Teacher Support Materials
- Assessment Advice
- Standards and Progression Points
- Sample Units by Level
- Victorian Essential Learning Standards – Students with Disabilities Guidelines
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Companion to The Victorian Essential Learning Standards
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Assessment Advice
The Assessment of learning: Standards, assessment maps and progression points PowerPoint presentation is designed to help teachers think about how they can use the standards, assessment maps and progression points, to assist their assessment of student learning against the VELS.
Standards and Progression Points
These documents include the Victorian Essential Learning Standards as published in December 2005 and progression points. The purpose of the progression points is to assist teachers in making on-balance, holistic judgments about student progress towards the standards.
Sample Units by Level
Level 1
Tools (PDF - 833KB)
This document is a Level 1 sample unit, developed to exemplify the Standards. It is broadly associated with schooling for Preparatory Year.
The files below are Student materials in Word format:
Tools in the classroom (Doc - 201KB)
Tools in the kitchen (Doc - 207KB)
Tools at work (Doc - 224KB)
Tools from the past (Doc - 213KB)
Who uses what? (Doc - 219KB)
Level 2
Travelling to school (PDF - 732KB)
This document is a Level 2 sample unit, developed to exemplify the Standards. It is broadly associated with schooling from Year 1 to the end of Year 2.
The files below are Student materials in Word format:
Pedestrian safety (Doc - 204KB)
Signs for safe travel (Doc - 177KB)
Level 3
Pulling Strings (PDF - 137KB)
This document is a Level 3 sample unit, developed to exemplify the Standards. It is broadly associated schooling from Year 3 to the end of Year 4.
The files below are Student materials in Word format:
Design brief guide (Doc - 69KB)
Planning your puppet show (Doc - 188KB)
Performance self-assessment guide (Doc - 193KB)
Level 4
Out of this world (PDF - 105KB)
This document is a Level 4 sample unit, developed to exemplify the Standards. It is broadly associated with schooling from Year 5 to the end of Year 6.
In the news (PDF - 117KB)
This document is a Level 4 sample unit, developed to exemplify the Standards. It is broadly associated with schooling from Year 5 to the end of Year 6.
The file below is a Student material in Word format:
Research project criteria sheet (Doc - 187KB)
Level 5
The Right Moves (PDF - 175KB)
This document is a Level 5 sample unit, developed to exemplify the Standards. It is broadly associated with schooling from Year 7 to the end of Year 8.
The files below are Student materials in Word format:
Moves seen in games (Doc - 189KB)
Team learning tactics (Doc - 181KB)
Analysing games (Doc - 199KB)
The 1967 Referendum (PDF - 276KB)
This document is a Level 5 sample unit, developed to exemplify the Standards. It is broadly associated with schooling from Year 7 to the end of Year 8.
Student materials
Student Materials 1: Indigenous rights - 1950s and 1960s (PDF - 480KB)
Student Materials 2: What is a referendum? (PDF - 32KB)
Student Materials 3: The petitions (PDF - 96KB)
Student Materials 4: The Referendum campaign leaflets (PDF - 203KB)
Student Materials 5: Campaign songs and slogans (PDF - 32KB)
Student Materials 6: The Referendum results and aftermath (PDF - 36KB)
Teacher materials:
About the 1967 Referendum (Doc - 100KB)
Glossary (Doc - 39KB)
Level 6
Zines (PDF - 122KB)
This document is a Level 6 sample unit, developed to exemplify the Standards. It is broadly associated with schooling from Year 9 to the end of Year 10.
The files below are Student materials in Word format:
Things I like to see in a magazine (Doc - 216KB)
Picture the zine (Doc - 187KB)
Zine publishing planner (Doc - 196KB)
The 1967 Referendum (PDF - 276KB)
This document is a Level 5 sample unit, developed to exemplify the Standards. It is broadly associated with schooling from Year 7 to the end of Year 8.
Student materials
Student Materials 1: Indigenous rights - 1950s and 1960s (PDF - 480KB)
Student Materials 2: What is a referendum? (PDF - 32KB)
Student Materials 3: The petitions (PDF - 96KB)
Student Materials 4: The Referendum campaign leaflets (PDF - 203KB)
Student Materials 5: Campaign songs and slogans (PDF - 32KB)
Student Materials 6: The Referendum results and aftermath (PDF - 36KB)
Teacher materials:
About the 1967 Referendum (Doc - 100KB)
Glossary (Doc - 39KB)
Victorian Essential Learning Standards – Students with Disabilities Guidelines
The Guidelines provides a framework for teachers to develop programs for students with disabilities that are consistent with the Standards by linking the rationale and structure of the Standards to individual program development and assessment for students with special needs.
Student with Disabilities Guidelines
English as a Second Language (ESL) Companion to The Victorian Essential Learning Standards
English as a Second Language (ESL) Companion to the Victorian Essential Learning Standards has been developed to provide a framework for assessing student achievement and developing effective learning programs for students learning English as a second language.
English as a Second Language Companion to The Victorian Essential Learning Standards
