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• VCELT404

  Explore the interconnectedness of Country and Place, People, Identity and Culture in texts including those by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors

  Elaborations

  • identifying and describing the ways films suggest Country/Place and Identity through language features such as image, soundtrack and narrative control
  • selecting aspects of a text related to Country and Place, People, Identity and Culture and adapt it for a new context, noting if changes in one aspect will result in changes in another
  • explaining how individual interpretations of these aspects are influenced by students’ own knowledge, values and cultural assumptions

  VCELT404 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Reading and Viewing | Literature

• VCELY346

  Select, navigate and read increasingly complex texts for a range of purposes, applying appropriate text processing strategies to recall information and consolidate meaning

  Elaborations

  • bringing subject and technical vocabulary and concept knowledge to new reading tasks, selecting, evaluating and using texts for their pertinence to the task and the accuracy of their information
  • using word identification, self-monitoring and self-correcting strategies
  • using research skills including identifying research purpose, locating texts, gathering and organising information, evaluating and using information
  • identifying and using texts for a wide range of purposes, selecting texts by favourite authors and trying new ones

  VCELY346 | Curriculum content | English | Level 6 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCELY231

  Reread and edit text for spelling, sentence-boundary punctuation and text structure

  Elaborations

  • reading their work and adding, deleting or changing words, prepositional phrases or sentences to improve meaning, for example replacing an everyday noun with a technical one in an informative text
  • checking spelling using a dictionary
  • checking for inclusion of relevant punctuation including capital letters to signal names, as well as sentence beginnings, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks
  • making significant changes to their texts using a word processing program ( for example add, delete or move sentences)

  VCELY231 | Curriculum content | English | Level 2 | Writing | Literacy

• VCESU140

  Recognise that texts such as stories, emails and dialogues have particular characteristic features, and notice similarities and differences between some Spanish and English versions

  Elaborations

  • noticing differences between written and spoken forms of different types of texts in both Spanish and English, for example, comparing a written story with a spoken one, or a letter with a phone call; and recognising how elements of texts combine to make meaning, for example, the images, font and script of a cartoon; the title, layout and illustrations in a picture book; and the highlighting of names, dates and times on an invitation
  • comparing features of similar texts in Spanish and English, for example, greeting cards, interactive games or tuckshop menus

  VCESU140 | Languages | Spanish | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCFRU017

  Recognise that Australia is a multilingual society with speakers of many different languages, including French

  Elaborations

  • understanding that the world contains many different languages spoken by many different communities of speakers and that most people in the world speak more than one language
  • exploring the range of languages spoken in Australia, including Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, Asian languages and world languages
  • exploring the different languages used by peers in their class, for example, by creating a language map with greetings in each language represented in the class
  • recognising that French is an important world language, spoken in many countries in the world apart from France, including Australia

  VCFRU017 | Languages | French | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCHHK079

  The journey(s) of a significant world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with and effects on other societies

  Elaborations

  • identifying key individuals and groups who established contacts with Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania during the age of discovery and exploring their impact on society, including examining the journey(s) these explorers made using internet mapping tools, for example, Christopher Columbus, Vasco de Gama and Ferdinand Magellan
  • using navigation maps to reconstruct the journey of one or more explorers
  • investigating networks of exchange between different groups of people

  VCHHK079 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Knowledge | First contacts

• VCHHK096

  Significant contributions of individuals and groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and migrants, to changing Australian society

  Elaborations

  • examining population data that show the places of birth of Australia’s people at one or more points of time in the past and today
  • investigating the role of specific cultural groups in Australia’s economic and social development, for example, the cattle industry, the Snowy Mountains Scheme, the pearling industry
  • considering notable individuals in Australian public life across a range of fields, for example, the arts, science, sport, education, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, a range of cultural and social groups

  VCHHK096 | The Humanities | History | Levels 5 and 6 | Historical Knowledge | Australia as a nation

• VCHIC063

  Produce bilingual texts such as digital stories, programs for events, performances, skits or poems that reflect the experience of ‘living between languages’

  Elaborations

  • creating a short bilingual documentary about a local community event or locale, with narration in one language and subtitles in the other
  • composing menus or programs for school or community events that include footnotes in English to explain key terms or items
  • creating a bilingual resource to present to the school library, for example, an illustrated anthology of popular Hindi poems or proverbs with English translations
  • performing a role play, skit or song for a school concert or assembly, using Hindi for the performance and English for supporting explanations and commentary

  VCHIC063 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Translating

• VCHIU017

  Recognise that Australia is a multicultural society with communities of speakers of many different languages including Hindi

  Elaborations

  • understanding that there are many different languages in the world and in the Australian community and that many people speak more than one language
  • exploring the range of languages spoken in Australia, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages
  • identifying different languages and dialects used by children in their class or friendship groups, for example, by creating a language map with greetings in each language
  • identifying different languages that they come into contact with in their extended family and communities

  VCHIU017 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCHIU035

  Understand that Hindi is an important regional and international language used by speakers who are often multilingual in different contexts around the world

  Elaborations

  • understanding that Hindi is used by communities of speakers in many regions of the world beyond their immediate and extended family
  • talking to people they know in their families, at school and in the wider community about the languages they speak and how they use them
  • understanding that Hindi is one of many languages spoken in India and other communities around the world, and that most Hindi speakers also speak other languages
  • recognising that there are many different Indian languages spoken in India and other regions of the world, involving different dialects, accents and vocabulary

