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• VCGGK094

  Influence of people, including the influence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, on the environmental characteristics of Australian places

  Elaborations

  • identifying how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities altered the environment through their methods of land and resource management
  • exploring the extent of change in the local environment over time, through for example, vegetation clearance, fencing, urban development, drainage, irrigation, farming, forest plantations or mining

  VCGGK094 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 5 and 6 | Geographical Knowledge | Factors that shape places and influence interconnections

• VCHHK009

  Similarities and differences within their daily life

  Elaborations

  • experiencing change and routines within their daily life
  • identifying and selecting preferred objects and events from a field of up to three choices
  • experiencing objects and sounds associated with events and daily experiences
  • selecting or rejecting items based on personal preference and experiencing different people accepting and rejecting different objects to them

  VCHHK009 | The Humanities | History | Level A | Historical Knowledge | Personal histories

• VCHHK061

  Differences and similarities between students' daily lives and perspectives of life during their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods, including family traditions, leisure time and communications

  Elaborations

  • exploring and comparing aspects of family life in the past and present such as family traditions, leisure time, communication technologies and schooling
  • examining and commenting on photographs and oral histories, for example talking to parents, grandparents and other elders, to find out how daily lives have changed

  VCHHK061 | The Humanities | History | Foundation to Level 2 | Historical Knowledge | Personal histories

• VCHPEM102

  Adopt inclusive practices when participating in physical activities

  Elaborations

  • using cooperative skills to complete a movement task, such as a partner balance, partner passing strategy or team strategy
  • working cooperatively with team members to maintain possession in a game by passing to other players and listening to team-mates
  • modifying physical activities to ensure that everyone is included, such as changing equipment, rules or playing space

  VCHPEM102 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 3 and 4 | Movement and Physical Activity | Learning through movement

• VCHPEM036

  Practise simple whole-body movements and gross motor movement patterns

  Elaborations

  • develop basic motor skills
  • maintaining balance and coordination through simple whole body movements
  • performing locomotor skills and change movement, direction or speed when directed
  • sending and receiving objects in different ways
  • performing a range of movement skills in water

  VCHPEM036 | Health and Physical Education | Level C | Movement and Physical Activity | Moving the body

• VCHPEP044

  Identify the major parts of the body by their names and sequence images of major stages of life

  Elaborations

  • identifying the major parts of the body by their proper names and beginning to describe their function
  • identifying those parts of the body that are ‘private’ and identify the contexts in which body parts should be kept private
  • learning how bodies grow and change over time through major stages of life, baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult, older person

  VCHPEP044 | Health and Physical Education | Level D | Personal, Social and Community Health | Being healthy, safe and active

• VCMMG195

  Choose appropriate units of measurement for length, area, volume, capacity and mass

  Elaborations

  • investigating alternative measures of scale to demonstrate that these vary between countries and change over time. For example, temperature measurement in Australia, Indonesia, Japan and USA
  • recognising that some units of measurement are better suited for some tasks than others, for example kilometres rather than metres to measure the distance between two towns

  VCMMG195 | Mathematics | Level 5 | Measurement and Geometry | Using units of measurement

• VCMNA039

  Demonstrate in practical situations, ‘adding one more to’ and ‘taking one away from’ in everyday situations

  Elaborations

  • using shared experiences with concrete materials to add one more to or take away one from a group of objects, and count to find a total
    • experiencing addition and subtraction in games
  • communicating using language such as ‘more’ or ‘less’ to describe a change in a group using classroom resources and in practical situations

  VCMNA039 | Mathematics | Level C | Number and Algebra | Number and place value

• VCMSP353

  Investigate and describe bivariate numerical data, including where the independent variable is time

  Elaborations

  • investigating biodiversity changes in Australia since European occupation
  • constructing and interpreting data displays representing bivariate data over time
  • constructing scatter-plots for two numerical variables and investigate trends such as water storage levels over time or weight and height distributions

  VCMSP353 | Mathematics | Level 10 | Statistics and Probability | Data representation and interpretation

• VCPSCSE027

  Describe what it means to be confident, adaptable and persistent and why these attributes are important in dealing with new or challenging situations

