Curriculum
We want our students to develop a passion for learning.
We aim to encourage students to question, hypothesise, experiment,
discuss and problem solve, and to use all of the resources available to
them, to further their learning. We expect our students to be actively
involved in their learning, developing confidence, independence and self
reliance.
Our curriculum is based on the SACSA framework, as well
as taking into consideration the changes occurring as a result of the
introduction of the new Australian Curriculum.
The Australian Curriculum describes a learning
entitlement for each Australian student that provides a foundation for
successful, lifelong learning and participation in the Australian community.
It acknowledges that the needs and interests of students will vary, and that
schools and teachers will plan from the curriculum in ways that respond to
those needs and interests. The Australian Curriculum acknowledges the
changing ways in which young people will learn and the challenges that will
continue to shape their learning in the future.
The Australian Curriculum has initially addressed the
learning areas of English, Mathematics, Science and History, with more areas
to follow. It sets out what all young people should be
taught through the specification of curriculum content and the learning
expected at points in their schooling through the specification of
achievement standards.
Each learning area or subject includes:
•a statement of rationale and a set of aims
•an overview of how the learning area is organised
•year level descriptions
•content descriptions (knowledge, understanding and
skills) specifying what teachers are expected to teach
•content elaborations to provide additional clarity by
way of illustrative examples only
•achievement standards that describe the quality of
learning (the depth of understanding, extent of knowledge and sophistication
of skill) expected of students at points in their schooling
•annotated student work samples that illustrate the
achievement standard at each year level. As the Australian Curriculum is
implemented, the available work samples will be enhanced in both volume and
range of forms.
•a glossary to support consistent understanding of
terms used
Increasingly, in a world where knowledge itself is
constantly growing and evolving, students need to develop a set of skills,
behaviours and dispositions, or general capabilities that apply across
discipline content and equip them to be lifelong learners able to operate
with confidence in a complex, information-rich, globalised world.
The Australian Curriculum includes a focus on seven
general capabilities (literacy, numeracy, information and communication
technology competence, critical and creative thinking, ethical behaviour,
personal and social competence and intercultural understanding) and three
cross-curriculum priorities (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories
and cultures, Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia and Sustainability).
Continua of learning have been developed for each, to describe the relevant
knowledge, understanding and skills at particular points of schooling. These
have been embedded where relevant and appropriate in each learning area and
can be viewed explicitly in the curriculum online.
For more information follow the link below
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au