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Holy Family Primary School
Curriculum
The Religious Education curriculum has been designed by the Archdiocese of Melbourne for use in all Catholic schools in Melbourne.The program has an accompanying text ‘To Know, Worship and Love’ suitable for the developmental level of the students in each class. The program is taught in partnership with parish and families by highly qualified teachers committed to the ethos of Catholic education. The school supports students and their families in preparing for the Sacraments of Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation through an ongoing program commencing in Prep.
The Victorian Essential Learning Standards are being introduced to Victorian Schools as the core curriculum from the commencement of 2006.
These standards propose all students need to develop a set of knowledge, skills and behaviours which will prepare them for a world which is complex, rapidly changing and rich in information/communication technology. This outlook demands preparing students through higher order thinking skills and thorough knowledge to succeed in an increasingly global world.
For success all students need to develop the capacities to;
- Manage themselves as individuals and in relation to others
- Understand the world in which they live; and
- Act effectively in that world.
Three core, interrelated strands of the Victorian Essential Learning standards are:
- Discipline Based Learning – The Arts, English, Language other than English, Mathematics, Science and The Humanities.
- Physical, Personal and Social Learning – Health and Physical Education, Interpersonal Development, Personal Learning, Civics and Citizenship
- Interdisiplinary Learning – Communication, Design, Creativity and Technology, Information and Communications Technology, Thinking
These core strands of learning are organised into the following stages of learning and through levels one to four in the primary school.
Years Prep to 4 – Laying the foundations - Levels 1-3
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 8 – Building breadth and depth – Level 4
In these years students’ progress beyond the foundations and their literacy and numeracy becomes more developed. An expanded curriculum provides the basis for in depth learning within all domains in the strands.