  VCHIU035 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCHPEM080

  Perform fundamental movement skills in different movement situations in indoor, outdoor and aquatic settings

  Elaborations

  • performing locomotor movements using different body parts
  • performing fundamental movement skills involving controlling objects with equipment and different parts of the body
  • demonstrating balances and describing what helps to maintain stable positions
  • demonstrating how to transfer weight from one part of the body to another
  • demonstrating fundamental movement and safety skills in water

  VCHPEM080 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 1 and 2 | Movement and Physical Activity | Moving the body

• VCHPEM159

  Transfer understanding from previous movement experiences to create solutions to movement challenges

  Elaborations

  • drawing parallels between successful movement strategies in one sporting situation and how similar strategies could be used effectively in a different sport
  • speculating on possible outcomes of innovative solutions to movement challenges based on past experiences
  • reflecting on successful movement solutions and proposing how they can be transferred to new movement challenges
  • demonstrating motivation, persistence, confidence and commitment when faced with difficult or unfamiliar movement tasks

  VCHPEM159 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 9 and 10 | Movement and Physical Activity | Learning through movement

• VCHPEM027

  Use trial and error to develop balance, independent moving across surfaces and manipulation skills

  Elaborations

  • actively exploring their environment and trialling a number of ideas when trying new movements
  • beginning to negotiate steps and uneven surfaces
  • developing balance whilst moving over large pieces of equipment and around an environment
  • developing their fine motor grasp and manipulation skills as they reach for, grasp and hold object
  • attempting to solve a movement challenge by moving from one place to another

  VCHPEM027 | Health and Physical Education | Level B | Movement and Physical Activity | Learning through movement

• VCHPEP029

  Identify their personal characteristics

  Elaborations

  • learning to express their feelings, needs, likes and dislikes using simple communication tools
  • describe in simple terms, basic physical characteristics of themselves and others
  • identifying things they can do and explore how these develop over time
  • participating in a range of minor games and activities and exploring what they can do, which ones they like and would like to do more

  VCHPEP029 | Health and Physical Education | Level C | Personal, Social and Community Health | Being healthy, safe and active

• VCHPEP057

  Identify personal strengths

  Elaborations

  • identifying things they are good at and describing how these have changed over time
  • participating in a range of minor games and exploring which ones they enjoy and what makes them enjoyable
  • describing how they feel when they are learning a new skill and what strategies they can use to persist until they are successful
  • identifying ways they can use their strengths to help themselves and others

  VCHPEP057 | Health and Physical Education | Foundation Level | Personal, Social and Community Health | Being healthy, safe and active

• VCITU056

  Understand the diversity of languages and cultures represented in the classroom, and the multilingual and multicultural character of Australian society

  Elaborations

  • developing an awareness of the different dialects spoken in Italy and used in Italian-speaking communities in Italy and in the diaspora
  • comparing the words they have heard in their home and/or community to ones learnt in class and noticing that there are different dialects in Italian, for example, bambino in Italian is the equivalent to picciriddu in Sicilian dialect
  • discussing the local linguistic landscape, including the presence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages

  VCITU056 | Languages | Italian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCLVU168

  Recognise that languages change over time

  Elaborations

  • identifying words that are the same as or similar to neighbouring languages
  • understanding ways in which languages influence one another, for example, language shifts, shared writing systems, loan words
  • discussing loan words that have been incorporated from other languages to describe new concepts, for example, words for new things, including technological innovations
  • understanding that language and culture together continually change as a result of contact with other languages and cultures

  VCLVU168 | Languages | Victorian Aboriginal Languages | Levels 3 to 6 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCMMG345

  Apply logical reasoning, including the use of congruence and similarity, to proofs and numerical exercises involving plane shapes

  Elaborations

  • distinguishing between a practical demonstration and a proof (for example demonstrating triangles are congruent by placing them on top of each other, as compared to using congruence tests to establish that triangles are congruent)
  • performing a sequence of steps to determine an unknown angle giving a justification in moving from one step to the next.
  • communicating a proof using a sequence of logically connected statements

  VCMMG345 | Mathematics | Level 10 | Measurement and Geometry | Geometric reasoning

• VC2M6N06

  multiply and divide decimals by multiples of powers of 10 without a calculator, applying knowledge of place value and proficiency with multiplication facts, using estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers

  Elaborations

  • applying place value knowledge, including that the value of the digit is 10 times smaller each time a place is moved to the right, and known multiplication facts, to multiply and divide a decimal by powers of 10
  • applying and explaining estimation strategies in multiplicative situations involving a decimal greater than one that is multiplied by a two- or three-digit number, using a multiple of 10 or 100 when the situation requires just an estimation
  • explaining the effect of multiplying or dividing a decimal by 10, 100, 1000 … in terms of place value and not the decimal point shifting

  VC2M6N06 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 6 | Number

• VC2M4ST02

  analyse the effectiveness of different displays or visualisations in illustrating and comparing data distributions, then discuss the shape of distributions and the variation in the data

  Elaborations

  • suggesting questions that can be answered by a given data display and using the display to answer these questions
  • interpreting data representations in the media and other forums where symbols represent one-to-many relationships and how this can be challenging when the representations use part-whole representations
  • comparing different student-generated diagrams, tables and graphs, describing their similarities and differences and commenting on the usefulness of each representation for interpreting the data

  VC2M4ST02 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 4 | Statistics