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• English: Level 4 description

  In Levels 3 and 4, students experience learning in familiar contexts and a range of contexts that relate to study in other areas of the curriculum. They interact with peers and teachers from other classes and schools in a range of face-to-face and online/virtual environments.

  Students engage with...

  Level description | English

• The Humanities | History: Rationale and Aims

  Rationale

  History is a disciplined process of investigation into the past that develops students' curiosity and imagination. Awareness of history is an essential characteristic of any society, and historical knowledge is fundamental to understanding ourselves and others. It promotes the understanding...

  Overview material | History

• The Arts | Dance: Learning in Dance

  In Dance, students explore the elements of dance, skills, techniques and processes through the practices of choreography, performance and appreciation. The body is the instrument of expression and students use combinations of the elements of dance: space, time, dynamics and relationships, to communicate...

  Overview material | Dance

• VCHHK154

  Significance of the following events in changing society: 1962 right to vote federally, 1967 Referendum, Reconciliation, Mabo decision, Bringing Them Home Report (the Stolen Generations), the Apology and the different perspectives of these events

  Elaborations

  • describing the aims, tactics and outcomes of a particular event in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ struggle for rights and freedoms

  VCHHK154 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Knowledge | The modern world and Australia | Rights and freedoms (1945 – the present)

• 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

• VCMMG144

  Identify symmetry in the environment

  Elaborations

  • identifying symmetry in Aboriginal rock carvings or art
  • identifying symmetry in the natural and built environment

  VCMMG144 | Mathematics | Level 3 | Measurement and Geometry | Location and transformation

• VCMMG118

  Name and order months and seasons

  Elaborations

  • investigating the seasons used by Aboriginal people, comparing them to those used in Western society and recognising the connection to weather patterns.

  VCMMG118 | Mathematics | Level 2 | Measurement and Geometry | Using units of measurement

• Geography: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, students examine the processes that influence the characteristics of places. They consider spatial distributions and patterns and their implications and consider interconnections between and within places and changes resulting from these. This further develops their understanding...

  Level description | The Humanities | Geography

• The Humanities | Civics and Citizenship: Rationale and Aims

  Rationale

  Civics and Citizenship is essential in enabling students to become active and informed citizens who participate in and sustain Australia’s democracy. Through the study of Civics and Citizenship, students investigate political and legal systems, and explore the nature of citizenship...

  Overview material | Civics and Citizenship

• VCGGK038

  Explore names and places of local spaces and their Dreaming stories

  Elaborations

  • exploring the features associated with dreaming stories
  • labelling and linking places and spaces with their dreaming stories
  • linking people, places and events to the local aboriginal community

  VCGGK038 | The Humanities | Geography | Level C | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• English | English: Learning in English

  Students develop knowledge, understanding and skills across the strands of Language, Literature and Literacy. Each strand contributes its own distinctive goals, body of knowledge, history of ideas and interests to the study of English. 

  Learning about and using language

  In the Language...

  Overview material | English

• The Humanities | History: Structure

  History is organised by two strands: Historical Concepts and Skills and Historical Knowledge.

  Historical Concepts and Skills are fundamental to the discipline of history and provide a structure for the development of historical understanding. 

  Sub-strands
  Chronology
  Historical...

  Overview material | History

• VCLVU169

  Explore the language situation of language communities and the diversity of language contexts in Australia

  Elaborations

  • investigating the nature and state of health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages across Australia and in their region
  • recognising that many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are multilingual, and discussing reasons for this
  • learning about the current language situation in the language: its state of health, the nature of the speech community and generational differences, and discussing reasons for these characteristics
  • recognising that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages are in various states of maintenance, development and revival, and investigating the diversity of historical causes for this
  • recognising how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages have been transmitted and recorded across generations
  • exploring how physical and biological environments affect linguistic ecology
  • recognising shared vocabulary across Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, and understanding why there might be variations in spelling
  • recognising dialectal differences and similarities within languages
  • investigating ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages are used in the local region and in the wider Australian community, for example, in the media, in art galleries, festivals, on public transport

  VCLVU169 | Languages | Victorian Aboriginal Languages | Levels 3 to 6 | Understanding | Language awareness

• VCLVC139

  Describe aspects of self, such as family, school/class and language/s spoken, considering how these contribute to their sense of identity

  Elaborations

  • describing self and their family, for example, by drawing pictures of immediate family members or creating a family tree and labelling it with appropriate kinship terms
  • identifying self in relation to different groups, such as family, class or peer group, and representing these relationships through drawing captioned pictures, photos or digital presentations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students may be able to depict their totems/moieties and other affiliations)
  • exploring the idea of collective identity through symbols and practices such as Aboriginal flags, items of dress, use of colours and patterns
  • noticing and comparing their own choices and use of words or expressions from different languages when communicating in English
  • recognising the relationship between language, place and family in the formation of identity in Aboriginal communities

  VCLVC139 | Languages | Victorian Aboriginal Languages | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Identity

• VCELT403

  Explore the ways that ideas and viewpoints in literary texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts may reflect or challenge the values of individuals and groups

  Elaborations

  • investigating texts about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history from different sources and explaining differing viewpoints
  • comparing attitudes and ideas in texts drawn from contexts that are different to one's own

  VCELT403 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELT209

  Listen to, recite and perform poems, chants, rhymes and songs, imitating and inventing sound patterns including alliteration and rhyme

  Elaborations

  • exploring performance poetry, chants and songs from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Asian cultures
  • listening to and performing simple haiku poems about familiar topics such as nature and the seasons

  VCELT209 | Curriculum content | English | Level 1 | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCHHK153

  Effects of the US civil rights movement and its influence on Australia

  Elaborations

  • outlining the Freedom Rides in the US, how they inspired civil rights campaigners in Australia, and how they became a turning point in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ struggle for rights and freedoms

  VCHHK153 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Knowledge | The modern world and Australia | Rights and freedoms (1945 – the present)

• VCMNA073

  Represent practical situations to model addition and subtraction

  Elaborations

  • using a range of practical strategies for adding and subtracting small groups of numbers, such as visual displays or concrete materials
  • using Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander methods of adding and subtracting, including spatial patterns and reasoning

  VCMNA073 | Mathematics | Foundation Level | Number and Algebra | Number and place value

• VCMSP354

  Evaluate statistical reports in the media and other places by linking claims to displays, statistics and representative data

  Elaborations

  • investigating the use of statistics in reports regarding the growth of Australia's trade with other countries of the Asia region
  • evaluating statistical reports comparing the life expectancy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with that of the Australian population as a whole

  VCMSP354 | Mathematics | Level 10 | Statistics and Probability | Data representation and interpretation

• VCELA362

  Understand that different social and geographical dialects or accents are used in Australia in addition to Standard Australian English

  Elaborations

  • recognising that there are more than 150 Aboriginal languages and two Torres Strait Islander languages and that they relate to geographic areas in Australia
  • recognising that all languages and dialects are of equal value, although we use different ones in different contexts, for example the use of Standard Australian English, Aboriginal English and forms of Creole used by some Torres Strait Islander groups and some of Australia’s near neighbours

  VCELA362 | Curriculum content | English | Level 6 | Speaking and Listening | Language