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• VCELA339

  Understand how authors often innovate on text structures and play with language features to achieve particular aesthetic, humorous and persuasive purposes and effects

  Elaborations

  • exploring a range of everyday, community, literary and informative texts discussing elements of text structure and language features and comparing the overall structure and effect of authors’ choices in two or more texts
  • examining different works by an author who specialises in humour or pathos to identify strategies such as exaggeration and character embarrassment to amuse and to offer insights into characters’ feelings, so building empathy with their points of view and concern for their welfare

  VCELA339 | Curriculum content | English | Level 6 | Reading and Viewing | Language

• 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

• VCHHC057

  Identify the significance of a person and/or place in the local community

  Elaborations

  • describing a significant person or place from their community’s past, for example, a short report on a building of significance describing when, where, why, who built it, and why it is valued, or a biography on a significant individual
  • identifying place and street names in the local community and discovering their origin and meaning, for example, names that are linked to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, such as Eurobodalla National Park; historical events such as Deadman’s Creek, early settlers, and political, religious and social figures

  VCHHC057 | The Humanities | History | Foundation to Level 2 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical significance

• VCHHC071

  Describe the significance of Australian celebrations, symbols and emblems

  Elaborations

  • generating questions about the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and the nature of contact in early Australia
  • posing questions about explorers, for example, 'Who were they? 'Where were they from?' 'Where did they go?' 'What did they do?'
  • identifying the meaning of celebrations from different perspectives, for example, Australia Day for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples compared with other cultural groups

  VCHHC071 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical significance

• VCHHK033

  The people and their name in the family

  Elaborations

  • identifying images of family members and their name
  • naming and identifying family members who participate in significant events by using photos and images of these events
  • using images and stories to explore family structure of peers and self
  • learning the terms used for family members, such as grandmother, aunt, uncle and cousins, and identifying which family member in their family has this title

  VCHHK033 | The Humanities | History | Level C | Historical Knowledge | Personal histories

• VCHHK079

  The journey(s) of a significant world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with and effects on other societies

  Elaborations

  • identifying key individuals and groups who established contacts with Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania during the age of discovery and exploring their impact on society, including examining the journey(s) these explorers made using internet mapping tools, for example, Christopher Columbus, Vasco de Gama and Ferdinand Magellan
  • using navigation maps to reconstruct the journey of one or more explorers
  • investigating networks of exchange between different groups of people

  VCHHK079 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Knowledge | First contacts

• VCHHK108

  The importance of conserving the remains of the ancient past, including the heritage, culture and artefacts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  Elaborations

  • examine the process Archaeologists undertake to investigate and conserve a site, including theories about the people who lived around Lake Mungo
  • discuss approaches by government and indigenous to conserve and protect sacred sites
  • investigate how museums and local councils protect and conserve including the heritage, culture and artefacts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
  • evaluate how museums balance the use of items and their preservation. Is the significance of their cultural and physical aspects considered?

  VCHHK108 | The Humanities | History | Levels 7 and 8 | Historical Knowledge | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures

• VCHPEP090

  Describe and apply strategies that can be used in situations that make them feel uncomfortable or unsafe

  Elaborations

  • recognising physical responses that indicate they are feeling uncomfortable or unsafe
  • rehearsing assertive behaviours and strong non-verbal communication skills
  • identifying and practising appropriate responses to unsafe situations in relation to drugs and drug use
  • indicating on a local map the location of safe places and people who can help
  • examining protective behaviours to stay safe in different situations, including near water or roads, in the park or when someone makes them feel uncomfortable or unsafe in their home, at schools or in the community

  VCHPEP090 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 3 and 4 | Personal, Social and Community Health | Being healthy, safe and active

• VCHPEP046

  Practise personal skills of self-care, hygiene and independence and practise social skills to interact with others

  Elaborations

  • practising personal skills including expressing needs, wants and feelings; active listening and showing self-discipline to be an effective group member
  • undertaking basic self-care and personal hygiene activities with occasional prompts and minimal supervision
  • learning to judge right and wrong on the basis of the consequences of their actions.
  • listening to stories about characters who are making friends, working in a group and discussing how the character could deal with the various situation

  VCHPEP046 | Health and Physical Education | Level D | Personal, Social and Community Health | Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing

• VCHPEP003

  React to significant people

  Elaborations

  • indicating awareness of and reacting to familiar people
  • react to multimodal texts that identify significant people, their relationship and indicate which of these relationships make them feel loved, safe and supported
  • react to multimodal texts that identify protective behaviours that can help keep them safe and significant people in their community who can help them stay safe

  VCHPEP003 | Health and Physical Education | Level A | Personal, Social and Community Health | Being healthy, safe and active

• VCHPEP073

  Practise strategies they can use when they need help with a task, problem or situation at home and/or at school

  Elaborations

  • identifying and rehearsing strategies they can use when requiring assistance, such as asking an adult, reading basic signs and solving a problem with friends
  • locating and recording phone numbers of local organisations they can contact in case of emergency and rehearsing a phone call to triple zero
  • identifying situations at home and at school that may require the help of emergency services
  • recognising photos and locations of safe places and people who can help

