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Victorian Curriculum 2.0
At Lalor North Primary School, we are proud to deliver the Victorian Curriculum 2.0 as our core teaching and learning program to all students. This revised curriculum is designed to ensure that all students develop the essential knowledge, skills and capabilities to demonstrate growth and succeed. The Victorian Curriculum 2.0 reflects up to date research and provides a clear, structured framework that supports both academic achievement and personal growth. All teachers at Lalor North Primary School plan, assess and deliver using the Victorian Curriculum 2.0, which strongly aligns with the Department of Education teaching and learning, assessment and reporting advice.
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) is responsible for developing the curriculum for Victoria’s school aged students. The Victorian Curriculum F–10 outlines the set of knowledge and skills every Victorian student should learn during their first 10 years of schooling.
The English as an Additional Language (EAL) curriculum is designed for students who are learning English as an additional language. The EAL curriculum supports students to build functional English language skills across 3 strands: Listening and Speaking, Reading and Viewing, and Writing. Content in each strand is arranged into 3 consistent sub-strands: Communication, Text structures and linguistic features, and Plurilingual and cultural strategies. Students expand their linguistic repertoires through structured communication in a range of social and academic contexts, supported by EAL-informed explicit teaching of the English language system. This enables students to build their English knowledge and skills to engage with and learn in all other curriculum areas of the Victorian Curriculum F–10.
Learn more about the Victorian Curriculum F–10.
Curriculum Design for Deep Learning
The Victorian Curriculum 2.0 is organised into learning areas and capabilities, with clear progression across Foundation to Year 10. The curriculum is sequenced to ensure students move through concepts in a logical order, enabling them to build on prior knowledge and deepen their understanding over time.
At Lalor North Primary School, we align our curriculum delivery with the science of learning, focusing on evidence-based practices that support how students best acquire and retain knowledge. Our teaching is grounded in research and is delivered with intentional teaching and learning startegies which include; explicit instruction, guided practice, and regular review to ensure concepts are fully understood and retained long term.
Planning and Collaboration
Our teaching teams work in professional learning communities (PLCs) to plan and deliver the Victorian Curriculum 2.0 across all year levels. Teams collaborate to design units of work that are engaging, inclusive, and aligned with curriculum expectations.
Student achievement and learning data are central to our planning process. Teams regularly analyse assessment data, student work samples, attendance and other relevant evidence to identify strengths, learning needs and areas for growth. This analysis informs teaching priorities, differentiation, targeted intervention and the sequencing of learning.
Our collaborative approach creates consistency in curriculum delivery while maintaining flexibility for teachers to respond to individual student needs. PLCs use evidence from student learning to review the impact of teaching strategies, monitor progress and adjust planning to ensure every student is supported to make meaningful learning growth.
Through this ongoing cycle of plan → teach → assess → analyse → respond, our teachers strengthen collective practice and ensure that curriculum planning is purposeful, evidence-informed and focused on improving student outcomes.
Bilingual Programs: Teaching the Victorian Curriculum 2.0 Through Language
One of the unique strengths of Lalor North Primary School is our bilingual programs. We offer Greek-English and Macedonian-English bilingual education, and we are proud to say that the full Victorian Curriculum 2.0 is taught through both English and the target language. Learning bilingually is a strength that provides students with valuable opportunities to develop their academic knowledge, communication skills, cultural understanding and confidence across two languages.
At Lalor North Primary School, language is highly valued. We recognise the target language as an important part of students’ learning and identity, while also recognising the significant cognitive, academic and cultural benefits that come from learning in two languages. Our bilingual programs provide students with opportunities to use language purposefully across all areas of the curriculum, developing both subject knowledge and language proficiency together.
Learning through two languages is a rich and rewarding process. For some students, it can initially take longer to develop proficiency and academic language in both languages because they are developing two language systems alongside their understanding of increasingly complex curriculum concepts. This is a normal and important part of bilingual language development. Over time, with consistent exposure, explicit teaching and purposeful opportunities to use both languages, students build increasing confidence, fluency and independence.
In our bilingual classrooms, students experience the same high expectations and rigorous curriculum as students in our standard program. Teachers use explicit teaching, purposeful vocabulary instruction, modelling, scaffolding and carefully sequenced learning to ensure students develop a strong understanding of content and concepts in both languages.
A Whole School Commitment
From Foundation to Year 6, all students at Lalor North Primary School experience a curriculum that is:
- Structured: following a sequenced and clearly mapped Victorian Curriculum 2.0
- Inclusive: catering for all learners, including through our bilingual pathways
- Evidence-based: aligned with the latest research in the science of learning
- Collaboratively planned: developed by expert teams working together to meet student needs
At Lalor North Primary School, we are committed to delivering the Victorian Curriculum 2.0 in a way that engages, challenges, and supports every student, whether in English, Greek, or Macedonian. Our programs ensure that all learners grow academically, socially, and linguistically, preparing them for a bright future.
