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• VCELY023

  React to software being used to construct texts that reflect everyday events and activities

  Elaborations

  • experiencing multimedia and text constructing software
  • being exposed to people creating text and images using a range of software, including word-processing programs
  • reacting to images, sounds and text being added to a digital text
  • responding to familiar texture, sound or image during text construction

  VCELY023 | Curriculum content | English | Level A | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY358

  Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audience

  Elaborations

  • creating informative texts for two different audiences, such as a visiting academic and a Level 3 class, that explore an aspect of biodiversity
  • using rhetorical devices, images, surprise techniques and juxtaposition of people and ideas and modal verbs and modal auxiliaries to enhance the persuasive nature of a text, recognising and exploiting audience susceptibilities

  VCELY358 | Curriculum content | English | Level 6 | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY387

  Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, selecting aspects of subject matter and particular language, visual, and audio features to convey information and ideas to a specific audience

  Elaborations

  • compiling a portfolio of texts in a range of modes related to a particular concept, purpose or audience, for example a class anthology of poems or stories
  • using appropriate textual conventions, create scripts for interviews, presentations, advertisements and radio segments
  • writing and delivering presentations with specific rhetorical devices to engage an audience

  VCELY387 | Curriculum content | English | Level 7 | Writing | Literacy

• VCELY410

  Analyse and explain how language has evolved over time and how technology and the media have influenced language use and forms of communication

  Elaborations

  • identifying and explaining how mobile technologies are influencing language uses and structures
  • analysing the ways that identity may be created in digital contexts
  • identifying how meanings or words change or shift depending on context, for example the word ‘cool’ is used to describe temperature or to express approval when used in informal contexts

  VCELY410 | Curriculum content | English | Level 8 | Reading and Viewing | Literacy

• VCGGC018

  Assist to collect geographical data and information

  Elaborations

  • assisting to create class multimodal texts which identify what they see, hear, smell and feel in a place
  • indicating what sensory input they liked/ dislikes while exploring a space, for example what they liked/ did not like to touch, hear etc.
  • experiencing directional language as they journey to and move within a place

  VCGGC018 | The Humanities | Geography | Level B | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information

• VCGGK144

  Different types and distribution of environmental changes and the forms it takes in different places

  Elaborations

  • creating a map to show measures of environmental change, using a spatial technologies application
  • examining spatial data and information on desertification affecting drylands
  • describing and analysing a global map showing access to safe water and investigating differences in water pollution in different places

  VCGGK144 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Knowledge | Environmental change and management

• VCGGK026

  The major features of a place

  Elaborations

  • using objects, images, photos or Augmentative Alternative Communication to identify a place or activity from a field of two
  • matching feathers to a place using images
  • exploring the features of a place
  • creating a class multimedia text which identifies a place and its key features

  VCGGK026 | The Humanities | Geography | Level B | Geographical Knowledge | Places and our connections to them

• VCHHC085

  Identify and describe patterns of continuity and change in daily life for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, ‘native born’ and migrants in the Australian colonies

  Elaborations

  • visiting a local cemetery and surveying the graves to find clues about the patterns of settlement, ages and causes of death in the local area
  • creating visual, oral or written journals reflecting the daily life experiences of different inhabitants of a convict or colonial settlement

  VCHHC085 | The Humanities | History | Levels 5 and 6 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Continuity and change

• VCHHC015

  Explore a range of sources that show families over time

  Elaborations

  • explore photos, film, objects and stories about their family past and present
  • assisting to create and view various multimedia texts related to them, their family, recent events
  • experiencing a range of sensory texts that explore recent events and the associated objects and elements
  • exploring objects and elements used during events, such as balloons, streamers, candles etc.

  VCHHC015 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence

• VCHHK036

  How events are celebrated and how to assist to prepare and participate in personal, school and community events

  Elaborations

  • matching key objects to significant commemorative events such as birthday with a cake and present, Christmas image of Santa and Christmas tree
  • using calendars to identify significant family, school and community events
  • assisting to create text during and or following commemorative events which reflect the preparation and celebration

  VCHHK036 | The Humanities | History | Level C | Historical Knowledge | Community histories

• VCHHK019

  Who the people in their immediate family are

  Elaborations

  • identifying the different members of their immediate family
  • assisting to create simple texts that identify the people in their immediate family and their name, for example choices from a limited field images for a PowerPoint presentation or slideshow
  • matching images of self and immediate family members that are ‘the same’
  • recognising the names of immediate family members

  VCHHK019 | The Humanities | History | Level B | Historical Knowledge | Personal histories

• VCHHK114

  The different methods and sources used by historians and archaeologists to investigate history and/or a historical mystery

  Elaborations

  • Egypt
    • analysing how the Pyramids were constructed
    • investigating past techniques of Howard Carter's exploration of the Valley of the Kings and current methods
    • investigating a current site in Egypt such as the Valley of the Kings or Thebes
    • evaluating the theories and hypothesis of archaeologists about the significance of the sites social, political, economic features
  • Greece
    • investigating a site such as the Acropolis, Agora of Athens, Delos, Delphi Archaeological Site, Olympia
    • creating a diorama of an ancient site
    • evaluating the theories and hypothesis of archaeologists about the significance of the sites social, political, economic features
  • Rome
    • investigating a site such as the Colosseum, Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Roman Forum
    • creating a diorama of an ancient site
    • evaluating the theories and hypothesis of archaeologists about the significance of the sites social, political, economic features
  • India
    • investigating a site such as the city of Lothal, and Sanchi
    • creating a diorama of an ancient site
    • evaluating the theories and hypothesis of archaeologists about the significance of the sites social, political, economic features
  • China
    • investigating a site such as the Great Wall of China, The Forbidden City, Terracotta Warriors
    • creating a diorama of an ancient site
    • evaluating the theories and hypothesis of archaeologists about the significance of the sites social, political, economic features

