Staff Meeting November 13th 2012

1. Familiarisation with the Australian Curriculum History and Science through investigating, recording and sharing with a partner from another Year level.

2. Go to the AusVELShttp://ausvels.vic.edu.au3. Complete either History or Science section and

share as you go along. 4. View Powerpoint in P: Curriculum/ Australian

Curriculum

AusVELS

What is the Australian Curriculum?LEARNING AREAS/ SUBJECT

DISCIPLINESGENERAL CAPABILITIES

CROSS-CURRICULUM PRIORITIES

o Englisho Mathematicso Scienceo Health and physical

educationo Languageso Humanities and social

sciences (History, Geography, Civics and citizenship, Business and economics)

o The Artso Technologies (Design and

Digital technologies)

o Critical and creative thinking

o Personal and social capability

o Intercultural understanding

o Ethical behaviouro Literacyo Numeracyo ICT

o Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

o Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia

o Sustainability

What is the Australian Curriculum?

English, Mathematics, History and Scienceo Professional development F-10o School-based planning and trialling F-10o ACARA drafting of Years 11-12 curriculum

2012

o Implementation of English, Mathematics, History and Science F – 10 2013

Victorian timelines Phase 1: F-10

2013 • English• Science• Humanities - History• Mathematics

2014 • Humanities - Geography• The Arts• Languages?

2015 • Health and PE?• Technologies, including ICT? • Business and economics? • Civics and citizenship?

Victorian timelines – all domains

AusVELS – key features

Nominal school level/grade

VELS Level AusVELS Level

Prep/Foundation 1 Foundation

1 2 1

2 2

3 3 3

4 4

5 4 5

6 6

7 5 7

8 8

9 6 9

10 10

AusVELS

AusVELS

Grade 3

Level 4

Level 3

Level 2

An example from The Arts domain Learning focusAs students work towards the achievement of Level 4 standards in the Arts, they apply and develop their arts knowledge by exploring arts processes and ways to communicate concepts arising from their personal experiences and from the world around them.…StandardsAt Level 3, students are working toward the Level 4 standards.Referhttp://ausvels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/The-Arts/Curriculum#level=3

AusVELS

AusVELS - History

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AusVELS – Science proposal

o Three strands:• Science understanding• Science as a human endeavour• Science inquiry skills

o Content descriptions and achievement standards included for F – 10.

o Content descriptions for each level for Science understanding but across band levels for Science as a human endeavour and Science inquiry skills.

o Currently achievement standards written for each level F-10, but will be rewritten mainly in two-level intervals.

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AusVELS - Science

o Literacyo Numeracyo ICT

o Personal and social capability

o Critical and creative thinking

o Intercultural understanding

o Ethical behaviour

General capabilities

general capabilities that underpin flexible and critical thinking, a capacity to work with others and an ability to move across subject disciplines to develop new expertise.

The Australian Curriculum identifies three cross curriculum priorities:oAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culturesoAsia and Australia’s engagement with Asia

http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/clip/cuclamss/ oSustainability

These are not separate, perpetual areas of learning but rather illustrate how learning can be integrated across the subjects and general capabilities to enable students to engage with current issues in contemporary society.

Cross curriculum priorities

Refer Template bank

Cross-curriculum priorities

FAQ

What about students with Additional Learning Needs?oContinue to use current Victorian approach of matching student with appropriate levelsoWorking Towards Level 1 of VELS to continue to be made availableoACARA developing support materials

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FAQ