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• Mathematics: Level 1 description

  In Level 1, students use mathematical symbols and language as well as materials and drawings in their mathematical explorations of daily life.

  Students recognise, represent and order numbers to at least 100 using materials, diagrams, words, numerals and a number line, and apply this with respect...

  Level description | Mathematics

• Mathematics Version 2.0: Level 1 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 1, students connect number names, numerals and quantities, and order numbers to at least 120. They demonstrate how one- and two-digit numbers can be partitioned in different ways and that two-digit numbers can be partitioned into tens and ones. Students partition collections...

  Level description | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 1

• Mathematics Version 2.0: Level 2 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 2, students order and represent numbers to at least 1000; apply knowledge of place value to partition, rearrange and rename two- and three-digit numbers in terms of their parts; and regroup partitioned numbers to assist in calculations. They use mathematical modelling...

  Level description | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 2

• Media Arts: Levels 7 and 8 description

  In Levels 7 and 8, students build on their understanding of structure, intent, character, settings, viewpoints and genre conventions in their media artworks.

  Students extend use of media technologies and their understanding of story principles and media elements, such as the use of time, space,...

  Level description | The Arts | Media Arts

• Media Arts: Levels 9 and 10 description

  In Levels 9 and 10, students refine and extend their understanding and use of structure, intent, character, settings, viewpoints and genre conventions in their compositions. As they use media technologies they extend the use of media elements such as time, space, sound, movement and lighting....

  Level description | The Arts | Media Arts

• Music: Levels 5 and 6 description

  In Levels 5 and 6, Music involves students continuing to listen to, improvise, compose, arrange and perform music, independently and collaboratively with their peers, teachers and communities.

  Students explore more complex aspects of rhythm, pitch, dynamics and expression, form and structure, timbre...

  Level description | The Arts | Music

• Music: Levels 3 and 4 description

  In Levels 3 and 4, learning in Music involves students making and responding to music independently and collaboratively with their peers and teachers.

  Students extend their understanding of the elements of music and their ability to interact with other musicians as they develop their music knowledge...

  Level description | The Arts | Music

• Non-Roman Alphabet Languages - F–10 Sequence: Levels 7 and 8 description

  At this level, students express ideas and feelings, exchange opinions, negotiate relationships and manage shared activities. They use modelled and rehearsed language in familiar and unfamiliar contexts and increasingly generate original and personal language. They create and perform more complex...

  Level description | Languages | Non-Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence

• Roman Alphabet Languages - F–10 Sequence: Foundation to Level 2 description

  In these levels there is an emphasis on developing students’ oral language to enable them to participate in class activities. They repeat sounds, particularly of vowels, as modelled by the teacher and aural texts. Students use formulaic language and single-idea phrases. They recognise the...

  Level description | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence

• Roman Alphabet Languages - F–10 Sequence: Levels 5 and 6 description

  Students use formulaic phrases to participate in classroom routines, presentations and structured conversations with the teacher and peers. Students develop oral language through scaffolded tasks and texts such as songs, descriptions and stories. They extend their oral fluency by focusing on sentence...

  Level description | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence

• Science: Foundation to Level 2 description

  In Foundation to Level 2, the curriculum focus is on awareness of self and the local world. Students observe changes that can be large or small and happen quickly or slowly. They explore the properties of familiar objects and phenomena, identifying similarities and differences. Students observe...

  Level description | Science

• Science: Levels 3 and 4 description

  In Levels 3 and 4, the curriculum focus is on recognising questions that can be investigated scientifically and undertaking investigations. Students observe heat and its effects on solids and liquids and begin to develop an understanding of energy flows through simple systems. In observing day...

  Level description | Science

• Science: Levels 9 and 10 description

  In Levels 9 and 10, the curriculum focus is on explaining phenomena involving science and its applications. Students consider both classic and contemporary science contexts to explain the operation of systems at a range of scales. At a microscopic scale, they consider the atom as a system of protons...

  Level description | Science

• The Humanities | Economics and Business: Learning in Economics and Business

  Foundation to Level 4 – Laying the foundations

  While there is no formal economics and business curriculum prior to Level 5, students may have developed relevant knowledge and capabilities through other curriculum areas and interactions in everyday life.

  Students may develop a basic understanding...

  Overview material | Economics and Business

• Visual Arts: Levels 9 and 10 description

  In Levels 9 and 10, students build on their awareness of how and why artists, craftspeople and designers realise their ideas through different visual arts practices. They refine their personal aesthetic through working and responding perceptively as an artist, craftsperson or audience. They identify...

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts

• VCARC010

  Reflect on personal responses and reactions during interactions in Arabic, recognising how interaction involves culture as well as language

  Elaborations

  • discussing their own level of comfort with using particular gestures when interacting across cultures, for example, making or not making eye contact when communicating with older people, kissing on the cheek, and hugging or not hugging when greeting someone
  • sharing with peers how it feels to use Arabic and English in different contexts, for example, at home, at school and in the Arabic-speaking community, reflecting on instances when these interactions have felt comfortable, awkward or difficult and explaining why this might be the case
  • developing language to describe personal reactions to and feelings about intercultural experiences, for example,

    أشعر بالراحة عندما...؛ لا أشعر بالراحة عندما...؛ أشعر بالخجل حين...؛ أشعر بالحزن...؛ أشعر بالتعب...

