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• VCSSU003

  Objects are part of the world around us

  Elaborations

  • experiencing everyday objects around them and their properties, for example, colour, size, texture, smell
  • identifying some familiar objects, for example, by seeking, reaching or directing attention towards a preferred object

  VCSSU003 | Science | Level A | Science Understanding | Chemical sciences

• VCEALC741

  Justify a point of view to peers with increasing confidence

  Elaborations

  • rebutting or clarifying an argument, for example ‘No, I mean we should keep the forests to slow down the global warming’
  • using a range of expressions to structure a point of view, including conjunctions (‘because’, ‘so’), subjective language (‘I believe’) and objective language (‘Evidence shows …’)

  VCEALC741 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level C4 | Speaking and Listening | Communication

• VCEALC377

  Write simple texts that present a point of view

  Elaborations

  • writing a statement of opinion with a simple structure, including the opinion and reasons
  • writing to express likes and dislikes related to a class topic, or agreement and disagreement about an issue discussed in class

  VCEALC377 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B2 | Writing | Communication

• VCEALC113

  Understand information in texts read and viewed in class

  Elaborations

  • demonstrating understanding of simple factual or fictional texts by performing a task, such as following written instructions to plant a seed in a pot, dramatising or drawing parts of a story
  • answering simple questions, indicating true/false statements or sequencing information from a text
  • matching phrases and sentences from the text to images or diagrams showing the same ideas
  • obtaining information from simple diagrams or graphs
  • demonstrating understanding of new texts and responding to them, for example reading along with repetitive sections or predicting what comes next

  VCEALC113 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level A2 | Reading and Viewing | Communication

• VCEALL290

  Use a range of cues to support reading and viewing

  Elaborations

  • using information from images and headings to support understanding of the topic
  • using organisational features to navigate a text, for example titles and headings in a print text, or links and navigational items in a digital text, including multimodal and interactive texts

  VCEALL290 | Curriculum content | English as an Additional Language (EAL) | Level B1 | Reading and Viewing | Linguistic Structures and Features

• VCELT031

  Respond to texts listened to, viewed or read

  Elaborations

  • experiencing literature in various modes that create different feelings and responses
  • experiencing texts of different genres, including subject matter, form and structure
  • viewing stories from various sources
  • reacting to some images, sounds and action within a text

  VCELT031 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Speaking and Listening | Literature

• VCELY048

  Attend to images while listening to and viewing texts

  Elaborations

  • recognising and selecting familiar text to be shared
  • identifying familiar objects in texts viewed

  VCELY048 | Curriculum content | English | Level B | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCFRC109

  Socialise and exchange views on local and global issues

  Elaborations

  • using simple and compound sentences to structure arguments, and explain or justify a position in relation to personal and social issues such as les études, la santé, l’avenir, les passe-temps
  • initiating and sustaining conversation through active-listening strategies, turn-taking cues and verbal and non-verbal responses, for example, ah bon? pas vrai! et si on…?
  • using descriptive and expressive language to exchange views on global issues such as les médias sociaux, l’avenir des jeunes and la pollution, building topic-specific vocabulary and rhetorical strategies such as emphasis and repetition, for example, Au contraire! à mon avis…, je ne suis pas d’accord, après tout…, il faut le dire…, encore une fois..
  • contributing to online discussions with young people in French-speaking contexts, comparing aspects of school and home life, for example, les examens, le stress, les sports, l’étude des langues

  VCFRC109 | Languages | French | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Communicating | Socialising

• The Arts | Drama: Rationale and Aims

  Rationale

  Drama is the expression and exploration of personal, cultural and social worlds through role and situation that engages, entertains and challenges. Students create meaning as drama makers, performers and audiences as they enjoy and analyse their own and others’ stories and points...

  Overview material | Drama

• VCCCTQ063

  Explore questions about the world around them

  Elaborations

  • experiencing the sensory characteristics of familiar objects and exploring what is the same and different
  • actively exploring objects and materials in a wide variety of familiar contexts and structured environments
  • exploring the answer to questions related to their feelings and preferences in structured experiences and situations
  • answering questions by making choices and experiencing the consequences

  VCCCTQ063 | Capabilities | Critical and Creative Thinking | Level B | Questions and Possibilities

• VCGGK009

  Experience their connection to a place in Australia and across the world

  Elaborations

  • experience the purpose or special event/s of a space
  • experiencing the linking of special events and places to people, culture and other places
  • reacting to images of places

  VCGGK009 | The Humanities | Geography | Level A | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCGGK023

  The connection of self to other places in Australia and across the world

  Elaborations

  • experiencing specific activities in a place
  • connecting places to location
  • exploring places they have visited and their location

  VCGGK023 | The Humanities | Geography | Level B | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCMNA307

  Apply set structures to solve real-world problems

  Elaborations

  • using a sort algorithm to determine the median of a set of numbers
  • exploring variation in proportion and means of random samples, drawn from a population

  VCMNA307 | Mathematics | Level 9 | Number and Algebra | Patterns and algebra

• VCRAU033

  Recognise the areas of the world where the language is spoken

  Elaborations

  • identifying which world communities use the language and that the language studied borrows from other languages
  • identifying examples of how the language has influenced Australian English showing awareness of the language as a 'real' language in use in the world and one of multiple languages in the Australian community

  VCRAU033 | Languages | Roman Alphabet Languages | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4 | Understanding | Language variation and change

• VCSSU031

  Science is about exploring the world around me

  Elaborations

  • recognising that structured investigations help us understand objects and the world around us
  • exploring and observing using different senses
  • working with others to observe and manipulate objects used in everyday life

  VCSSU031 | Science | Level D | Science Understanding | Science as a human endeavour

• VCSSU002

  Living things are part of the world around us

  Elaborations

  • experiencing a variety of living things in a range of situations such as pets at school, plants in a garden, animals on a farm or in the school grounds
  • responding to the characteristics of different things, for example, texture of their covering, softness, size, sounds they make

  VCSSU002 | Science | Level A | Science Understanding | Biological sciences

• VCSSU004

  Changes in the world around us can affect responses

  Elaborations

  • making decisions about clothing, location and activity based on their reaction to, and changes in, the weather
  • demonstrating an awareness of the time of day by responding to activities associated with different times of the day, for example, eating lunch, getting dressed to go to school, packing bags to go home

  VCSSU004 | Science | Level A | Science Understanding | Earth and space sciences

• VCSSU011

  Objects and the world around us can be explored

  Elaborations

  • manipulating a variety of materials to explore their characteristics, for example, sensory tubs filled with pasta, feathers, water, pebbles
  • observing what happens when materials are mixed, manipulated, moved and changed

  VCSSU011 | Science | Level B | Science Understanding | Science as a human endeavour

• The Humanities | Geography: Rationale and Aims

  Rationale

  The Geography curriculum presents a structured way of exploring, analysing and understanding the characteristics of the places that make up our world, using the concepts of place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale and change. It addresses scales from the personal...

  Overview material | Geography

• English: Level A description

  In Level A, students begin to engage, participate and receive communication with known adults, teachers and peers. Opportunities are provided for students to explore English knowledge, understanding, skills and processes through everyday experiences, personal interests and significant events....

  Level description | English