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• VCMMG197

  Compare 12- and 24-hour time systems and convert between them

  Elaborations

  • investigating the ways time was and is measured in different Aboriginal Country, such as using tidal change
  • using units hours, minutes and seconds

  VCMMG197 | Mathematics | Level 5 | Measurement and Geometry | Using units of measurement

• VCCCG019

  Discuss the freedoms that enable active participation in Australia's democracy within the bounds of law, including freedom of speech, association, assembly, religion and movement

  Elaborations

  • explaining how each freedom supports active participation in Australia's democracy and discussing how and why the 'bounds of law' can limit these freedoms
  • considering the circumstances that can lead to dissent in a democracy

  VCCCG019 | The Humanities | Civics and Citizenship | Levels 7 and 8 | Government and Democracy

• VCELA270

  Understand that languages have different written and visual communication systems, different oral traditions and different ways of constructing meaning

  Elaborations

  • learning that a word or sign can carry different weight in different cultural contexts, for example that particular respect is due to some people and creatures and that stories can be passed on to teach us how to live appropriately

  VCELA270 | Curriculum content | English | Level 3 | Speaking and Listening | Language

• VCCCTQ011

  Explore reactions to a given situation or problem and consider the effect of pre-established preferences

  Elaborations

  • examining health messages about particular foods and reflecting on whether their reaction to the message is influenced by whether they like the food or not
  • examining how a particular win/loss record might establish expectations for future outcomes
  • making predictions, for example about the buoyancy of objects in different liquids, then posing questions such as ‘how did our previous knowledge about the buoyancy of an object affect our predictions?’

  VCCCTQ011 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Levels 3 and 4 | Questions and Possibilities

• VCCCTR015

  Investigate why and when the consequences of a point of view should be considered

  Elaborations

  • discussing consequences of different alternatives and why doing this is useful, for example, to enable a plan to minimise negative impacts on people or the environment
  • considering when consequences of actions might need to be explicitly deliberated, for example when actions affect more than one group or individual; or, could involve risk or harm; or, are aimed at achieving a specific goal or design solution
  • distinguishing between good and bad consequences from different points of view

  VCCCTR015 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Levels 3 and 4 | Reasoning

• VCFRU090

  Understand that language and culture are interrelated, that they shape and are shaped by each other

  Elaborations

  • comparing definitions of ‘language’ and of ‘culture’, and explaining how they relate to each other
  • considering how language both reflects and shapes cultural distinctions such as community, social class, gender and generation
  • reflecting on the experience of moving between cultures in and out of school, in local and virtual environments, and through the experience of learning and using French
  • exploring the reciprocal element of intercultural communication, considering how own cultural ways of thinking and behaving affect attitudes and interactions and influence other people’s responses or interpretations

  VCFRU090 | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• VCGGC103

  Select and represent data and information in different forms, including by constructing appropriate maps at different scales that conform to cartographic conventions, using digital and spatial technologies as appropriate

  Elaborations

  • creating an annotated diagram to demonstrate how water flows through the environment and connects places, or the influence of environmental quality on the liveability of places
  • constructing tables and graphs of demographic or economic data for Australia or China
  • creating annotated diagrams to show a landscape and its landforms
  • creating a map to show the spatial distribution and patterns of liveability, using computer mapping software
  • using a satellite image to construct a map to show the areas affected by a hydrological hazard, in Australia and another region of the world

  VCGGC103 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 7 and 8 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information

• VCGGK111

  Factors that influence the decisions people make about where to live and their perceptions of the liveability of places

  Elaborations

  • investigating their and others’ interpretations of the concept of liveability and why what makes a place liveable may vary from person to person according to age, education, income, cultural background and other variables
  • comparing student access to and use of places and spaces in their local area and evaluating how this affects perceptions of liveability
  • discussing why many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples live on their Country/Place or might prefer to if they had the choice

  VCGGK111 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 7 and 8 | Geographical Knowledge | Place and liveability

• VCGGK070

  Activities in the local place and reasons for their location, and the influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places

