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Curriculum Audit

• Level 2
  • Critical and Creative Thinking
    • Meta-cognition
      • Consider ways to express and describe thinking activity, including the expression of feelings about learning, both to others and self (VCCCTM007)
    • Questions and Possibilities
      • Identify, describe and use different kinds of question stems to gather information and ideas (VCCCTQ001)
  • Mathematics
    • Measurement and Geometry
      • Using Units of Measurement
        • Compare and order several shapes and objects based on length, area, volume and capacity using appropriate uniform informal units (VCMMG115)
    • Number and Algebra
      • Fractions and Decimals
        • Recognise and interpret common uses of halves, quarters and eighths of shapes and collections (VCMNA110)
  • Science
    • Science Inquiry Skills
      • Questioning and predicting
        • Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events (VCSIS050)
      • Recording and processing
        • Use informal measurements in the collection and recording of observations (VCSIS052)
        • Use a range of methods, including drawings and provided tables, to sort information (VCSIS053)
      • Analysing and Evaluating
        • Compare observations and predictions with those of others (VCSIS054)
      • Communicating
        • Represent and communicate observations and ideas about changes in objects and events in a variety of ways (VCSIS055)
    • Science Understanding
      • Science as a Human Endeavour
        • People use science in their daily lives (VCSSU041)
      • Biological sciences
        • Living things have a variety of external features and live in different places where their basic needs, including food, water and shelter, are met (VCSSU042)
        • Living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves (VCSSU043)
• Level 3
  • Critical and Creative Thinking
    • Meta-cognition
      • Investigate a range of problem-solving strategies, including brainstorming, identifying, comparing and selecting options, and developing and testing hypotheses (VCCCTM020)
    • Reasoning
      • Identify and use 'If, then…' and 'what if…' reasoning (VCCCTR016)
  • Digital Technologies
    • Data and Information
      • Individually and with others, plan, create and communicate ideas and information safely, applying agreed ethical and social protocols (VCDTDI022)
  • Mathematics
    • Measurement and Geometry
      • Using Units of Measurement
        • Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, area, mass and capacity (VCMMG140)
    • Number and Algebra
      • Number and Place Value
        • Recall multiplication facts of two, three, five and ten and related division facts (VCMNA134)
        • Represent and solve problems involving multiplication using efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies (VCMNA135)
  • Science
    • Science Inquiry Skills
      • Planning and conducting
        • Safely use appropriate materials, tools, equipment and technologies (VCSIS067)
      • Questioning and predicting
        • With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge (VCSIS065)
      • Analysing and Evaluating
        • Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings (VCSIS070)
      • Communicating
        • Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language (VCSIS072)
      • Recording and processing
        • Use formal measurements in the collection and recording of observations (VCSIS068)
    • Science Understanding
      • Science as a Human Endeavour
        • Science knowledge helps people to understand the effects of their actions (VCSSU056)
      • Biological sciences
        • Living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things (VCSSU057)
        • Different living things have different life cycles and depend on each other and the environment to survive (VCSSU058)
• Level 4
  • Critical and Creative Thinking
    • Meta-cognition
      • Investigate a range of problem-solving strategies, including brainstorming, identifying, comparing and selecting options, and developing and testing hypotheses (VCCCTM020)
    • Reasoning
      • Identify and use 'If, then…' and 'what if…' reasoning (VCCCTR016)
  • Digital Technologies
    • Data and Information
      • Individually and with others, plan, create and communicate ideas and information safely, applying agreed ethical and social protocols (VCDTDI022)
  • Mathematics
    • Measurement and Geometry
      • Using Units of Measurement
        • Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths, masses, capacities and temperatures (VCMMG165)
    • Number and Algebra
      • Fractions and Decimals
        • Recognise that the place value system can be extended to tenths and hundredths. Make connections between fractions and decimal notation (VCMNA159)
  • Science
    • Science Inquiry Skills
      • Planning and conducting
        • Safely use appropriate materials, tools, equipment and technologies (VCSIS067)
      • Questioning and predicting
        • With guidance, identify questions in familiar contexts that can be investigated scientifically and predict what might happen based on prior knowledge (VCSIS065)
      • Analysing and Evaluating
        • Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings (VCSIS070)
      • Communicating
        • Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings to show patterns and relationships using formal and informal scientific language (VCSIS072)
      • Recording and processing
        • Use formal measurements in the collection and recording of observations (VCSIS068)
    • Science Understanding
      • Science as a Human Endeavour
        • Science knowledge helps people to understand the effects of their actions (VCSSU056)
      • Biological sciences
        • Living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things (VCSSU057)
        • Different living things have different life cycles and depend on each other and the environment to survive (VCSSU058)
• Level 5
  • Mathematics
    • Measurement and Geometry
      • Using Units of Measurement
        • Choose appropriate units of measurement for length, area, volume, capacity and mass (VCMMG195)
    • Number and Algebra
      • Fractions and Decimals
        • Compare, order and represent decimals (VCMNA190)
  • Science
    • Science Inquiry Skills
      • Recording and processing
        • Construct and use a range of representations, including tables and graphs, to record, represent and describe observations, patterns or relationships in data (VCSIS085)
    • Science Understanding
      • Science as a Human Endeavour
        • Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people's lives (VCSSU073)
      • Biological sciences
        • Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment (VCSSU074)

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