All students are offered a well-rounded curriculum based on the Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline Early Years Learning Framework.
There are 8 learning areas; English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, The Arts, Technologies, Health & Physical Education and Languages.
Specialist teachers are employed in the areas of:
- Languages – the teaching of French to students in Years 1-6.
- Music – our Music program includes a School of Instrumental Music (IMSS) program catering for selected students in Years 3-6 providing instruction in violin, viola, clarinet, flute and brass.
- Physical Education.
- Visual Art.
Western Australian Curriculum
The Pre-primary to Year 10 Western Australian curriculum provides a coherent and comprehensive set of prescribed content and achievement standards which schools will use to plan student learning programs, assess student progress and report to parents.
The Western Australian curriculum currently encompasses ACARA’s Australian curriculum English, mathematics, science and history.
In addition, year-level syllabuses for Humanities and Social Sciences, Health and Physical Education, Technologies and The Arts have been released for familiarisation.
The Western Australian syllabuses remain broadly consistent with the Australian curriculum but have been contextualised to make them more suitable for Western Australian students and teachers.
The achievement standards for Humanities and Social Sciences (Society and Environment) and Health and Physical Education have now been published. Achievement standards for Technologies, The Arts and Languages will be progressively published during 2016.
Given the phased implementation of the Western Australian curriculum, schools may be teaching some learning areas from the Western Australian curriculum supplemented by learning areas described in the former Western Australian Curriculum Framework.
School Curriculum & Standards Authority Expected Stands
All teachers from Pre-primary (Foundation) to Year 6 follow the Australian Curriculum in the four areas of English, Mathematics, Science and History. Year 1-6 teachers report against the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards. Achievement standards are comprised of a written description and student work samples. The achievement standard describes the expected achievement for students who have been taught the curriculum content for the full year of schooling.
All teachers at Subiaco Primary collaborate with year level colleagues to examine student work samples and discuss collaborative assessment tasks to assist in determining allocation of grades for semester reports. Together, the description of the achievement standard and the on line work samples help teachers to make informed judgements about whether students have achieved the standard.
Teachers continue to use a range and variety of assessment information collected throughout the year to determine a final grade for the purpose of reporting to parents. If you have any questions please see your child’s classroom teacher.