Introduction
This page contains links to resources and professional learning to support educators during the familiarisation phase of the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 English (English Version 2.0).
English Version 2.0 is available on the Victorian Curriculum F–10 website and as a download. In 2024 it will be transferred to a new website with increased functionality.
Go to Victorian Curriculum F–10 website – English Version 2.0 >
English Version 2.0
To learn more about the development of the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2..0, including timelines for implementation and reporting student achievement, go to the main Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 webpage >
English Version 2.0: What has changed and the benefits
- English Version 2.0 is clearer and easier to implement, with revised and refined content descriptions.
- The revised curriculum is organised by strands only (Language, Literature, Literacy), which provides more fluidity between content descriptions and language modes.
- The language modes, as an organising structure, have been removed from the content descriptions. All sub-strands now clearly present a progression of skills across levels.
- The achievement standards remain organised by language modes. Teachers will see no change to the way they have mapped student achievement, assessment and reporting. The achievement standards have been ordered through the use of uniform sentence stems and refined by applying a stable sequence of skills drawn from and anchored to the relevant content descriptions at every level.
- The Learning in English section includes graphic organisers that illustrate the links between the content descriptions and the achievement standards.
Benefits
- The revisions build important connections between the language modes and identify key skill sets:
- Speaking and Listening – ‘When interacting with others’ and ‘When speaking to an audience’
- Reading and Viewing – ‘When reading and viewing texts’ and ‘When demonstrating understanding of texts’
- Writing – ‘When creating texts’
- English Version 2.0 is a more flexible curriculum and invites skills to be transferred across language modes and contexts.
- The revised curriculum provides a clear continuum of learning through content descriptions and skills, and an easy-to-see progression of learning. Content descriptions have been mapped into the achievement standards, supporting assessment of student understanding and skill development.
Understanding the revised curriculum
The VCAA’s high-quality and targeted program of resources and professional learning will help primary and secondary school leaders and teachers to become familiar with the revised curriculum.
Watch videos
Watch these videos to help you understand English Version 2.0.
More professional learning and support resources will be available in Term 1 2024.
Download resources
Download these resources to help you understand English Version 2.0:
Case studies - English Version 2.0 adapted teaching and learning units
Download these case studies to see annotated examples of how current teaching and learning units can be adapted to align with English Version 2.0. These case studies can support schools and teachers to consider the revisions to the English curriculum and reflect on how they revise and update their teaching and learning units.
Level 1 example case study (Bev and Kev)
Level 8 example case study (Between us)
Webinars
Further to watching the videos above and downloading the resources, we invite you to register for our primary and secondary Victorian Curriculum F–10 English Version 2.0 webinars and submit questions upon registration.
These one-hour webinars starting at 4pm, will begin with a short, high-level recap of the key revisions to the F–10 English curriculum and will then open to a live Q & A session.
Register for webinars:
Victorian Curriculum F–10 Revision Project
tel.: 03 7022 1306
email:
vcaa.f10.revisionproject@education.vic.gov.au