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• VCHIC011

  Use simple statements, gestures and support materials to identify themselves as members of different groups, including their family, community and school

  Elaborations

  • sharing information about their family background, such as country or region of origin, languages and dialects spoken in the home and where extended family members live
  • representing their membership of family, peer or community groups through pictures or captions to photos
  • discussing the role of Hindi in their lives, for example, in family relationships, in special events or things they like to do
  • describing how it feels to use Hindi in different contexts, for example, when singing or playing games or when listening to other people using the language
  • considering their personal cultural identity, for example, by discussing how ‘Australian’ or ‘Indian’ they feel in different situations

  VCHIC011 | Languages | Hindi | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Reflecting

• VCGGK068

  Natural, managed and constructed features of places, their location and how they change

  Elaborations

  • identifying the places they live in and belong to and places they are familiar with, for example, a neighbourhood, suburb, town or rural locality and describing their features
  • recounting Aboriginal Dreaming stories and/or Legends of the Torres Strait that identify the natural features of a place
  • using observations to identify and describe natural features (for example, hills, rivers, native vegetation), managed features (for example, farms, parks, gardens, plantation forests) and constructed features (for example, roads, buildings) of the local place, and locating them on a map
  • using observations and/or photographs to identify changes in natural, managed and constructed features in their place. For example, recent erosion, revegetated areas, planted crops or new buildings
  • identifying constructed features such as eel traps and exploring activities in local rivers and lakes

  VCGGK068 | The Humanities | Geography | Foundation to Level 2 | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCLVU144

  Identify elements of the kinship system and its links to place and natural species

  Elaborations

  • using kinship charts to identify kinship terms for immediate family, comparing with terms used in own family
  • recognising that Aboriginal peoples have their own personal relationships with animal species and natural phenomena
  • recognising that Aboriginal peoples have a personal relationship with language and place
  • identifying skin names, moieties and other groupings where appropriate
  • identifying which stories belong to which natural features, including animals, plants, topographical features and recognising their significance

  VCLVU144 | Languages | Victorian Aboriginal Languages | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCGGK063

  Representation of the location of places and their features on maps and models, including a globe, and the location of the major geographical divisions of the world in relation to Australia

  Elaborations

  • creating story-maps or models to represent the location of the places and features in their local area, or class stories, poems or rhymes
  • identifying the ways Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples represent the location of Country/Place and their features. For example, by inscriptions on stone, stories, sand, bark and cave paintings, song, music and dance
  • describing how the globe is a representation of the world and locating Australia and other places on a globe
  • using geographical tools, such as a globe and world map, or electronic atlases, to locate the continents, oceans, equator, North and South Poles, tropics and hemispheres and then labelling an outline map
  • describing the location of continents and oceans relative to Australia using terms such as north, south, near, far

  VCGGK063 | The Humanities | Geography | Foundation to Level 2 | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• 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

• VCSSU048

  The way objects move depends on a variety of factors including their size and shape: a push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape

  Elaborations

  • observing the way different shaped objects move, such as balls, blocks and tubes
  • comparing the way different sized, but similar shaped, objects roll and bounce, such as tennis balls, golf balls, marbles and basketballs
  • observing how the movement of different living things depends on their size and shape
  • exploring how different strengths of pushes and pulls affect the movement of objects
  • identifying toys from different cultures that use the forces of push or pull

  VCSSU048 | Science | Foundation to Level 2 | Science Understanding | Physical sciences

• VCESU125

  Recognise that Spanish is one of many languages spoken around the world and in Australia

  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
  • recognising that Spanish is an important world language, spoken in different forms in many countries in the world, including Australia
  • understanding that many different languages are spoken in Australia, including Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages

  VCESU125 | Languages | Spanish | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCKOU132

  Recognise that Korean is one of many languages spoken in multicultural Australia and in the world

  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
  • naming languages they have encountered in their everyday life, such as the languages of their neighbours or classmates
  • exploring the range of languages spoken in Australia, including Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, Asian languages and world languages

  VCKOU132 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCITU018

  Understand that Italian is one of many community languages spoken in Australia including Aboriginal languages and Torres Strait Islander languages, Asian languages and world languages

  Elaborations

  • understanding that Italian is the national language of Italy and is spoken in Italian-speaking communities around the world
  • experiencing the sounds, texts and images of different languages and cultures to develop an understanding of different languages used in the Australian community
  • noticing the different languages used by peers in their class and in their local community

