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• VCELY233

  Construct texts featuring print, visual and audio elements using software, including word processing programs

  Elaborations

  • experimenting with and combining elements of software programs to create texts

  VCELY233 | Curriculum content | English | Level 2 | Writing | Literacy

• VCHPEM085

  Use strategies to work in group situations when participating in physical activities

  Elaborations

  • working cooperatively with a partner when practising new skills
  • describing and demonstrating how to include others in physical activity
  • suggesting and trialling how a game can be changed so that everyone can be involved

  VCHPEM085 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 1 and 2 | Movement and Physical Activity | Learning through movement

• VCNRC003

  Participate with teacher and peers in class routines and activities, such as following instructions and taking turns

  Elaborations

  • following classroom instructions
  • participating in routine exchanges, such as opening and closing lessons, naming the day of the week, responding to the class roll, and when moving between activities
  • taking turns in games and action songs using repetitive language and songs

  VCNRC003 | Languages | Non-Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Socialising

• Digital Technologies: Foundation to Level 2 description

  In Foundation to Level 2, students are introduced to common digital systems and patterns that exist within data they collect. Students organise, manipulate and present this data, including numerical, categorical, text, image, audio and video data, in creative ways to create meaning.

  Students use...

  Level description | Technologies | Digital Technologies

• VCRAC003

  Participate with teacher and peers in class routines and activities

  Elaborations

  • responding to classroom instructions
  • giving peers reminders, for example, wash your hands, wear a sun hat
  • participating in routine exchanges such as saying the date, responding to the class roll, expressing thanks, greeting and taking leave
  • playing with others, asking for help or permission and using numbers to form groups
  • participating in games and activities requiring turn-taking and board games

  VCRAC003 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Socialising

• History: Foundation to Level 2 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 2, students explain aspects of daily life to identify how some aspects have changed over time, while others have remained the same. They describe personal and family life, a person, a site, or an event of significance in the local community.

  Students use sources (physical, visual...

  Level description | The Humanities | History | Foundation to Level 2

• Visual Arts: Levels 1 and 2 description

  In Levels 1 and 2, students develop their awareness of how and why artists, craftspeople and designers express their ideas through different art forms. They enhance their perception skills as they examine and express familiar and new objects and events in their lives. They explore how and why...

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts

• VCRAU017

  Notice that the languages people use and the way they use them relate to who they are and where and how they live

  Elaborations

  • recognise the countries and regions where the language is spoken
  • noticing similarities and differences between lifestyles and language use
  • exploring different cultural practices and related language use through games
  • recognising words that reflect aspects of culture
  • noticing that particular Australian-English terms and expressions may have no equivalent in the language, for example, 'footy' or 'lamington'

  VCRAU017 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• VCECU001

  Explore the meaning of right and wrong, good and bad, as concepts concerned with the outcomes of acts

  Elaborations

  • exploring how the terms good, bad, right and wrong are used in different ways and identifying whether these are concerned with ethical outcomes, for example, ‘she is good at kicking a football’, ‘he is a good person’, ’this is a good drawing/design solution’, ‘it is wrong to give money to a beggar’, ‘winning was good’
  • using the term ‘good’, ‘bad’, ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ to describe a choice and exploring whether this reflects consideration of a likely outcome, for example, identifying a game rule ‘youngest goes first’ as a good or bad rule of a game and examining if the reasons are influenced by perception of the outcome

  VCECU001 | Capabilities | Ethical Capability | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding Concepts

• Dance: Levels 1 and 2 description

  In Levels 1 and 2, students continue their exploration of how dance can communicate ideas about themselves and their world and they make dances to express their ideas. They share their dance with peers and in informal settings, learn about safe dance practice and experience dance as audiences.

  As ...

  Level description | The Arts | Dance

• Drama: Levels 1 and 2 description

  In Levels 1 and 2, students continue their exploration and learning about how ideas and stories can be imagined and communicated through drama. They improvise and create roles, characters and situations and learn about focus and identifying the main idea of the drama. They share their drama with...

  Level description | The Arts | Drama

• Music: Levels 1 and 2 description

  In Levels 1 and 2, students listen to and experiment with a range of sounds. They develop skills in imagining and creating and performing music which explores their ideas about the world. Students share their music with peers. They present music for school events and experience diverse music as...

  Level description | The Arts | Music

• Design and Technologies: Foundation to Level 2 description

  In Foundation to Level 2 students explore and investigate technologies, including their purpose and how they meet personal and social needs within local settings. Students develop an understanding of how society and environmental sustainability factors influence design and technologies decisions...

