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• VCELA001

  Encounter various forms of texts and respond to sounds, text, symbols, images or objects in their environment

  Elaborations

  • experiencing various text forms and communication related to the environment or activity
  • experiencing texts and forms of communication being labelled, e.g. this is a fairy story, hello what did you want to say? Oh I think Amy wants a turn etc.
  • reacting to different forms of communication by familiar people, for example a smile, a wave
  • reacting to change in the environment associated with a text type, e.g. turns head or looks towards a multimodal text, images, sound, word such as their name

  VCELA001 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Reading and Viewing | Language

• VCELC120

  Interact with peers and teacher to exchange personal information about everyday routines involving school and home environment

  Elaborations

  • asking and answering questions to exchange information about self and family, for example, Πού είναι ο κύριος Παναγιώτης; Να τος. Πού είναι η μαμά σου;
  • asking for and sharing information about daily and classroom routines, for example, Πού είναι το μολύβι; Εδώ. Τι μέρα είναι σήμερα; Σήμερα είναι Δευτέρα. Τι μήνας είναι; Είναι Μάρτιος, Τι ημερομηνία έχουμε σήμερα; Έχουμε 18 Μαρτίου, Ποια εποχή έχουμε; Έχουμε καλοκαίρι, Τι καιρό κάνει σήμερα; Κάνει κρύο. Bρέχει. Δε βρέχει. Ούτε κρύο, ούτε ζέστη.
  • using common responses and appropriate body language in response to frequently asked comments or questions, for example, ναι, μ’αρέσει, δε μ’αρέσει, understanding that lifting the head means ‘no’ and is used only in informal situations
  • exchanging simple correspondence such as notes, invitations or messages in print or digital form

  VCELC120 | Languages | Modern Greek | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCELC111

  Create simple print or digital texts in Greek and English, such as captions and labels, for the immediate learning environment

  Elaborations

  • making and displaying labels in Greek for common objects in the classroom, for example, Η πόρτα, το τραπέζι, τα μολύβια
  • compiling and displaying illustrated Greek–English and English–Greek picture or digital dictionaries
  • matching Greek and English words, for example, name tags, through playing games such as memory or snap

  VCELC111 | Languages | Modern Greek | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Translating

• VCESC153

  Create own bilingual texts and learning resources, such as displays, posters, word banks and glossaries for the classroom/school environment

  Elaborations

  • composing bilingual texts such as posters for class or school assembly performances, displays or events, for example, Día del pelo loco; cuida tu planeta
  • using bilingual dictionaries and electronic translating tools to create bilingual captions, menus or timetables, comparing results and noticing problems associated with translation
  • creating parallel lists of informal Spanish and English expressions for own use in everyday interactions with friends and family, for example, hasta luego/‘see you later’, no pasa nada/‘no worries’, guay/‘cool’
  • creating bilingual texts for specific audiences, for example, songs, a Big Book or board game for younger learners of Spanish, or instructions for an online event/game that involves both English- and Spanish-speaking participants
  • creating bilingual signs for the classroom or school that reflect school community values and priorities, acceptable or unacceptable behaviours, for example, ¡Ponte el sombrero! ¡Recoge tu basura! Levanta la mano antes de preguntar, No te olvides de reciclar, ¡Bajad la voz!

  VCESC153 | Languages | Spanish | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Translating

• VCESC027

  Create bilingual texts such as displays, explanatory or promotional material or performances for immediate and virtual environments

  Elaborations

  • providing bilingual captions that represent cultural elements or references to accompany images from the Spanish-speaking world or from regional Australia, for example, los nazarenos en las procesiones de Semana Santa, el sombrero mexicano y el sombrero de los corchos australiano, el ‘vegemite’ y las tortillas españolas, el canguro y el cóndor, el rodeo y los toros, bailes y ceremonias indígenas
  • producing bilingual instructional or explanatory texts such as glossaries, for example to explain the rules of Australian games, activities or sports, such as cricket, netball, Australian Rules football, bushwalking or surf lifesaving
  • creating and contributing to a shared online bilingual word bank of Spanish and English colloquial and idiomatic words that are difficult to translate, for example, comadre, compadre, qué metida de pata; ‘schoolies’, ‘School of the Air’, ‘sickie’
  • performing a virtual guided tour for intending exchange students, including dramatisations of potential miscommunication between Spanish and English speakers

  VCESC027 | Languages | Spanish | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Communicating | Translating

• VCFRC095

  Present information and ideas relating to social worlds and natural environments in spoken, written and digital forms

