reports, video clips or social media
  • presenting ideas and information selected from samples of spoken, written and digital texts which convey cultural as well as content information, for example, newspaper headlines, advertisements, notices in public places or graffiti
  • creating informative texts for a range of audiences, such as posters, brochures and web pages promoting new music releases, a favourite holiday destination, a healthy lifestyle

  VCNRC073 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 9 and 10 | Communicating | Informing

• VCPSCSE025

  Explore the links between their emotions and their behaviour

  Elaborations

  • creating a video or play to show the links between emotions and behaviour
  • analysing stories/movies to demonstrate the links between emotions and behaviour
  • exploring how individuals experience changing emotions and changing intensity of emotions, depending on the situation and day
  • predicting probable emotions and subsequent behaviours by interpreting body language

  VCPSCSE025 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Self-Awareness and Management | Recognition and expression of emotions

• VCPSCSE009

  Identify personal strengths and describe how these strengths are useful in school or family life

  Elaborations

  • describing a personal strength you have and how this can have a positive impact at home with your family
  • discussing personal strengths, such as listening carefully, and list possible ways this can be used in class activities and the effect it has on others
  • explaining the consequences of their strengths at school and in their family life
  • responding to the following prompt ‘It does not matter if I cannot run fast because I can ...’

  VCPSCSE009 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 1 and 2 | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSE054

  Experience problems within everyday situations and assist to implement routine and accept assistance from familiar adults to manage problems

  Elaborations

  • reacting to major changes in the environment
  • experiencing their reactions being labelled and responded to, for example being comforted if sad or distressed
  • experiencing adult comfort or support to cope with emotional events and adults providing solutions to their everyday problems

  VCPSCSE054 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Level A | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCNRC020

  Participate in everyday classroom activities, such as asking for permission, requesting help, asking how to say or write something, and praising or encouraging peers

  Elaborations

  • asking for permission and requesting help using frequently used phrases
  • asking how to say or write a word or expression
  • praising and encouraging peers
  • using words, phrases or interjections which can be used in conversation

  VCNRC020 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCPSCSE027

  Describe what it means to be confident, adaptable and persistent and why these attributes are important in dealing with new or challenging situations

  Elaborations

  • responding to the statement that ‘playing sport develops confidence, adaptability and persistence’
  • sharing and discussing ideas about how people respond to new or challenging situations, such as changing school, and describing what it means to be resilient
  • in relation to a fairy tale, identifying when the characters were being confident, adaptable and/or persistent and explaining your reasons

  VCPSCSE027 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSO051

  Develop specific skills and a variety of strategies to prevent or resolve conflict, and explore the nature of conflict resolution in a range of contexts

  Elaborations

  • identifying stages of conflict and the key skills required in managing conflict across a range of situations
  • researching strategies that can be used to manage conflict across home, school, community and workplace contexts
  • examining the impact of language, listening skills and power dynamics on conflict, and how this contributes to resolution or continuation of conflict

  VCPSCSO051 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 9 and 10 | Social Awareness and Management | Collaboration

• VCPSCSO030

  Define and recognise examples of stereotypes, discrimination and prejudice and discuss how they impact on the individual

  Elaborations

  • identifying the terms ‘stereotype’, ‘discrimination’ and ‘prejudice’ and giving examples of these
  • discussing how lack of understanding and respect for diversity can impact on people’s lives
  • presenting students with a range of newspaper articles and asking them to identify examples of stereotypes, discrimination and prejudice and reflect on how these could impact on the individual

  VCPSCSO030 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Social Awareness and Management | Relationships and diversity

• VCPSCSO015

  Recognise that conflict occurs and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate ways to deal with conflict

  Elaborations

  • discussing where and when conflict has occurred and reflecting on the cause
  • role-playing familiar situations of conflict and comparing various reactions to the conflict
  • in relation to a scenario, such as a disagreement over who can play on or with equipment, asking students to discuss possible strategies to respond to this conflict in a respectful way

  VCPSCSO015 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 1 and 2 | Social Awareness and Management | Collaboration