  VCITU018 | Languages | Italian | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCELU119

  Recognise that the languages people use reflect their culture, such as who they are, where and how they live, and find examples of similarities and differences between Greek and their own ways of communicating

  Elaborations

  • exploring the meaning of ‘culture’, considering different lifestyles and symbols such as flags, including the Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag
  • understanding that traditional cultures reflect conditions and resources in particular environments and contribute to the sustainability of communities
  • exploring the significance of different cultural practices, activities and games, for example, using a κομπολόι, making wreaths for 1 May, making masks or kites for Απόκριες
  • recognising words that reflect aspects of culture, for example, γλέντι, κέφι, χρόνια πολλά, όπα!
  • understanding that particular Australian English terms and expressions have no equivalent in Greek, for example, ‘billabong’, ‘corroboree’, ‘the bush’
  • recognising features of Greek language interactions which may be similar to own ways of communicating, such as politely speaking to an adult, or different from own ways of communicating, for example, physical contact when farewelling someone

  VCELU119 | Languages | Modern Greek | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• VCHPEP079

  Identify and explore natural and built environments in the local community where physical activity can take place

  Elaborations

  • recognising that physical activities can take place in a range of different environments, including natural, built and aquatic settings
  • participating in physical activities within the built structures in the school and local community where physical activity takes place

  VCHPEP079 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 1 and 2 | Personal, Social and Community Health | Contributing to healthy and active communities

• Geography: Foundation to Level 2 description

  From Foundation to Level 2, the curriculum develops the concept of place through a study of what places are like over time and how they are defined. The emphasis in F-2 is on the places in which students live, but they also start to investigate other places of similar size that are familiar to...

  Level description | The Humanities | Geography

• 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

• VCNRU017

  Recognise that the languages people use reflect their culture, such as who they are, where and how they live, and find examples of similarities and differences between the language being studied and their own ways of communicating

  Elaborations

  • exploring the meaning of ‘culture’, considering different lifestyles and symbols such as flags, including the Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islander flag
  • exploring the significance of different cultural practices, activities and games
  • recognising words that reflect aspects of the culture of the language
  • understanding that particular Australian English terms and expressions have no equivalent in the language, for example, billabong, corroboree, the bush
  • recognising features of the target language interactions which may be similar or different to own ways of communicating

  VCNRU017 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• Victorian Aboriginal Languages: Foundation to Level 2 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 2, students interact with the teaching team and respected community members to talk about themselves and family, using familiar modelled language and gestures. They use appropriate protocols when interacting with respected community members and community speakers, such as appropriate...

  Level description | Languages | Victorian Aboriginal Languages | Foundation to Level 2

• VCKOU133

  Understand that ways people use language reflect their culture, such as where and how they live and what is important to them, finding examples of similarities and differences between Korean and Australian ways of communicating

  Elaborations

  • comparing gestures and body language associated with language use in different cultures, for example, bowing and saying 안녕하세요? when greeting in Korean, different ways of kissing on the cheek saying ‘hi’ in English-speaking cultures including Australia and pressing noses (that is, hongi) and saying ‘kia-ora’ when greeting in Maori
  • exploring the meaning of ‘culture’ and how it involves visible elements, for example, ways of eating or symbols such as flags, and invisible elements, for example, how people live, what they value, and how they think about themselves and others

  VCKOU133 | Languages | Korean | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• VCZHU127

  Recognise Chinese as a major community language in Australia and around the world, and understand that language use varies according to cultural background

  Elaborations

  • understanding that Chinese is used beyond their immediate and extended family
  • identifying countries and regions in the world where Chinese is used as a major language
  • recognising diversity within Chinese language, including significant regional languages spoken by family or others, such as Cantonese or Shanghainese

  VCZHU127 | Languages | Chinese | Background Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• 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

• VCSIS053

  Use a range of methods, including drawings and provided tables, to sort information

  Elaborations

  • using matching activities, including identifying similar things, odd-one-out and opposites
  • sorting information in provided tables or graphic organisers
  • constructing column and picture graphs with teacher guidance to record gathered information

  VCSIS053 | Science | Foundation to Level 2 | Science Inquiry Skills | Recording and processing

• German - F–10 Sequence: Foundation to Level 2 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 2, students interact with teachers and peers through action-related talk and play. They introduce themselves, exchange greetings and farewells, for example, Ich heiße … Auf Wiedersehen! and express likes and dislikes. When interacting, they use short formulaic...

  Level description | Languages | German | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2