Curriculum+Framework

= VELS Level 3 =

__Learning Focus:__
 * Students investigate the human and physical characteristics of their local area and other parts of Victoria and consider features of their local community that have changed over time.
 * Students develop awareness and understanding of the effects of people's interactions with their environment and the ways in which these affect their lives.
 * They examine and compare different types of work and specific jobs.

__Standards:__

//Humanities Knowledge and Understanding -// They describe how aspects of places in their local area have changed over time. From direct observation or observation of a variety of media, they describe the human and physical characteristics of their local area and other parts of Victoria.

//Humanities Skills -// At Level 3, students use a range of historical evidence, including oral history, artefacts, narratives and pictures, to retell events and describe historical characters. They develop simple timelines to show events in sequence. Students draw simple maps and plans of familiar environments observing basic mapping conventions.

//Mathematics skills -// They locate and identify places on maps and diagrams. They give travel directions and describe positions using simple compass directions (for example, N for North) and grid references on a street directory**.** Student's demonstrate:
 * use of a graphical scale to determine actual size and distance from a map
 * interpretation of maps of their own immediate environment using various scales; for example, school ground, suburb, state, country

//English -// At level 3, students write texts containing several logically ordered paragraphs that express opinions and include ideas and information about familiar topics. They order information and sequence events using some detail or illustrative evidence, and they express a point of view providing some information and supporting detail. Students vary their speaking and listening for a small range of contexts, purposes and audiences. They project their voice adequately for an audience, use appropriate spoken language features, and modify spoken texts to clarify meaning and information. They listen attentively to spoken texts, including factual texts, and identify the topic, retell information accurately, ask clarifying questions, volunteer information and justify opinions.

//ICT -// Students follow simple plans and use tools and a range of data types to create informative products designed to inform, persuade, entertain or educate particular audiences. With minimal assistance, students use ICT tools to capture and save images. They use simple editing functions to manipulate images for use in their end product. Students locate information on an intranet, and use recommended search engines and limited key words to locate information from websites. They develop and apply simple criteria to evaluate the value of the located information.

//Arts -// At Level 3, students create and present work in a range of arts forms that communicate experiences, ideas, concepts, observations and feelings.