Curriculum
Banksia Park School delivers DECD procedures of:
High quality learning and care for South Australian children and students must have its base an excellent curriculum. As curriculum is the sum of total of all teaching and learning activities in our schools and children’s services it is every educator’s priority concern.
All schools in South Australia are required to implement the South Australian Curriculum, Standards and Accountability Framework (SACSA). From 2011 schools will also begin to implement the new national curriculum.
Essential Learning Skills
As part of all the curriculum areas, the following skills are developed:
Thinking
- How I understand the world
- Developing creativity, enterprise, wisdom and the capability to evaluate and generate ideas and solutions
Futures
- Who I want to be and how I want the world to be for others and me
- Developing perspectives to critically reflect upon and contribute to creating preferred futures
Communication
- How I express myself and interact with others
- Developing skills and dispositions required to construct and deconstruct meaning and to critically understand the power of communication
Interdependence
Where and how I fit in with others.Participating effectively as part of a team
- Developing a sense of connectedness with other people and systems, reflecting on and taking action to shape communities
Identity
- Who am I? Beginning to develop self-awareness and a strong sense of self worth
- Critically understanding and developing identity, group identity and relationships, and acting to shape these
Assessment And Reporting
Throughout the year, teachers will gladly arrange interviews with parents who wish to discuss a child’s learning or any matter of concern.
| Term | Activity |
|---|---|
| Term 1 | Interviews |
| Term 2 | Written report |
| Term 3 | Optional interviews |
| Term 4 | End of Year Summary Report |
Homework
The most important benefit for homework in the Primary School is the opportunity it provides for children to share their learning with parents. It also provides a means for children to accept responsibility for some learning outside the classroom, particularly in the upper grades. It loses value when it becomes a tedious chore without relevance to the child. Homework is not intended as a imposition but rather as an indication to children that learning is a whole-of-life process.
