Curriculum Opportunities

We pride ourselves on a wide range of curriculum opportunities for our students

It’s not the curriculum that we offer that sets us apart, it’s the manner in which it’s delivered

Any school can teach a curriculum. Amazing schools like ours is full of teachers actively and passionately exploring the possibilities of making their teaching practice more innovative, engaging and fun at every turn. This is the single ingredient that drives the most growth in our students.

The success we attain is not only evidenced by the assessment data – but it’s seen through the smiles and joy we see on our student’s faces as a concept is grasped. This is the indefinable element that drives us as teachers to produce and grow our own teaching skills year in, year out.

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Student Wellbeing

At St Bridget’s we are a welcoming and inclusive Catholic community where the Gospel values underpin everything we do. The Gospel values include faith, service, courage, justice, hope, love, reconciliation and community and we try to instill these values in our students by modelling through our behaviour and actions.

Literacy

Through the study of English, students learn to analyse, understand, communicate and build relationships with others and with the world around them.

Numeracy

The study of Numeracy helps to develop useful mathematical and number skills for everyday life.

Gifted & Talented

At St Bridget’s we support every child to be the best they can and to reach their potential. We recognise that gifted learners have different learning needs and we are committed to providing for these needs in our classrooms and programs.

Early Intervention Program

We have many programs to help students along the way

Religious Education

Religious Education is at the core of all the learning and teaching at St Bridget’s Catholic Primary School. As proud Catholics, social justice is integrated into our learning and teaching and the way we engage with each other.

Languages

At St Bridget’s the Language of Italian is offered.

Music and Performing Arts

The Music and Performing Arts program at St Bridget’s is offered to all students across the school from Prep through to Year 6.

Visual Arts

In Visual Arts students learn as an artist and viewer and they also learn through making and responding.

Physical Education

At St Bridget’s the Health and Physical Education program involves building knowledge, skills and understandings that apply to a range of health, wellbeing, safety and movement contexts.

S.T.E.M.

S.T.E.M. is an approach to learning that incorporates the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Inquiry

At St Bridget’s the online resource ‘Mappen’ is used to assist teachers in the delivery of Inquiry

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Student Wellbeing

To assist us we employ a range of strategies to help students learn these values and to ensure the safe well-being of all children both in the classroom and on the playground. The strategies we use at St Bridget's include:

School policies around child safety and behaviour management;
School Rules which are consistent across the school which are frequently used in the classroom and on the playground;
Circle Time used as a tool for improving relationships and behaviour;
Mindfulness involving activities that increase students’ ability to regulate their emotions, decrease stress, anxiety and depression;
Social stories which help children to understand the nuances of interpersonal communication so that they can interact in an effective and appropriate manner;
Buddy Program between students in Year 6 and Prep where as part of our leadership program the senior students support and nurture the Prep students through structure activities and informal play;
The Bounce Back program which is a positive education approach to well-being, resilience and social-emotional learning;
The Alert Program used in the junior classes to help younger students regulate their emotions. Through the Alert Program students are taught to identify their emotions and strategies to regulate their emotions;
Access to medical professionals through Catholic Education to further support students including speech pathologists and psychologists;
Increased supervision on the playground at recess and lunchtime to support individual students with additional needs as well as adult supervision provided before and after school;
Our Kitchen/Garden program provides students the opportunity to use our organic produce as well as connect life skills and science concepts to their learning experience. Structured activities are organised on a regular basis involving the garden. Students are placed in multi-aged groups to help collaboration across year levels thereby increasing their level of socialisation, compassion, patience and understanding.

As students learn at different rates some students require more support than others and the staff work very closely in partnership with families to provide that support. As a Catholic community it is our role and responsibility to support all students and their families.

Numeracy

The study of Numeracy helps to develop useful mathematical and number skills for everyday life and helps students to pose and solve problems in Numeracy as well as in other curriculum areas.

At St Bridget’s, time is allocated each day for the teaching of Numeracy across the school. The Numeracy block comprises of whole class teaching of a particular maths skill and/or concept often introduced with a game and then followed up with activities which are tailored to students’ individual learning needs. Students may be grouped into either ability or mixed ability groups where students rotate through different focussed activities over the week. This allows the teacher to work with a particular group each day honing in on a specific Numeracy skill.

The online Numeracy programs of Matific and Prodigy are used to engage students and to complement the teaching of Numeracy at St Bridget’s.

Pre and post tests are conducted for each unit of the three strands of mathematics: Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry and Statistics and Probability. These tests conducted before and after each unit help to identify what students understand, what students need to be taught and also to monitor their progress and growth.

