AusVELS is the Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum for Victorian government and Catholic schools for implementation from 2013. AusVELS outlines what is essential for all Victorian students to learn for F-10 and includes the Australian Curriculum F-10 for English, Mathematics, History and Science. It provides a single, coherent and comprehensive set of common achievement standards which schools use to plan student learning programs, assess student progress and report to parents.
AusVELS includes the Australian Curriculum F – 10 learning areas English, Mathematics, Science and History within the structure of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS). AusVELS uses an eleven level structure to reflect the design of the new Australian Curriculum.
The Overview, Support and Resources website provides further information about the structure of AusVELS, as well as planning, support, resources and updates regarding the implementation of the Australian Curriculum in Victoria.
Some Victorian schools will trial aspects of the Australian Curriculum in 2012. The focus of the trial will be on on the scope of the curriculum, new learning resources needed to support teachers implement the curriculum and the utility of the achievement standards for formative and summative assessment purposes... see more