Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework: Birth to 8 years (Victorian Framework)

Foundations for learning: Relationships
between the Early Years Learning
Framework and the Australian
Curriculum (PDF - 5MB)

Foundations for learning: Relationships between the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum

Foundations for learning: Relationships between the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum is a joint publication between Early Childhood Australia (ECA) and the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).

Relationships between the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework Birth to 8 Years (VEYLDF) and the AusVELS

The VCAA is currently developing a Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF) – AusVELS map in a phased approach that provides the key connections between the Melbourne Declaration, 5 learning and development Outcomes from the Early Years Learning Framework and the AusVELS. 

AusVELS is a blended curriculum model that includes the VELS domains and first 4 learning areas of the Australian Curriculum – Maths, English, History and Science.  Links between the Outcomes and the remaining learning areas will be included in the document as they are developed.

This resource will provide a continuum for teaching and learning from birth and into the early years of school. It will support early childhood professionals working across birth to 8 years to work together and with families to achieve the outcomes for children.

 

 

Implementation Activities

• Professional learning opportunities with FKA Children’s Services – Supporting Children Learning English as an Additional Language in the Early Years
• The Early Years Exchange NEW! Edition 9
• VEYLDF Outcomes links to the VELS
• Evidence Papers on the Practice Principles
• DEECD Professional Development Modules 1-4

Communication:

• Invitation to subscribe to the Early Years Alert
• Dedicated email - for all enquiries on the VEYLDF veyldf@edumail.vic.gov.au

Publications, Research and Presentations

• Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (PDF - 1.7MB)
• Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework and the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (2010) (PDF - 484KB)
• Report on the Trial and Validation of the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (2009) (PDF - 874KB)
• Supporting Children Learning English as a Second Language in the Early Years 0-6 by Dr Priscilla Clarke (PDF - 312KB)
• Learning English as an Additional Language in the Early Years (birth to six years) by Dr Priscilla Clarke (PDF - 2MB)
• Report from the Outcomes Project 2010 – 2011 (Abridged version) (PDF - 1MB) NEW!
• Links to other publications, research and presentations

Other links

• E4Kids – a landmark study of Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia
• Early Childhood Education and Care – a new website for early childhood professionals to share and exchange knowledge.
• Building Good Practice – This book provides early childhood professionals with different ways of looking at their practice, new ideas for thinking about children’s learning and how they might interact differently with children.
• Early Childhood Australia 
• Inspire (formerly Shine Magazine)
• The Royal Children’s Hospital – Centre for Community Child Health – Policy Briefs 
  • Policy Brief 19: The Changing Role of Grandparents
  • Policy Brief 22: Five Years On
• DEECD - Transition a Positive Start to School 
• The Early Years Framework for Australia, Belonging, Being, Becoming

Frequently Asked Questions

• Frequently asked questions about the Victorian Framework.