  Elaborations

  • identifying the activities located in their place, such as retailing, medical, educational, police, religious, recreational, farming, manufacturing or office activities, locating them on a pictorial map, and suggesting why they are located where they are
  • investigating the places they and their families visit for shopping recreation, religious or ceremonial activities, or other reasons
  • suggesting what the pattern of visits to places might have been two generations ago and comparing this to their current pattern
  • investigating how people's patterns of visits to places are affected by transport and information and telecommunications technologies

  VCGGK070 | The Humanities | Geography | Foundation to Level 2 | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCGGK138

  Challenges in feeding the current and projected populations of Australia and the world, and responses to these challenges

  Elaborations

  • examining the effects of anticipated future population growth on global food production and security, and its implications for agriculture and agricultural innovation
  • researching the potential of agricultural production in northern Australia
  • identifying how poverty, food wastage, government policies and trade barriers could affect future food security
  • applying an understanding of the functioning of natural and agricultural ecosystems to investigate ways of making Australian agriculture more sustainable
  • examining a contemporary geographical issue related to food production and security and debating alternative responses that consider environmental, economic and social factors

  VCGGK138 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Knowledge | Biomes and food security

• VCGGK112

  Influence of accessibility to services and facilities; and environmental quality, on the liveability of places

  Elaborations

  • comparing accessibility to and availability of a range of services and facilities between different types of settlements (urban, rural and remote) in Australia and other countries. For example, shops, access to clean water, sanitation, education and health services
  • examining the role transport plays in people’s ability to access services and participate in activities in the local area
  • explaining the importance of water quality to the liveability of places
  • investigating the concept of environmental quality and surveying the environmental quality of their local area and its effect on liveability
  • exploring the geomorphology of the land and how this affects the liveability of a place

  VCGGK112 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 7 and 8 | Geographical Knowledge | Place and liveability

• 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

• VCMNA070

  Connect number names, numerals and quantities, including zero, initially up to 10 and then beyond

  Elaborations

  • understanding that each object must be counted only once, that the arrangement of objects does not affect how many there are, and that the last number counted answers the ‘how many’ question
  • using scenarios to help students recognise that other cultures count in a variety of ways, such as by placing one pebble in a bag to represent one object. For example to count the number of cattle

  VCMNA070 | Mathematics | Foundation Level | Number and Algebra | Number and place value

• 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

• VCRAC042

  Translate texts from the language to English and vice versa, selecting from possible choices to create appropriate meanings

  Elaborations

  • comparing translations of written texts from English into the language and from the language 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 texts by ‘reading’ the context

  VCRAC042 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Translating

• VCRAU083

  Analyse the ways in which the language varies according to spoken and written forms, cultural context and subcultures

  Elaborations

  • comparing spoken and written texts (for example, spoken and print advertisements, face-to-face conversations and emails) to understand how mode relates to linguistic structures and features, and how this affects meaning
  • analysing examples of colloquial language, such as that used by sub-groups, and comparing these to formal forms
  • understanding how body language varies across cultures, for example, when to raise voice or laugh loudly, or smiling and nodding while listening to people

  VCRAU083 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• Chinese - Second Language Learner - F–10 Sequence: Foundation to Level 2 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 2, students use spoken and written Chinese to communicate with teachers and peers. They participate in structured and routine interactions, such as using 谢谢， 再见， 请, using learnt sounds, formulaic phrases, and verbal and non-verbal responses. They respond to and receive information...

  Level description | Languages | Chinese | Second Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2

• Chinese - Second Language Learner - F–10 Sequence: Levels 7 and 8 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 8, students use spoken and written Chinese to sustain interactions in a range of social and personal contexts. They exchange ideas and opinions, for example, 你要去看电影吗？；我们可以六月份一起去. They summarise the main points of information about known content from a range of spoken and print...

  Level description | Languages | Chinese | Second Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8

• Digital Technologies: Levels 9 and 10 description

  In Levels 9 and 10, students apply systems thinking skills when considering how human interaction with networked systems introduces complexities surrounding access to, and the security and privacy of, data of various types. They interrogate security practices and techniques used to compress data...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies

• Mathematics: Level B achievement standards

  Number and Algebra

  Students participate in everyday activities that involve numbers and counting, comparing groups of objects, and pattern activities. Students can rote count to three. Students identify ‘one’ and ‘lots’ of objects and show an understanding of ‘more...

  Level description | Mathematics | Level B