Victorian Essential Learning Standards

In the state of Victoria, Australia, the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) is the curriculum framework for Preparatory to Year 10 school levels, which replaced the Curriculum and Standards Framework II (CSF 2) in 2006. Students starting Year 11 normally proceed to complete the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), but other education options are available. VELS was superseded by the Australian Curriculum AusVELS in 2013.

The VELS is a curriculum framework providing a set of areas for teachers to teach. Like the Curriculum and Standards Framework (CSF) and the CSF II, the VELS has six levels, with a general expectation that each level be completed in two years of schooling, with the exception of Level 1, completed in the first year of Primary schooling, known as "Prep", as follows:

Primary School Level

Secondary School Level

The following is a list of teaching areas in the VELS (domains), which are sorted further into dimensions. Each domain belongs to one of three strands: Physical, Personal and Social Learning, Discipline-based Learning or Interdisciplinary Learning. The idea is for these three strands to be woven together to give a balanced education so that students will succeed in further education, work and life. The three strands are represented graphically by a triple-helix inspired diagram.

Standards at levels 1,2,3,4,5 and 6

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Standards at levels 1,2,3,4,5 and 6

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Standards at levels 3,4,5,6

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Standards at levels 3, 4, 5 and 6. Civics and Citizenship aims to teach students what it means to be citizens in a democracy.

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Standards at levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

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Standards at levels 1,2,3,4,5 and 6.

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Standards at levels 3, 4, 5 and 6

The Humanities discipline is organised into four domains:

The Humanities – (Levels 1–3)

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The Humanities – Economics (Levels 4–6)

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The Humanities – Geography (Levels 4–6)

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The Humanities – History (Levels 4–6)

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LOTE has two pathways:

Pathway 1 - for students who begin learning a language in primary school and continue to study the same language to Year 10.

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