Specialist Learning

Specialist learning opportunities enrich the Early Years experience and provide students with opportunities to discover new interests, develop confidence and engage with learning in different ways. Through specialist programs and access to expert educators, students are encouraged to explore, create, collaborate and develop a deeper understanding of the world around them.

Specialist teachers teach the following subjects in our Early Learning Centre:

		KINDY	PRE-PRIMARY	YEAR 1	YEAR 2
	SCIENCE
	RELIGIOUS STUDIES
	MUSIC
	JAPANESE
	VISUAL ARTS
	PHYSICAL EDUCATION
	OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Scientist in Residence

Our Scientist-in-Residence Program affords all our Junior School students the opportunity to learn alongside a qualified scientist in our purpose-built science laboratory. Our Years 1 to 6 students participate in the program weekly, while our Pre-primary students enjoy fortnightly sessions with our school-based scientist. 

Music

All Kindergarten to Year 2 students enjoy a range of music activities and our specialist music program offers learning experiences that develop their performance, composition, theory and music analysis skills. The program, which begins in Kindergarten and continues to Year 6, is a structured, sequential and Kodaly-based program, which recognises singing as the most direct path to a successful musical education. The main aim of the music program is for each child to experience and enjoy as many different types of active music making as possible, both in class and ensembles.

Visual Arts

All of our Kindergarten to Year 2 students participate in a specialist visual arts program, where they are encouraged to independently discover, explore, imagine and experiment with a broad range of materials, processes and ideas.

Our program, which is designed to nurture our students’ imaginations and artistic innovation, provides rich opportunities for our girls to expand their visual communication skills and explore the visual arts as a creative framework for learning.

Sport

Our Physical Education curriculum focuses on the benefits of being active. We believe that participating in recreational and competitive sporting activities contributes to our students’ health and wellbeing.

Our Kindergarten to Year 2 Physical Education curriculum focuses on Fundamental Movement Skills, which are categorised into three components: stability, locomotor and object control. Our Kindergarten girls are taught these skills directly, and they are then developed during Pre-Primary, Year 1 and Year 2 through games, stations and circuits.