  • noticing how their Arabic/Lebanese/Egyptian/Iraqi culture influences their linguistic choices, for example, changing terms of address and level of formality depending on the context of interaction and the relationship between participants, such as the use of ‘عم؛ خالة’ or title plus first name, for example, سيدة هناء؛ عم كريم؛ إستاذ هاني , when addressing people formally
  • discussing how language reflects cultural concepts and values, for example, the importance of seeking agreement and compromise as reflected in the way Arabic people express disagreement ( بالرغم من إحترامي لك؛ لا اتفق معك), the importance of respect as seen in the way Arabic people greet each other or when showing emotion by hugging and tapping on shoulders

  VCARC010 | Languages | Arabic | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Reflecting

• VCTRU049

  Understand that spoken and written forms of Turkish both vary in terms of formality according to context, purpose and audience

  Elaborations

  • understanding how language is adapted to control levels of politeness and formality and to reflect relationship, age and intention, for example, the use of the pronoun siz and the second plural indicator -iz indicates more politeness in requests such as gelir misiniz lütfen? compared with gelin lütfen
  • recognising that written forms of Turkish vary depending on levels of formality and informality, for example, formal letters adopt the use of -iz and of titles such as Hanım/Bey sayın instead of sevgili, canım, compared to the use of first names to address family and friends in informal letters
  • understanding that the use of honorifics such as Ali Ağabey (Abi) , Fatma Abla, Mehmet Amca, Mustafa Dayı, Ahmet Bey, Nazmiye Hanım can be varied when speaking to older people who are less familiar, depending on their age and degree of closeness
  • recognising characteristic differences between spoken and written forms of Turkish, for example, by identifying colloquialisms and expressions used mainly in spoken conversation, for example, the non-standard abi in place of the more formal ağabey or the use of ya at the beginning of spoken utterances
  • knowing that meaning is shaped not only by words but also by expression, gestures and use of voice, and that these elements also vary in formal and informal language
  • recognising how variations in language use reflect different feelings, moods or attitudes, for example, the respectful tone of devotional texts compared to the liveliness, humour and colour of Nasrettin Hoca fıkraları, Temel fıkraları, Çizgi filmler, fabllar

  VCTRU049 | Languages | Turkish | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCVIC010

  Compare personal responses and reactions during interactions in Vietnamese and English, noticing how interaction involves culture as well as language

  Elaborations

  • discussing their own level of comfort with particular gestures and body language when interacting across cultures, for example, making or not making eye contact when talking to older people, beckoning downwards or upwards, and hugging or not hugging in greeting
  • sharing with peers how it feels to use Vietnamese and English in different contexts, such as at home, at school and in the Vietnamese community, reflecting on instances when these interactions have felt comfortable, awkward or difficult, and explaining why this might be the case
  • developing language to describe personal reactions to and feelings about intercultural experiences, for example, thoải mái/không thoải mái, thích/không thích
  • noticing how their Vietnamese cultural background influences their linguistic choices in cross-cultural interactions, for example, changing terms of address and level of formality depending on the context of interaction and the relationships between participants, such as the use of ông, bà or title plus the first or full name (ông Bình, bà Hoa, Trưng Nữ Vương, Vua Quang Trung, Tiến sĩ Hiệp, Bộ trưởng Lê Trung Hiếu) when addressing people formally
  • discussing how language reflects cultural concepts and values, for example, the importance of seeking agreement and compromise as reflected in the way Vietnamese people express disagreement (Tôi không nghĩ vậy. Tôi e rằng… Bạn nói cũng có lý nhưng tôi nghĩ khác), the importance of modesty and humility as expressed in the proverb Bảy hai chưa què chớ khoe rằng khoẻ, and the importance of respect as seen in the way Vietnamese people greet each other or address the elderly (dạ/thưa/ kính thưa)

  VCVIC010 | Languages | Vietnamese | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Reflecting

• VCVIU032

  Identify and analyse linguistic features of Vietnamese that vary according to purpose and relationships

  Elaborations

  • recognising how language use, such as level of politeness, reflects the relationship between participants and the purpose of the speaker or writer, for example, close friends tend to use informal language (tao, mày) while new acquaintances use more formal language (tôi, bạn)
  • identifying and analysing variations in language use, such as choice of vocabulary and structures, between diverse participants (for example, older people and teenagers, males and females, educated and uneducated people) in a range of different interactions
  • recognising and explaining changes in purpose, attitude or relationship that are revealed through variations in language use such as tone or communicative practices, for example, parents addressing children as con, con cưng, con yêu quý during harmonious times together but as mày during times of conflict
  • analysing how a writer or speaker may vary tone to create different effects on an audience, for example, Mẹ không được xem lén nhật ký của con! versus Mẹ không nên xem lén nhật ký của con như vậy, or Sao con dám nói chuyện với ba mẹ như vậy? versus Sao con có thể nói chuyện với ba mẹ như vậy?
  • comparing and discussing language use in a range of blogs, interviews or transcripts of speeches to determine the target age, gender, social status or educational level of the audience
  • recognising variations in language use in traditional and contemporary Vietnamese entertainment and texts (kịch, cải lương, truyện cổ tích versus phim, thơ, truyện ngắn), including vocabulary, structures, modes of expression and cultural elements

  VCVIU032 | Languages | Vietnamese | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• English: Level B description

  In Level B, students communicate with peers, teachers and known adults. Opportunities are provided for students to explore English knowledge, understanding, skills and processes through everyday experiences, personal interests and significant events. Students begin to understand that communication...

  Level description | English