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• VCICCB001

  Identify what is familiar and what is different in the ways culturally diverse individuals and families live

  Elaborations

  • noting information from stories that identify similarities and differences between families from a range of places including stories from students in the class and in stories about children in other places
  • identifying how people express a familiar cultural practice, such as the food eaten at different celebrations, or the songs sung at a celebration
  • sharing stories about familiar cultural practices from home and describing their importance to the family
  • comparing the words students use for their grandparents, such as Nanna/Pop, Grandma/Grandpa; Nonna/Nonno (Italian); Yaya/Pappous (Greek)

  VCICCB001 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Foundation to Level 2 | Cultural Practices

• VCICCD003

  Identify and discuss cultural diversity in the school and/or community

  Elaborations

  • recognising that others have different cultures and beliefs whilst also reflecting on student’s own cultural background, for example, by plotting the location of each student’s background on a world map
  • identifying and listing how many languages are spoken within the families of students within the classroom, and using the internet to learn some common terms, such as how to say ‘hello’, ‘goodbye’, ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ in each language identified
  • exploring cultural diversity by identifying visible elements, such as food and behaviour, and invisible elements, such as how people live and what they value, for example, households with three generations living together
  • using prompt questions to discuss cultural diversity within the classroom/school community, for example, were all students born in Australia? Were all Australians born here? If not, how did they become Australian?
  • discussing events acknowledged, celebrated and/or observed in the school and community, by whom and for what reasons, for example, Eid and Ramadan, Harmony Day or Easter

  VCICCD003 | Capabilities | Intercultural Capability | Foundation to Level 2 | Cultural Diversity

• VCPSCSE010

  Explain how being prepared to try new things can help identify strategies when faced with unfamiliar or challenging situations

  Elaborations

  • introducing the topics, such as fear, unfamiliar situations, change and challenge, and discussing how these situations make them feel and respond
  • interviewing family members, peers and others about ‘their first day of school,’ or other unfamiliar situations and acknowledging that everyone has fears
  • understanding that giving it a go and trying new things is important and can result in positive experiences and growth, and establishing when this has happened in the past

  VCPSCSE010 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 1 and 2 | Self-Awareness and Management | Development of resilience

• VCPSCSO012

  Listen to others’ ideas, and recognise that others may see things differently

  Elaborations

  • sharing with a partner things that they like to do and partner then retells the whole class comparing what is similar and what is different
  • providing students with a series of statements, such as cats are better than dogs or chocolate ice-cream is better than vanilla, ask students to share their opinion and provide a reason
  • discussing how opinions and thoughts may change after hearing others’ ideas, and that different views are not better or worse, just different

  VCPSCSO012 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 1 and 2 | Social Awareness and Management | Relationships and diversity

• VCPSCSO011

  Identify how families can have a range of relationships

  Elaborations

  • exploring the features of their family including who lives at home and name their relationships to each of these people
  • brainstorming what is a family’s role, such as providing love, support and food, and identify the family members who undertake these tasks
  • graphing class results showing the number of students who have brothers, sisters and pets

  VCPSCSO011 | Capabilities | Personal and Social Capability | Levels 1 and 2 | Social Awareness and Management | Relationships and diversity