  Elaborations

  • responding to the statement that ‘playing sport develops confidence, adaptability and persistence’
  • sharing and discussing ideas about how people respond to new or challenging situations, such as changing school, and describing what it means to be resilient
  • in relation to a fairy tale, identifying when the characters were being confident, adaptable and/or persistent and explaining your reasons

  VCPSCSE027 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 5 and 6 | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCRAC025

  Translate using textual cues such as pictures, layout and key words to predict meaning, and comment on the non-equivalence of words due to cultural differences

  Elaborations

  • translating texts such as public signs to understand their gist and noticing how meaning changes when translating into English, such as levels of politeness
  • identifying and explaining expressions which do not easily translate into English
  • comparing translations of creative works (such as a song or advertisement), noticing how words have more than just a literal meaning

  VCRAC025 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Communicating | Translating

• VCRAC007

  Use familiar words, phrases and patterns to create captions and participate in shared performances and games

  Elaborations

  • creating students' version of a story by sequencing a series of pictures with captions or by creating a storyboard with labels using modelled language
  • creating a new part of a text such as changing a character or adding an extra verse in a song by, for example, matching pictures and captions
  • making a big book based on an event, experience or shared text

  VCRAC007 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Creating

• VCAMUE013

  Explore and imitate sounds, pitch and rhythm patterns using, voice, movement, body percussion and/or instruments

  Elaborations

  • copying rhythms and basic music patterns and adapting to changes to rhythm and tempo in music
  • responding to and attempting to change rhythm or tempo when prompted for example taking turn to make and copy
  • using their body and/or voice to communicate an imaginative and sensitive response to stimulus material for example moving and performing with an understanding of beat and tempo
  • listening to and imitating simply musical patterns, for example by clapping, singing and playing a musical instrument
  • holding and playing classroom instruments safely and correctly
  • beginning to recognising familiar instrument timbres, for example when they hear a drum or triangle
  • imitating pitch and rhythm patterns to develop aural recognition skills, for example, echo clapping and call and response singing

  VCAMUE013 | The Arts | Music | Level D | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCASFC169

  Create or reinterpret simple imaginative texts that involve favourite characters or humorous situations, using a range of signs, gestures and supporting props to convey events, characters or settings

  Elaborations

  • creating and performing an adaptation of a humorous story with two or more characters, using elements of constructed action such as eye gaze change, body shift and head orientation change
  • retelling a story to compare characters’ perspectives using referents
  • working collaboratively to create a visual representation of a face, using the hands and bodies of at least two classmates
  • using ‘visual vernacular’ to create a humorous skit for a younger group of Auslan learners
  • creating the next scene, a new character or an alternative ending for a signed fable, short story or cartoon
  • choreographing and performing music-less dance, focusing on matching timing, beat and rhythm
  • creating and performing a story from the viewpoint of a single character or narrator

  VCASFC169 | Languages | Auslan | Second Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Creating

• VCDTDS045

  Investigate the role of hardware and software in managing, controlling and securing the movement of and access to data in networked digital systems

  Elaborations

  • explaining how an operating system manages the relationship between hardware, applications and system software
  • comparing the similarities and differences of two common operating systems based on characteristics such as protection, control, processing and storage
  • identifying how changes to the configuration of an operating system change the operation of hardware and software components in a networked digital system
  • explaining the role of hardware and software components in allowing people to interact with digital systems, for example using a mouse or touch pad or screen, speech, accelerometer
  • investigating the operation and use of robotic process control systems
  • explaining encryption of data as a means of protecting data, for example secret keys and ‘exclusive or’ (XOR) and hashing algorithms to digitally sign data

  VCDTDS045 | Technologies | Digital Technologies | Levels 9 and 10 | Digital Systems

• VCFRC083

  Reflect on own cultural identity and how it shapes personal ways of communicating and thinking

  Elaborations

  • developing an enquiry-oriented stance to own cultural identity and communication style, reflecting on existing assumptions about what makes for effective communication and on any changes in perspective as a result of learning French
  • analysing how cultural norms impact on interpretations of French language texts and experiences, (for example, comparing own with others’ reactions to particular cultural texts, events or practices)
  • reflecting on own cultural identity in terms of family background, community relationships and contact with languages, (including contact with French and other languages and cultures), tracking changes over time or context
  • composing a ‘cultural ID profile’ to exchange with French-speaking friends, making decisions about what points of information will be of most interest