  Level description | Technologies | Design and Technologies

• VCASFC006

  Participate in a range of imaginative experiences and respond through drawing, telling with familiar signs and written words or enacting with constructed action

  Elaborations

  • viewing fairytales or stories from sources such as National Simultaneous Storytime books, demonstrating understanding through retelling or enacting
  • engaging in imaginative play that involves the creation of mood or momentum through repeated use of signs, handshapes and facial expressions to modify manner or intensify adjectives
  • responding to forms of Deaf art such as handshape creations, for example by reproducing key elements in their own artwork and indicating emotional response using lexical signs such as LOVE, LIKE, LOOK GOOD, NOT BAD, UGLY
  • responding to performances of Deaf poetry that evoke emotions such as sadness, fear or excitement, for example by indicating enjoyment or personal feelings
  • interacting with a signing puppet or doll in a fantasy context or situation, for example by asking questions such as WHAT YOUR NAME? or YOU HUNGRY G:WELL?
  • participating in indoor and outdoor games that use signs, handshapes and body movements in creative ways and focus on all Auslan parameters, for example, ‘Simon Says’
  • participating in Auslan games that use simple clauses in creative ways, for example, playing the improvisation game ‘Space Jump’
  • drawing a personal interpretation of a ‘visual vernacular’ description of a character’s appearance
  • viewing short Auslan stories and responding by identifying and comparing favourite elements, characters and events

  VCASFC006 | Languages | Auslan | First Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Communicating | Creating

• VC2M2N06

  use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving additive and multiplicative situations, including money transactions; represent situations and choose calculation strategies; interpret and communicate solutions in terms of the context

  Elaborations

  • modelling practical problems by interpreting an everyday additive or multiplicative situation; for example, making a number of purchases at a store and deciding whether to use addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to solve the problem and justifying the choice of operation, such as ‘I used subtraction to solve this problem as I knew the total and one of the parts, so I needed to subtract to find the missing part’
  • modelling and solving simple money problems involving whole dollar amounts with addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, for example, ‘If each member of our class contributes $5, how much money will we have in total?’
  • modelling and solving practical problems such as deciding how many people should be in each team for a game or sports event, how many teams for a given game can be filled from a class, or how to share out some food or distribute money in whole dollar amounts, including deciding what to do if there is a remainder
  • modelling and solving the problem ‘How many days are there left in this year?’ by using a calendar
  • modelling problems involving equal grouping and sharing in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children’s instructive games; for example, in Yangamini from the Tiwi Peoples of Bathurst Island, representing relationships with a number sentence and interpreting and communicating solutions in terms of the context

  VC2M2N06 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 2 | Number

• VCDEU116

  Understand that language is organised as ‘texts’, which take different forms and use different structures and features to achieve their purposes

  Elaborations

  • understanding that texts can be spoken, written, digital, visual or multimodal, and that they can be very short (Stopp!, or a hand gesture to signal Komm her!) or much longer
  • recognising that different types of texts have different features, for example, rhythm and repetition in action songs and rhymes
  • comparing similar texts in German and English, such as counting games or simple maps, identifying elements in the German texts which look or sound different
  • identifying familiar text types such as songs, rhymes, picture books, games, family trees and tables, and naming key features, for example, Titel, Seite and Bild

  VCDEU116 | Languages | German | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCZHU128

  Recognise differences and similarities in communication across cultures, such as greetings, names and gestures

  Elaborations

  • viewing and listening to Chinese and Australian cartoons and identifying similarities and differences
  • examining pictures of different marketplaces and noticing differences between food markets and grocery stores in China and Australia
  • observing what is the same and what is different in their classroom interactions and classroom interactions in China
  • discussing communicative practices across cultures and identifying culture-specific practices (for example 拜年) in Chinese culture, including noting culture-specific phrases used in either Chinese or English
  • recognising various ways in which familiar concepts are expressed in different cultures, such as greetings
  • using non-verbal communication, such as gestures and facial expressions, for example, showing numbers 1–10 with fingers
  • recognising ways in which people express their culture in music, dance, traditional stories, food, games and celebrations
  • recognising visible expressions of identity such as flags, maps, traditional dress, and landmarks
  • exploring cultural symbols and practices through stories, songs, dances, games and crafts

  VCZHU128 | Languages | Chinese | Background Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2 | Understanding | Role of language and culture

• Chinese - Background Language Learner - F–10 Sequence: Foundation to Level 2 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 2, students use spoken Chinese to initiate interactions in a range of familiar contexts. They participate in simple exchanges to obtain and convey information and experiences relating to their personal world. They use learnt vocabulary, sounds, characters and culturally specific...

  Level description | Languages | Chinese | Background Language Learner | F–10 Sequence | Foundation to Level 2

• English: Level 2 description

  In Level 2, students communicate with peers, teachers, students from other classes, and community members.

  Students engage with a variety of texts for enjoyment. They listen to, read, view and interpret spoken, written and multimodal texts in which the primary purpose is to entertain, as well as...

  Level description | English

• Mathematics: Level 2 achievement standards

  Number and Algebra

  Students count to and from, and order numbers up to 1000. They perform simple addition and subtraction calculations, using a range of strategies. They find the total value of simple collections of Australian notes and coins. Students represent multiplication and division by grouping...

  Level description | Mathematics | Level 2