Religious Education

At St Bridget’s Catholic Primary School we place a strong emphasis on developing an understanding of Jesus - The Good Shepherd. Children participate in Church celebrations, liturgies and daily prayer. Children attend Whole School Masses on Wednesday mornings with Parishioners during each Term and families are also invited to Whole School Family Masses once a month. Families are also invited to weekly Assemblies where the students deliver a presentation on the Gospel for the coming Sunday. This is an opportunity for us to share our faith tradition with our community.

Religious Education content is taught where students are able to make meaningful links with their world through Bible stories and scripture. The students learn about the Sacraments throughout their years at St Bridget's, but special emphasis is given to these when students celebrate Reconciliation in Year 3, receive First Eucharist in Year 4 and Confirmation in Year 6.

Languages

At St Bridget’s the Language of Italian is offered and taught across the school from Prep through to Year 6. Italian is taught once a week by a Specialist Teacher and is taught through a particular curriculum area to match what is being taught in the general classroom across the school. For example, where the Inquiry Unit taught in the general classroom is Science themed then this topic is also taught in the Italian lessons. Conversation skills and cultural awareness however also continues to be a focus in the lessons.

To ensure the language of Italian remains relevant and meaningful for our students, Italian is integrated into the general classroom as functional phrases such as greetings, the calendar, the roll, asking to go to the bathroom and for a drink as well as during prayer time.

An Italian Day is held biennially and is a celebration of the culture of Italy including the fashion, the food, games and activities.

Music

The Music program at St Bridget’s is offered to all students across the school from Prep through to Year 6 and is taught by a Specialist teacher once a week. The class lessons include both performing arts and music. St Bridget’s also has a choir, who rehearse once a week and perform at our weekly and monthly Masses and at school events. A school production is also held biennially where all students from Prep through to Year 6 are involved.

As an extension to our Music program, weekly 1/2 hour individual and 45 minute group music and/drama lessons are offered to all students. Individual voice and/or drama lessons are taught by Jon Bode who is a Professional Opera Singer and also our Performing Arts/Music Teacher. The weekly 1/2 instrumental lessons including keyboard, guitar and violin are taught by teachers from Leaders of Rock. A link to the individual websites for Jon Bode and Leaders of Rock is below.

Jon Bode

https://www.extraordinaryacts.com.au/

Leaders of Rock

https://www.leadersofrock.com/

Visual Arts

In Visual Arts students learn as an artist and viewer and they also learn through making and
responding.

At St Bridget’s, our Visual Arts program is taught by a Specialist Teacher who is also a talented
artist. A well-equipped art room is provided for art lessons to occur including provision of a pottery
kiln. Visual Art lessons occur once a week for all classes from Prep through to Year 6 and an Art
Exhibition displaying all children’s artwork is held biennially.

‘Aqua’ by Carly Wills (Visual Arts Teacher and Artist)

Physical Education

At St Bridget’s the Health and Physical Education program involves building knowledge, skills and understandings that apply to a range of health, wellbeing, safety and movement contexts, including:

Swimming and water safety
Respectful relationships
Building resilience
Health and lifestyle
Bullying
Child safety
Road safety

Class Health and Physical Education lessons are taught be a Specialist Teacher once a week as well as the Classroom Teacher. Swimming lessons are provided to all students from Prep through to Year 6 as an intensive program each year as well as having an opportunity to compete in a school athletics and swimming carnival.

In addition, Senior years at St Bridget’s (often from Year 4) have an opportunity to play and compete in sport at an interschool level in a range of sports including swimming, athletics, cricket, tennis, softball, soccer, AFL football, basketball and dodgeball. If successful at District level students also have opportunities to compete at a Regional and State level.

S.T.E.M.

STEM is an approach to learning that incorporates the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Through STEM, students develop key skills including creativity, problem solving, critical analysis, teamwork, independent thinking, initiative, communication and digital literacy.

STEM lessons are taught as part of Well-being groups each week, where students in multi-age groups across the school participate in a range of activities. These groups are rotated each week so as all students experience the full range of activities. STEM lessons are also taught where our Inquiry units have a Science focus.

Inquiry

At St Bridget’s the online resource ‘Mappen’ is used to assist teachers in the delivery of Inquiry which include content from the following Curriculum areas:

Technologies (Design and Technologies)
The Humanities (Geography, History, Civics and Citizenship (Years 3-6), Economics and Business (Years 5-6)
Science
Health and Physical Education
Critical and Creative Thinking
Ethical Capability
Intercultural Capability
Personal and Social Capability