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• English: Level 7 achievement standards - Reading and Viewing

  By the end of Level 7, students understand how text structures can influence the complexity of a text and are dependent on audience, purpose and context. They demonstrate understanding of how the choice of language features, images and vocabulary affects meaning. They explain issues and ideas...

  Level description | English | Level 7 | Reading and Viewing

• 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 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

• Personal and Social Capability: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, the curriculum focuses on emotional self-management and the ability to recognise the characteristics of respectful relationships in a range of contexts. Students learn about personal values and how they may differ. The curriculum provides opportunities for students to demonstrate...

  Level description | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability

• French - F–10 Sequence: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students use written and spoken French for classroom interactions and transactions, and to exchange personal ideas, experiences and feelings. They ask and answer questions in complete sentences in familiar contexts (Est-ce que je peux … ? Tu peux..… ?), using app...

  Level description | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6

• VCEALA117

  Understand that the purpose of a text is reflected in its form

  Elaborations

  • identifying texts as factual or fictional, and comparing features such as content, layout, images
  • suggesting the purpose and audience of a range of common text types, such as picture book, supermarket catalogue, website, timetable
  • answering simple questions about the text, such as ‘Would this text be more useful for a parent or a child?’

  VCEALA117 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Cultural and Plurilingual Awareness

• VCEALC425

  Understand main ideas in a text and extract specific details

  Elaborations

  • skimming and scanning a text to identify the topic and extract specific details
  • finding answers to simple questions, such as ‘Where did …?’, ‘Who was the …?’
  • retelling a story through speech or writing, including giving characters and settings, and key events in the correct sequence

  VCEALC425 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B3 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL200

  Understand and explore the basic layout and conventions of simple texts

  Elaborations

  • answering simple questions about the features of a text, for example ‘What is the name of this text?’, ‘Where is there a list in this text?’
  • following step-by-step instructions to find information in a text, for example ‘Open up to the contents page. Now find the entry that says “Ocean”. Which page should we turn to?’

  VCEALL200 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level BL | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCEALL125

  Understand and use a small range of metalanguage for elements of texts

  Elaborations

  • understanding terminology such as ‘author’, ‘title’, ‘letter’, ‘word’, ‘sentence’
  • locating and labelling features of a text, such as author, heading, diagram, blurb
  • identifying features of a text in answer to questions, for example ‘Who is the author of this book?’, ‘Where can we find the contents page?’

  VCEALL125 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCGGC020

  Respond to elements of a space using positive and negative response

  Elaborations

  • choosing to visit a particular place in the community from a small selection of options
  • indicating what they want or where they want to explore within a place
  • indicating a space they want to visit/ use/ stay within a place
  • answering simple questions about a place using ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response or augmentative and alternative communication

  VCGGC020 | The Humanities | Geography | Level B | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information

• 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

• VCSIS071

  Reflect on an investigation, including whether a test was fair or not

  Elaborations

  • discussing as a whole class the idea of fairness in testing
  • discussing which aspects of the investigation helped improve fairness, and any aspects that weren't fair
  • reflecting on investigations, identifying what went well, what was difficult or didn't work so well, and how well the investigation helped answer the question

  VCSIS071 | Science | Levels 3 and 4 | Science Inquiry Skills | Analysing and evaluating

• VCSIS020

  Respond to language used to label and describe properties and begin to identify familiar objects

  Elaborations

  • answering using a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response to questions relating to a focus characteristic of an explored material
  • responding to language used to label and describe properties such as colour, texture and taste
  • beginning to identify familiar products, for example, dog, apple, milk, toy

  VCSIS020 | Science | Level B | Science Inquiry Skills | Communicating

• VCSSU014

  The weather and time of day can change

  Elaborations

  • identifying the characteristics of day and night, for example, morning, evening, sun, moon, stars, sunrise, sunset
  • answering with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response to questions related to changes in the weather, for example, ‘Is the weather today different from yesterday?’, ‘Do you think the weather will change after lunch?’

  VCSSU014 | Science | Level B | Science Understanding | Earth and space sciences

• VCZHC115

  Locate information about people and objects from a range of sources, and sequence events

  Elaborations

  • sharing information with the class on topics of interest (for example, 我的宠物), providing information and answering peers’ questions, for example, 我的猫很小，有棕色和白色的毛
  • identifying details about people and events heard in media texts, including children’s educational TV programs

  VCZHC115 | Languages | Chinese | Background Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Informing

• VCTRC004

  Locate key phrases and points of information in simple texts such as messages, announcements, charts, lists or illustrated reference materials, and use the information to complete guided oral and written tasks

  Elaborations

  • demonstrating comprehension of individual words, phrases and sentences in simple spoken, written and digital texts, for example, by labelling, drawing, miming or onscreen pointing, clicking or dragging
  • locating specific details about places, events or objects featured in picture books, charts or posters, for example, by responding to questions such as, Masaldaki kişiler kimler? Nerede yaşıyorlar? Neyi kutluyorlar? Bu masal bize ne anlatmak istiyor?
  • matching items from picture dictionaries or word lists to vocabulary sets associated with particular categories, such as people, animals or food groups, for example, meyveler, sebzeler, evcil hayvanlar, çiftlik hayvanları, vahşi hayvanlar
  • collecting information from texts such as charts, calendars, posters, timetables or tuckshop menus to create their own resources, such as lists of favourite lessons, colours, animals or food
  • listening to spoken texts such as class and school announcements or recorded phone messages, identifying key words and facts, such as names, places, numbers or times

  VCTRC004 | Languages | Turkish | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Informing

• VCELY174

  Listen to and respond orally to texts and to the communication of others in informal and structured classroom situations using interaction skills, including listening, while others speak

  Elaborations

  • listening to, remembering and following simple instructions
  • sequencing ideas in spoken texts, retelling well known stories, retelling stories with picture cues, retelling information using story maps
  • listening for specific things, for example the main idea of a short statement, the details of a story, or to answer a given question
  • participating in informal situations, for example play-based experiences which involve the imaginative use of spoken language
  • participating in class, group and pair discussions about shared experiences including shared texts
  • asking and answering questions to clarify understanding

  VCELY174 | Curriculum content | English | Foundation Level | Speaking and Listening | Literacy

• VCCCL012

  Explain how state/territory and federal laws are initiated and passed through parliament

  Elaborations

  • discussing where ideas for new laws can come from, for example in response to a community concern
  • investigating the stages of the passage of a bill
  • observing an Australian parliament in session, in situ or virtually

  VCCCL012 | The Humanities | Civics and Citizenship | Levels 5 and 6 | Laws and Citizens

• VCEALC503

  Read short, familiar texts

  Elaborations

  • identifying letters, numbers, words and logos on signs and labels
  • reading aloud short passages from own writing, texts written by a teacher, or a familiar text used in class

  VCEALC503 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level CL | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• Japanese - F–10 Sequence: Foundation to Level 2 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 2, students interact with the teacher and peers through play- and action-related language. They use formulaic expressions and appropriate gestures in everyday interactions such as exchanging greetings and farewells, for example, おはようございます、おはよう、こんにちは、さようなら、また、あした, thanking and...

  Level description | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2