Primary - Curriculum

The Primary Years of Education represent a crucial developmental stage in the life of students. It is the developmental stage when they begin to deepen their understanding and sense of self through increased knowledge of the interconnectedness of the world of which they are part.

The Primary Years of Education are years of growing social independence and increased responsibility for one’s own behaviour.

At St George College explicit teaching for the acquisition of skills, knowledge and understandings about social collaboration is viewed as an important precondition to effective intellectual, social and spiritual development and as a valued component of an integrated teaching and learning program.

The development of independent learners within a safe, supportive and inclusive teaching and learning environment that fosters exploration of new ideas, risk taking and respect for the rights of all learners is an important focus of teachers in the Thiele Learning Team.

During the Primary Years of Education learners develop skills to undertake structured assignments with ever increasing autonomy and are provided with opportunities to engage with tasks and ideas that are designed to push the limits of the known and the familiar.

An additional focus of action for the Thiele Learning Team is to further develop and extend literacy and numeracy skills, as well as knowledge and understandings for all learners and to develop in students a love for Literature and the Arts.
Learners in the Thiele Learning Team experience a curriculum across all eight learning areas and student learning is reinforced by relating it to real world situations and meanings.

The integration and application of critical literacy skills to themes across the learning areas of Science, Society and Environment and Health and Physical Education are seen as critical in developing in learners balanced perspectives and views on social and environmental issues.

Rich and varied specialist curriculum programs compliment the learning of students in the Primary Years.

The teaching of Modern Greek and Italian build and extend the knowledge students have gained in the Early Years. The well equipped Information Technology and Resource Centres are critical to the quality of learning programs in the Primary Years. The Music program offers tuition in a range of Instruments, Voice and Choir while the Physical Education program includes Gymnastics that are taken within our modern Sports Centre.

Co-curricular activities contribute further to the education of the whole person and include a wide variety of Sporting, Arts, and Personal Development programs.
The Orthodox Studies program further builds on students knowledge, understanding and relevance of the Orthodox faith as an integral part of their daily existence.