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VELS level 4 – Victorian Essential Learning Standards – stages of learning: Building breadth and depth

Level 4

Middle Years

(Yrs 5-8)

In Years 5 to 8 (building breadth and depth) where students progress beyond the foundations, their literacy and numeracy becomes more sophisticated, and important discipline-based and interdisciplinary capacities are progressively introduced.

Key characteristics of students

Level 4

Key characteristics of students at this level include:

  • assuming leadership responsibilities
  • developing self-efficacy skills
  • specialising and differentiating between domains
  • managing new situations and problem-solving
  • learning deeply through extended projects to build flexible thinking and learning strategies
  • exploring concepts that allow for several points of view
  • demonstrating a preference for more specialised intelligences

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