Parent Handbook 2013 - Mary Mackillop Primary School

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Page 8 Mary MacKillop Primary School Parent Handbook Curriculum—Victorian Essential Learning Standards The Victorian Essential Learning Standards is a whole school curriculum planning framework. Underpinning the curriculum are the following three interwoven purposes to equip students with capacities to:- Manage themselves and their relations with others Understand the world and act effectively in that world To prepare them for success in education, work and life. This is achieved through the three core, interrelated strands of Physical. Personal and Social Learning Knowledge, skills and behaviours in:- Health and Physical Education Personal Learning Interpersonal Development Civics and Citizenship Discipline Based Learning Knowledge, skills and behaviours in:- The Arts English Languages Other Than English The Humanities Mathematics Science Interdisciplinary Learning Knowledge, skills and behaviours in:- Communication Design Creativity and Technology Information and Communications Technology Thinking Across the stages of learning:- Years Prep to Four—Laying the Foundations In these years the curriculum focuses on developing the fundamental knowledge, skills and behaviours in literacy and numeracy and other areas including physical and social capacities which underpin all future learning. Years Five to Eight—Building Breath and Depth In these years students progress beyond the foundations and their literacy and numeracy becomes more developed. An expanded curriculum program provides the basis for in depth learning within all domains in the three learning strands. Years Nine to Ten—Developing Pathways In these years students develop greater independence of mind and interests. They seek deeper connections between their learning and the world around them and explore how learning might be applied in that world. They need to experience learning in work and community settings as well as the classroom. They are beginning to develop preferred areas for their learning.
Page 9 Mary MacKillop Primary School Parent Handbook Teaching and Learning at Mary MacKillop Teachers at Mary MacKillop use the VELS learning framework as a basis for planning at each level. At Mary MacKillop our curriculum centres on a Prep to Year Six concept each term. This concept gives direction for learning in all areas of the curriculum, in particular Science, Information and Technology, The Arts, Humanities- Economics, Geography and History, Health, Civics and Citizenship, Personal Learning, English and Mathematics. Each term teachers in each level publish a Curriculum Term Outline. This document is designed to inform parents of the curriculum focus for learning during the term. English and Mathematics skills are taught everyday in all classes and form the foundations for learning. It is our belief that the teaching of these skills need to be explicit, practised, applied and related to life experiences. In order to become confident readers, speakers, writers and spellers, the following three skills are constantly reinforced through various literacy activities: 1. Understanding the relationship between letters and the sounds they can make (phonics). 2. Using the correct grammar of both spoken and written language. 3. Learning to gain meaning from text. Technology is very much part of children’s lives and therefore a vital component in learning. Computer, Interactive Whiteboards, Internet access and other modern devices such as iTouch provide our students with additional avenues for learning. Mary MacKillop Primary School is part of the Catholic Education Victoria Network and is therefore limited to www access to sites deemed educationally sound and appropriate by this body. An acceptable User Policy outlining expectations, appropriate use of, and consequences of inappropriate use to network resources is in place. Classroom Organisation At Mary MacKillop School classes are generally organised into straight groupings such as Year Prep, Year 1, Year 2 etc. Curriculum The school implements the Victorian Essential Learning Standards or VELS as the core curriculum taught and reported against at Mary MacKillop school. At Mary MacKillop we implement VELS through an integrated approach to learning. This allows the students to have many real life learning experiences. Our aim is to create a community of effective learners who are not only knowledgeable but are also able to find and use information as required. “When reading at home, the main focus is to nurture an interest in literature and a love for reading.”
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