Our Curriculum
Our school prides itself on being able to develop individualised programs for the diverse range of our students' needs. We offer individual and small group programs including maths and language intervention as well as social skills. We have a whole school focus on developing our students oral language capacity. We are recognised as a school that strongly supports our ESL students who make up a significant proportion of our school poulation respectively.
The Victorian Essential Learning Standard (VELS)
The school has implemented the new curriculum framework through the Essential Learning Standards. A summary of the VELS structure can be obtained by clicking here.
At Elizabeth Street Primary School our curriculum is based
around The Essential Learning Standards.This curriculum is focused on
what is essential for all students to achieve from prep to year
6. The Learning Standards provide a framework for planning
the whole school curriculum by setting out standards for students to
achieve in core areas.
To ensure that the school develops students in these areas the
curriculum is set out in these 3 core areas:
| Strand | Domain |
|
Physical, Personal and Social Learning |
Health and Physical Education |
|
Discipline Based Learning |
The Arts |
|
Interdisciplinary Learning |
|
Our teachers also do considerable joint planning and have developed a two year cycle integrated curriculum.
Reporting to Parents and Parent - Teacher Interviews
All students receive two reports per year. A teacher or parent
may request interviews at any time of year if/when required.
Report 1: Mid year (end of term 2) detailed report identifying
individual achievements and/or areas of improvement, in relation to the
standards set by the Education Department.
Report 2: End of year detailed report also identifying individual
achievements and/or areas of improvement, in relation to the standards
set by the Education Department.
Parent - Teacher Interviews are held at the end of term one.
Perceptual Motor Program (PMP)
The Perceptual Motor Program (PMP) operates in our Prep, one
and two classes during Term 2 and 3, twice a week, as a strategy to
assist the development of children's gross motor skills and therefore
assist with the development of fine motor skills, essential in the
learning of reading and writing.
Computers
Computers are a key aspect of the school program. The school
is well equipped in this area having computers in each classroom. In
addition, banks of Laptops and Netbooks have been recently purchased
for grade use.
The school is committed to maintaining, upgrading and expanding
hardware systems and software.
Homework
Homework encourages children to be responsible for their own learning. It fostesr good study habits and helps to develop lifelong learning. Homework also compliments and reinforces classroom learning.
The following time allocations apply:
• Prep to Year 4 not to exceed 30 minutes each school day none
for weekends or holiday period
• Year 5 to 6 around 30 to 45 minutes daily, to a maximum of 225
minutes per week. This may include weekends.
Our school policy is available upon request.