Students explore Arabic sounds, intonation and writing conventions to further develop their speaking and writing skills and initial understanding of their developing biliteracy. They use key grammatical forms and structures, such as verbs, pronouns, singular/plural forms and prepositions, to provide...
Level description | Languages | Arabic | F–10 Sequence
Students' texts include writing and images to express and develop in some detail experiences, events, information, ideas and characters. They demonstrate understanding of grammar and choose vocabulary and punctuation appropriate to the purpose and context of their writing. They use knowledge letter...
Level description | English | Level 3 | Writing
In Levels 3 and 4, the curriculum focuses is on developing the knowledge, skills and understandings to enable students to learn about culture relevant to their social world of family, home, school, friends and neighbourhood. This includes cultural practices such as choice of food, clothing or...
Level description | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability
In Levels 3 and 4, the curriculum continues to develop students’ mental map of the world and their understanding of place through examining the major characteristics of Australia, Australia's neighbouring countries and Africa and South America. The concept of place is developed by examining...
Level description | The Humanities | Geography
Students begin to make connections between speech and writing in Korean and understand that Korean is a system that works differently from English. They differentiate sounds of Hangeul syllable blocks, and their literacy in Hangeul develops with a growing phonological awareness and understanding of
Level description | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence
VCDSCD030 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Creating Designed Solutions | Producing
VCASFC021 | Languages | Auslan | First Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Socialising
Students develop active-listening and comprehension skills, using contextual, grammatical, phonic and non-verbal cues. The language they hear is authentic with modification, involving familiar vocabulary and simple structures. The balance between listening and speaking gradually shifts as students...
Level description | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence
Students explore Vietnamese sounds and spelling strategies to further develop their speaking and writing skills. They compare the formation of Vietnamese and English nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions to extend their vocabulary, and use simple sentences to provide information about...
Level description | Languages | Vietnamese | F–10 Sequence
Students begin to develop a metalanguage for understanding and discussing language features, and make connections and comparisons between English and Modern Greek. For example, they understand that in English there is one word for the definite article (‘the’), whereas in Greek the...
Level description | Languages | Modern Greek | F–10 Sequence
VCELU135 | Languages | Modern Greek | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Language variation and change
VCTRU030 | Languages | Turkish | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Systems of language
VCESU144 | Languages | Spanish | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Role of language and culture
VCIDU033 | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Language variation and change
VCKOU152 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Role of language and culture
VCLVU164 | Languages | Victorian Aboriginal Languages | Levels 3 to 6 | Understanding | Systems of language
In Levels 3 and 4, learning in Music involves students making and responding to music independently and collaboratively with their peers and teachers.
Students extend their understanding of the elements of music and their ability to interact with other musicians as they develop their music knowledge...
Level description | The Arts | Music
VCDSTC026 | Technologies | Design and Technologies | Levels 3 and 4 | Technologies Contexts | Food specialisations
Students are increasingly aware of differences between Auslan and English. They are developing a wide range of vocabulary and can use simple clause structures to generate their own ideas in structured tasks. They use depicting signs to talk about simple movements and shapes, and with support can...
Level description | Languages | Auslan | Second Language Learner | F–10 Sequence
By the end of Levels 4, students use spoken and written Chinese to initiate interactions. They participate in short exchanges, for example, 你晚饭吃什么?,我学汉语和英语,站起来, 大家听老师说. They organise and convey factual information and share experiences in formal and informal situations, making appropriate choices...
Level description | Languages | Chinese | Background Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4