  VCHPEP073 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 1 and 2 | Personal, Social and Community Health | Being healthy, safe and active

• VCHPEP125

  Examine barriers to seeking support and evaluate strategies to overcome these

  Elaborations

  • examining scenarios to highlight how emotions, dispositions and decision making can affect help-seeking outcomes
  • collaborating with peers to suggest strategies they could use in emergencies, at home, at school or in the community
  • practising different communication techniques to persuade someone to seek help
  • exploring help-seeking scenarios young people encounter and sharing strategies for dealing with each situation
  • demonstrating basic first-aid principles and strategies
  • proposing ways to support others who are going through a challenging time

  VCHPEP125 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 7 and 8 | Personal, Social and Community Health | Being healthy, safe and active

• VCHPEP060

  Practise personal and social skills to interact with others

  Elaborations

  • respond to stories about characters who have been excluded from a group and discuss how the character could deal with the situation
  • discussing how it feels to be included in activities
  • practising personal skills such as expressing needs, wants and feelings, active listening and showing self-discipline to be an effective group member at home and at school
  • listening and responding to others when participating in physical activities to achieve agreed outcomes

  VCHPEP060 | Health and Physical Education | Foundation Level | Personal, Social and Community Health | Communicating and interacting for health and wellbeing

• VCHPEP045

  Demonstrate an understanding of different kinds of relationships and identify some private places and safe and unsafe places or situations

  Elaborations

  • demonstrating an understanding of different kinds of relationships
  • learning how to make friends and developing and maintaining friendships
  • exploring and learning about feelings and safety and relating to private, safe and unsafe
  • exploring and labelling trusted people in their community who can help them stay safe and healthy
  • beginning to identify situations where they feel safe and unsafe and learning some basic strategies that they may use in unsafe situations

  VCHPEP045 | Health and Physical Education | Level D | Personal, Social and Community Health | Being healthy, safe and active

• VCIDC042

  Translate texts from Indonesian to English and vice versa, selecting from possible choices to create appropriate meaning

  Elaborations

  • comparing translations of written texts from English into Indonesian and from Indonesian into English, such as advertisements, websites, food packaging and menus, and considering how meanings may be interpreted from a different cultural perspective
  • suggesting ways to modify some terms and expressions that do not translate directly and considering how this may affect text length, style and word choices
  • interpreting meanings in Indonesian texts by ‘reading’ the context, for example, the phrase Ayo cepat! may be encouraging or scolding depending on who uses it and why

  VCIDC042 | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Translating

• VCLVC130

  Interact with each other, the teaching team and visiting respected community members, using language and gestures to greet and talk about self and family

  Elaborations

  • participating in everyday exchanges, such as greeting and leave taking
  • interacting with the teaching team and visiting respected community members and community speakers, using appropriate protocols such as respect terms, behaviour and forms of address
  • introducing and describing self, family, friends, favourite objects and pets, using familiar and modelled language, supported by visual props such as drawings, photos
  • listening to questions (such as what, who, where) about self, family, friends and immediate environment and responding with words and actions, including gesture

  VCLVC130 | Languages | Victorian Aboriginal Languages | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCLVU148

  Understand that language belongs to communities, and that language learning requires the application of respectful and appropriate behaviour

  Elaborations

  • understanding that each Aboriginal language is recognised as belonging to a group of people who are the language owners or custodians
  • demonstrating and applying respectful and appropriate behaviours, including appropriate language forms, in the presence of visiting respected community members and during visits to important sites
  • understanding the purpose of Welcomes to Country/Acknowledgements of Country, and talking about their experiences of participating in Welcomes and Acknowledgements, for example, at school, sporting events, festivities

  VCLVU148 | Languages | Victorian Aboriginal Languages | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Language awareness

• VC2MFN02

  recognise and name the number of objects within a collection up to 5 using subitising

  Elaborations

  • recognising how many objects are in a collection or in images on a card with a quick look and saying the associated number without counting
  • playing instructive card games that rely on the recognition of numbers represented in different ways (for example, playing memory games, or matching pairs of quantities on dot cards or similar where the arrangement on each is different) or using subitising to compare and order collections and to say who has more when sharing items in a game

  VC2MFN02 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Foundation Level | Number

• VCMSP015

  Respond to objects relevant to a given context

  Elaborations

  • experiencing the collection, sorting and displaying of information and data, for example visual display of who is here today with photos of class members’ present
  • associating objects with familiar events, within the context of practical situations, for example recognising connection between own bag and lunchtime, equipment for art, sport, or cooking and the associated activity
  • experiencing the phenomena of chance by attending to activities and toys that demonstrate chance occurrences

  VCMSP015 | Mathematics | Level A | Statistics and Probability | Data representation and interpretation

• VCMSP236

  Interpret secondary data presented in digital media and elsewhere

  Elaborations

  • investigating data representations in the media and discussing what they illustrate and the messages the people who created them might want to convey
  • identifying potentially misleading data representations in the media, such as graphs with broken axes or non-linear scales, graphics not drawn to scale, data not related to the population about which the claims are made, and pie charts in which the whole pie does not represent the entire population about which the claims are made

  VCMSP236 | Mathematics | Level 6 | Statistics and Probability | Data representation and interpretation