  VCHHK114 | The Humanities | History | Levels 7 and 8 | Historical Knowledge | Ancient world and early civilisations – 60 000 BC (BCE) – c.650 AD (CE)

• VCHHK034

  Distinguish between events within the day and the past

  Elaborations

  • assisting to document the passing of time associated with daily routine activities, for example sequencing photos, creating an activity strip
  • select a picture of events that happened ‘today’ and ‘yesterday’
  • experiencing chronological terms such as ‘today’, ‘tomorrow’, ‘yesterday’, ‘finished’, ‘past’, ‘present’, ‘next’, ‘then’, ‘first’, ‘now’

  VCHHK034 | The Humanities | History | Level C | Historical Knowledge | Personal histories

• VCHHK032

  Who the people in their family are

  Elaborations

  • identifying members of their family, their name, for example, grandma, aunt, uncle
  • exploring events and activities they have experienced and the people who participated in these events with them
  • creating visual representations or text with support that identifies family members and their title, for example aunt, uncle
  • grouping family members to reflect who lives where

  VCHHK032 | The Humanities | History | Level C | Historical Knowledge | Personal histories

• VCHIC095

  Convey information obtained from different sources relating to personal, social and natural worlds in spoken, written and multimodal forms suitable for a particular audience

  Elaborations

  • creating multimodal texts to share with Hindi speakers in different contexts that capture elements of their personal and social worlds, for example, हमारे स्कूल का एक दिन, मेरी मित्र-मण्डली
  • using different modes of presentation such as photo montages, written journals or recorded interviews to provide information for extended family members overseas about their social and educational experience in Australia
  • creating a video clip to support new students to the school, introducing aspects of school culture, key personnel and available study and extra-curricular options
  • presenting information gathered from print media/online sources on selected topics, using formats such as tables, graphs or spreadsheets to present statistical information or captions or spoken commentaries to report on environmental issues such as disaster relief or land degradation
  • creating a short video to post on their school website to report on a good news story, such as a successful fund-raising event or sporting or academic achievements
  • creating an interactive presentation for younger children to highlight the advantages of being bilingual/multilingual in a globalised world and of maintaining and strengthening a home/first language

  VCHIC095 | Languages | Hindi | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Informing

• VCHPEM119

  Manipulate and modify the elements of effort, space, time, objects and people to perform movement sequences

  Elaborations

  • demonstrating an understanding of how to adjust the force and speed of an object to improve accuracy and control
  • creating a movement sequence that demonstrates variations in flow and levels and involves individuals moving together in time
  • working with a partner to explore pushing and pulling movements and how these can be manipulated to perform counter-balances

  VCHPEM119 | Health and Physical Education | Levels 5 and 6 | Movement and Physical Activity | Understanding movement

• VCHPEM064

  Practise fundamental movement skills and movement sequences using different body parts and in response to stimuli in indoor, outdoor and aquatic settings

  Elaborations

  • performing locomotor skills in any direction from one point to another
  • sending, controlling and receiving objects at different levels and in different ways
  • performing a range of water confidence skills
  • creating movement sequences without equipment
  • responding with movement to rhythm, beat, music and words

  VCHPEM064 | Health and Physical Education | Foundation Level | Movement and Physical Activity | Moving the body

• VCIDC040

  Engage with texts such as cartoons, dialogues and fairy tales, and respond by describing aspects such as characters and actions

  Elaborations

  • recalling and/or illustrating main characters and events in texts, for example, responding to questions (Siapa?, Di mana?, Berapa lama? Apa?) about a story or song
  • conveying understanding of plot and sequence in texts, such as by re-creating the sequence using a storyboard, labelling key events or creating a timeline
  • discussing reactions to texts such as stories, television programs and songs that reflect contemporary Indonesian values such as respecting parents, appreciating diversity or being a good friend
  • discussing key messages in creative texts, such as the moral of a fable/story, an idea or value in a song, or a quality of a character (cerdik, sombong, baik hati)
  • responding to a creative text by manipulating the original text to create a new version, for example, resequencing events, adding a new element, changing the location or creating an alternative ending
  • writing a review, using modelled language, of a song, story, comic or television program

  VCIDC040 | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Creating

• VCITU129

  Analyse the features of a range of spoken, written and multimodal texts, recognising grammatical structures, cohesion and coherence

  Elaborations

  • comparing procedural, recount and persuasive texts in Italian and English (for example, recipes, advertisements and weather reports) and describing their similarities and differences
  • understanding the elements that create coherence at a whole text level such as the use of cohesive devices, linked paragraphs and sequencing of ideas

  VCITU129 | Languages | Italian | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Understanding | Systems of language

• VCITU091

  Analyse and apply linguistic, cultural and textual features of specific text types

  Elaborations

  • using knowledge of text types in Italian to analyse different texts, for example, a narrative, letter, recipe, message or report
  • comparing Italian and English versions of particular text types, noticing any differences
  • using knowledge of text types to create texts that respect the conventions

  VCITU091 | Languages | Italian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Understanding | Systems of language