St Therese’s curriculum is taken from the Victorian Curriculum and the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework. The Victorian Curriculum F-10 sets out what every student should learn during their first eleven years of schooling. There are eight learning areas and four capability strands.
| Learning Areas | Capabilities |
| English
Mathematics Health & Physical Education Science Humanities Technologies Languages – Indonesian The Arts |
Personal and Social
Creative & Critical Thinking Ethical Intercultural |
Religious Education
As St. Therese’s is a Catholic School and within the Sandhurst Diocese, we have a planned a detailed Religious Education curriculum. This curriculum follows the Sandhurst Curriculum Religious Education Framework that is called ‘Source of Life’. The Source of Life curriculum provides students the opportunities to hear, experience and witness the Good News and to respond to the person and message of Jesus. Within the context of school life, students have a variety of opportunities to experience and participate in liturgy and prayer.
English & Mathematics
Below is a snapshot of the English and Mathematics focus areas for our Junior year levels.
| Instructional Model | Procedures | P-2 Sub-skill focus
Literacy |
P-2 Strand focus
Numeracy |
| Connect & Engage
|
Whole Class
● Modelled ● Shared ● Guided ● Interactive |
Oral Language
Phonemic Awareness Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Creating Texts |
Number
Algebra Measurement Space Statistics
|
| Purposeful Learning | WholeClas/Small Group/Independent
Guided ● Interactive ● Independent |
Oral Language
Phonemic Awareness Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Creating Texts |
Number
Algebra Measurement Space Statistics
|
| Reflection & Review | Whole Class | Oral Language
Comprehension |
|
| Assessment | Early Year Literacy Suite
Essential Assessment PAT Reading Running Records Common Assessment Tasks – Writing |
PAT Mathematics
Essential Assessment
|
Library
Each class visits the library once a week, in this session they are given the opportunity to read and borrow books. The library is also each break time for children to use.
Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships
Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships is a program that was developed in light of the Royal Commission into Family Violence. In the primary schools years the program focuses on teaching children to treat everyone with respect and dignity.
Outdoor Education: Excursions & Camps
Children in all grades are involved in Camping and Outdoor Education Programs. This aims to encourage independence and develop personal relationships in an informal setting.
Implementation:
- Foundation/1/2/3/4 – Incursions & Excursions
- Year 5 – Two day camp
- Year 6 – Three day camp
And More…
There are additional programs that we offer and we encourage you to come for a visit to the school to see them in action.