  VCFRC083 | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Communicating | Reflecting

• VCGGC128

  Identify, analyse and explain significant spatial distributions and patterns and identify and evaluate their implications, over time and at different scales

  Elaborations

  • identifying and describing the major aquatic and terrestrial biomes of Australia and the world, and their spatial distribution
  • examining how information and communication technologies have made it possible for places in India and the Philippines, for example, to provide a range of global business services
  • proposing geographical management strategies for the environmental change being investigated, for example, establishing reserves and corridors to preserve biodiversity (a spatial strategy), ecosystem-based management (an environmental strategy), urban planning to reduce energy consumption (a spatial strategy), and addressing the underlying as well as immediate causes of environmental change (holistic thinking)
  • examining spatial data on human wellbeing in India to identify the regions with different levels of wellbeing, identifying patterns and debating explanations of the differences

  VCGGC128 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, space and interconnection

• VCHHC053

  Sequence significant events about personal and family history to create a chronological narrative

  Elaborations

  • ordering significant personal events or milestones using photographs or drawings, for example, walking, talking, the birth of a sibling, moving house, an illness, an achievement, first day at school
  • identifying dates and changes that have personal significance, for example, birthdays, moving house, changing schools, religious and school holidays, marking these on a calendar and counting down time, as well as noting that events of personal significance may differ according to children’s cultural backgrounds
  • creating a timeline, slideshow or story using photos
  • relating a story about life in their parent’s or grandparent’s time (orally or through pictures and photographs)
  • inquiring from members of their families where they were born and raised

  VCHHC053 | The Humanities | History | Foundation to Level 2 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Chronology

• VCMMG014

  Respond to movement of an object

  Elaborations

  • experiencing movement and position within various environments and everyday events, for example exploring the concept of ‘inside and outside’ during structured activities
  • experiencing the language used to name movement and changes in position during everyday experiences, such as up, down, over, under
  • reacting to a variety of body positions and movements within the context of everyday activities
  • using everyday language of location and position to assist students to react to changes to objects and their body, for example, ‘arms up’, ‘I am moving your bag’, ‘Where did it go?’
  • reaching for or looking for a desired object by moving head or body for a better view

  VCMMG014 | Mathematics | Level A | Measurement and Geometry | Location and transformation

• VCARC021

  Extract, organise and evaluate information and ideas from a range of texts, analysing meaning, gist and purpose

  Elaborations

  • identifying the context, purpose and target audience of texts such as advertisements, messages and announcements
  • independently and collaboratively gathering information on events or people and comparing how various media sources, such as texts from magazines, newspapers and websites, use language to convey meaning
  • using concept maps, charts and tables to organise, summarise and evaluate information from spoken, written and visual texts that reflect different aspects of Arabic culture related to topics such as entertainment and special occasions, for example,

    حفلات المطربين؛ البرامج الترفيهية؛ برامج المسابقات

    الأعياد الدينية المختلفة وطرق الإحتفال فيها؛ عيد الأم؛ عيد الأب؛ أعياد الميلاد الخاصة؛ مناسبات الخطوبة والزواج

  • analysing and summarising information about famous personalities or a recent film or music hit from texts such as television programs, reports and documentaries, for example,

    الأفلام العربية الحديثة؛ البرامج النقدية الساخرة؛ البرامج الحوارية؛ البرامج الوثائقية

  • reading texts and extracting key points and ideas on an issue or topic, such as the weather or leisure activities for young people, and discussing information with peers using expressions such as

    الطقس هذه الأيام بارد جداً؛ الصيف هذا العام سيكون حاراً

    يحب الشباب رياضة كمال الأجسام ويذهبون إلى النادي الرياضي؛ تحب البنات رقص الزومبا؛ هل تحبين الرقص أيضا؟

  • analysing and comparing perspectives represented in spoken and written texts, for example,

    الجريدة المحلية كتبت أن الأغاني العصرية تافهة ؛ ولكن الجميع يحبها

  VCARC021 | Languages | Arabic | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Communicating | Informing