What is taught?
At Parkhill, we teach according to the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) . They are arranged in three strands, with domains and dimensions branching from that. They are as follows:
| Strand | Domain | Dimension |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, Personal and Social Learning | Health and Physical Education | Movement and physical activity Health knowledge and promotion |
| Interpersonal Development | Building social relationships Working in teams | |
| Personal Learning | The individual learner Managing personal learning | |
| Civics and Citizenship | Civics knowledge and understanding Community engagement | |
| Discipline-based Learning | The Arts | Creating and making Exploring and responding |
| English | Reading Writing Speaking and Listening | |
| The Humanities | ||
| The Humanities - Economics | Economics knowledge and understanding Economics reasoning and interpretation | |
| The Humanities - Geography | Geographical knowledge and understanding Geospatial skills | |
| The Humanities - History | Historical knowledge and understanding Historical reasoning and interpretation | |
| Languages Other Than English (LOTE) | Communicating in a language other than English Intercultural knowledge and language awareness | |
| Mathematics | Number Space Measurement Chance and Data Structure Working mathematically | |
| Science | Science knowledge and understanding Science at work | |
| Interdisciplinary Learning | Communication | Listening Viewing and Responding Presenting |
| Design, Creativity and Technology | Investigating and designing Producing Analysing and evaluating | |
| Information and Communications Technology (ICT) | ICT for visualising thinking ICT for creating ICT for communicating | |
| Thinking Processes | Reasoning Processing and inquiry Creativity Reflection Evaluation and metacognition |