  Elaborations

  • creating texts to share with a French-speaking audience such as a video or web page to capture and interpret aspects of their personal and social worlds, for example, ‘A day in our life in middle school’; les copains; mon quartier; le weekend
  • creating resources such as posters, pamphlets, websites or journals to present topics related to lifestyles, events or causes, for example, Le Jour de la Terre, Le Clean-Up Day
  • using different modes of presentation to profile significant events, characters or places related to French culture, history or environment
  • describing aspects of their own lifestyles that may interest young learners of their own age in French-speaking environments, for example, surf lifesaving, school camps or excursions, music events

  VCFRC095 | Languages | French | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Informing

• VCGGK106

  Ways that flows of water connect places as they move through the environment and the ways this affects places

  Elaborations

  • explaining how the movement of water through the environment connects places. For example, the melting of snow in spring feeding rivers and dams downstream
  • investigating the environmental, economic and social effects of water as it connects people and places. For example, the effects of water in the Snowy Mountains, or of upstream irrigation on downstream water quality

  VCGGK106 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 7 and 8 | Geographical Knowledge | Water in the world

• VCGGK142

  Effects of the production and consumption of goods on places and environments throughout the world and including a country from North-East Asia

  Elaborations

  • exploring the environmental impacts of the consumer product on the places that produce the raw materials, make the product, and receive the wastes at the end of its life
  • identifying the effects of international trade in consumer products on Australian places
  • evaluating the effects of international demand for food products on biodiversity throughout the world, in the places of their production

  VCGGK142 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Knowledge | Geographies of interconnection

• VCHHK063

  The history of a significant person, building, site or part of the natural environment in the local community and what it reveals about the past

  Elaborations

  • using the internet, newspapers, community information guides and local knowledge to identify and list the people and places promoted as being of historic interest in the local community
  • suggesting reasons for the location of a local landmark before searching for resources that provide an explanation
  • using books, newspapers, oral histories, audio visual material, digital sources, letters, photographs to investigate the history of a chosen person, building, site or landmark in the local community and relating a story these sources reveal about the past

  VCHHK063 | The Humanities | History | Foundation to Level 2 | Historical Knowledge | Community histories

• VCHIC005

  Use simple statements, gestures and support materials to convey factual information about self, family, friends and the immediate environment

  Elaborations

  • labelling or naming classroom items, resources and personal possessions, for example, मेज़, कुर्सी, कम्प्यूटर, पेंसिल, बस्ता
  • contributing to a class photo story by creating and reading captions to their own photos, for example, मैं ख़ुश/उदास हूँ।, or by presenting points of personal information, मुझे चॉक्लेट पसंद है। मेरे पास एक काली बिल्ली है। मैं एक अच्छी क्रिकेट खिलाड़ी हूँl
  • using simple sentence structures, familiar vocabulary and supporting gestures to talk about themselves and their immediate environment, for example, मेरे पास एक लाल गाड़ी है। मैं प्रार्थना करने मंदिर/ मस्जिद / गुरुद्वारे / गिरिजाघर जाता हूँ l
  • representing aspects of their daily routines by writing captions to drawings/pictures or attaching word bubbles, such as स्कूल जाना, दोपहर का खाना, पार्क में खेलना।
  • participating in ‘Show and Tell’ by presenting and commenting on items of personal interest, for example, मेरा पालतू जानवर; मेरा मनपसंद खिलौना

  VCHIC005 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Informing

• VCHPEM037

  Participate in a variety of physical education experiences and games with simple rules with equipment in a range of environments

  Elaborations

  • copying simple physical movement patterns
  • beginning to learn to ride a tricycle or bike with training wheels
  • learning the skills needed to perform basic games
  • demonstrating safety rules when participating in structured physical activities
  • participating in games that require students to be aware of personal safety and game boundaries

  VCHPEM037 | Health and Physical Education | Level C | Movement and Physical Activity | Moving the body

• VCHPEM050

  Practise simple gross motor and fine motor skills in a range of environments showing increasing control

  Elaborations

  • beginning to anticipate the next step in familiar physical routines
  • performing a range of water confidence skills including learning in aquatic sessions to perform a safe entry into the pool and blowing bubbles with face in water
  • riding a bicycle in structured environments
  • performing various locomotor skills once modelled
  • sending and receiving objects at different levels and in different ways

  VCHPEM050 | Health and Physical Education | Level D | Movement and Physical Activity | Moving the body

• VCHPEP096

  Participate in outdoor games and activities to examine how participation promotes a connection between the community, natural and built environments, and health and wellbeing