• VCNRC079

  Engage in intercultural experiences, reflecting on own cultural identity and how this shapes personal ways of communicating and thinking

  Elaborations

  • monitoring, evaluating and recording own experiences and reactions when communicating in the language, for example by keeping a diary or journal and considering how perspectives may have changed over time
  • reflecting on and discussing own ways of communicating and behaving and how these may be interpreted by speakers of the language, considering concepts such as ‘culture’, ‘attitudes’, ‘assumptions’ and ‘values’
  • reflecting on the experiences of migrants who speak the language being studied, for example discussing when they came to Australia, the impact they have made on Australian society, and issues of cultural identity

  VCNRC079 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 9 and 10 | Communicating | Reflecting

• VCNRU084

  Reflect on the dynamic and ecological nature of language, and that all languages influence each other

  Elaborations

  • recognising how English may be modifying language use in particular spheres in the language being studied, for example, language used in the entertainment industry, films and television programs, or language used to express modern concepts, or language used to keep up with trends
  • recognising that language changes over time by, for example, viewing films in historical settings and those in contemporary settings and discussing the language used

  VCNRU084 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 9 and 10 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCPSCSO012

  Listen to others’ ideas, and recognise that others may see things differently

  Elaborations

  • sharing with a partner things that they like to do and partner then retells the whole class comparing what is similar and what is different
  • providing students with a series of statements, such as cats are better than dogs or chocolate ice-cream is better than vanilla, ask students to share their opinion and provide a reason
  • discussing how opinions and thoughts may change after hearing others’ ideas, and that different views are not better or worse, just different

  VCPSCSO012 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 1 and 2 | Social Awareness and Management | Relationships and diversity

• VCPSCSO040

  Recognise the impact of personal boundaries, intimacy, distribution of power and social and cultural norms and mores on the ways relationships are expressed

  Elaborations

  • defining what personal space and boundaries might be for individuals and recognising both the positive and negative impacts of crossing these boundaries
  • discussing whether successful relationships have agreed criteria for intimacy and other behaviours and exploring the implications if these are not adhered to
  • looking at what society deems to be socially acceptable/unacceptable in the way relationships are expressed and how this changes over time, across cultures and across different settings

  VCPSCSO040 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 7 and 8 | Social Awareness and Management | Relationships and diversity

• VCNRC076

  Translate and analyse a range of texts comparing interpretations and explaining differences in meaning

  Elaborations

  • exchanging translations of familiar texts with peers, through email or shared spaces such as ePals, and discussing different versions in order to develop a whole-class translation
  • translating, analysing and explaining expressions and idioms encountered in texts, finding ways to convey the meaning and cultural significance
  • translating stories for others, analysing how words can have different meanings when used in different ways in a sentence and explaining the differences to others
  • translating texts to identify and evaluate cultural elements and influences, for example, proverbs and sayings

  VCNRC076 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 9 and 10 | Communicating | Translating

• VCNRU051

  Understand that language and culture are integral to identity and are reflected in communication styles

  Elaborations

  • discussing own and peers’ understanding of concepts and messages expressed in stories/myths/song lyrics
  • recognising that language use can have connections to cultural practices, such as celebrations
  • reflecting on the experience of learning the language and culture and identifying situations that have provided awareness of own cultural practices and values, for example, attending a cultural festival or show
  • discussing the meaning of culture, how it involves visible elements such as symbols, food, national costumes, dancing and language, and invisible elements such as values and beliefs

  VCNRU051 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• VCPSCSO049

  Investigate personal, social and cultural factors that influence the ability to experience positive and respectful relationships and explore the rights and responsibilities of individuals in relationships

  Elaborations

  • imagining the effect that saying ‘no’ to a request would have on a relationship and how personal, social and cultural factors could influence the outcome
  • using a range of scenarios students develop a list of rights and responsibilities to support respectful relationships
  • outlining how questions such as ‘How does that make you feel?’ or statements such as ‘that must be hard’ can foster respectful relationships

  VCPSCSO049 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 9 and 10 | Social Awareness and Management | Relationships and diversity