  Elaborations

  • participating in physical activities in natural environments in the local area and reflecting on the enjoyable components of participation
  • comparing the characteristics and benefits of physical activities that can take place in a natural environment and those that take place in a built environment

  VCHPEP096 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 3 and 4 | Personal, Social and Community Health | Contributing to healthy and active communities

• VCHPEP079

  Identify and explore natural and built environments in the local community where physical activity can take place

  Elaborations

  • recognising that physical activities can take place in a range of different environments, including natural, built and aquatic settings
  • participating in physical activities within the built structures in the school and local community where physical activity takes place

  VCHPEP079 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 1 and 2 | Personal, Social and Community Health | Contributing to healthy and active communities

• VCHPEP150

  Plan and evaluate new and creative interventions that promote their own and others’ connection to community and natural and built environments

  Elaborations

  • creating and evaluating proposals to promote the use of natural settings within the local community for physical activity
  • designing and critiquing a strategy to involve family, friends and members of the community in cultural celebrations to promote a sense of connection with and belonging to the community
  • designing and adopting actions which promote healthy, active and sustainable lifestyles
  • investigating different approaches to managing environmental resources, including how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities demonstrate custodial responsibility for Country/Place

  VCHPEP150 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 9 and 10 | Personal, Social and Community Health | Contributing to healthy and active communities

• VCHPEP113

  Explore how participation in outdoor activities supports personal and community health and wellbeing and creates connections to the natural and built environment

  Elaborations

  • exploring ways in which people can connect with other members of their community through participating in physical activities in natural settings and built environments
  • discussing how a connection to the local community, environment or special places can influence personal and community health and wellbeing
  • discussing how access to natural and built environments can help or hinder participation in physical activities
  • exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander understandings of special places and the connection of these places to physical activities

  VCHPEP113 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 5 and 6 | Personal, Social and Community Health | Contributing to healthy and active communities

• VCHPEP131

  Plan and implement strategies for connecting to natural and built environments to promote the health and wellbeing of their communities

  Elaborations

  • identifying local natural resources and built environments where individuals and groups can connect as a community and participate in physical and social activities
  • reflecting on the physical, social, emotional and spiritual benefits to health and wellbeing of being outdoors and of being active in a natural setting
  • promoting an understanding of minimal-impact outdoor recreation in the local area
  • exploring how a sense of connection to Country/Place sustains the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities

  VCHPEP131 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 7 and 8 | Personal, Social and Community Health | Contributing to healthy and active communities

• VCIDC086

  Interact with peers and teacher to exchange information and opinions about self, friends and family, pastimes, special occasions and the immediate environment

  Elaborations

  • exchanging personal details such as name, age, address, school, abilities and interests, ethnicity, religion and language(s) spoken
  • describing and comparing aspects of personal world such as home and family, teachers and school, interests and friends, for example, teman saya baik hati dan setia
  • recounting significant or special events and comparing these to similar events for Indonesian teenagers, for example, birthdays, holidays, celebrations or sporting events
  • interacting with peers to express likes, dislikes and preferences, and to exchange and explain opinions, for example, saya lebih suka bermain bola basket daripada sepak bola, saya paling suka sejarah karena menarik
  • participating in class activities such as games (sepak takraw/bola basket) using Indonesian to interact, for example, giliran saya, ke kiri/kanan, saya menang

  VCIDC086 | Languages | Indonesian | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Socialising

• VCJAC117

  Create simple print or digital bilingual texts for the classroom environment, such as captions, labels and wall charts

  Elaborations

  • performing simple presentations for the school community that involve both Japanese and English language elements, such as a contribution to an assembly performance for Grandparents’ Day
  • creating bilingual wall charts or picture dictionaries with captions, stickers and simple descriptions in English to explain Japanese words and expressions that have particular cultural meaning
  • writing parallel captions in Japanese and English for a photographic display of a class event such as a sports carnival or pets’ day or about a topic such as caring for the school environment
  • creating sets of word cards in English and Japanese and playing matching games such as Memory or Snap

  VCJAC117 | Languages | Japanese | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Translating

• VCKOC123

  Create labels, captions or short statements in Korean and English for the immediate learning environment and for familiar objects or images

  Elaborations

  • creating a bilingual picture dictionary for their classroom use
  • matching Korean and English texts, for example, name tags of friends in Korean and English
  • creating bilingual captions in Korean and English for a photographic display using digital technologies to show parents or others about a class event or experience such as sports day, school camp or pets day

  VCKOC123 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Translating