PRIMARY YEARS CURRICULUM

Focus

The curriculum focus for the primary years is to:

  • Enable students to investigate and understand God’s purpose for their lives.
  • Provide a learning environment where each student feels understood, supported, valued and encouraged by teaching staff. 
  • Expose students to the concept of, “Learning and Serving” as a principle for living that embraces both serving God and serving others within the student’s family, school, church and local community contexts.
  • Include and facilitate students as active participants within and contributors to each curriculum context through personal reflection, collaborative learning and inquiry-based learning approaches.
  • Relate student learning to everyday life, contemporary issues and their own personal interests and experiences.

Outcome

The curriculum outcome for each student in the Primary Years is to:

  • Develop respect for God, teachers, parents, fellow students and oneself.

  • Value the importance of learning and the opportunity to be a successful learner at school.

  • Develop learning skills, attitudes and personal disciplines that will provide a basis for success throughout the learning experience at school and beyond. 

  • Acquire the learning skills and knowledge to be an effective, self-motivated, independent learner who can utilize learning technologies with competence, wisdom and responsibility. 

  • Appreciate their personal worth and importance to God and to others.    

  • Become an active contributor within the school environment by serving others.

  • Deepen and develop their thinking skills as creative and critical thinkers who respect the contribution of others who assist their learning.

  • Develop their areas of interest, creativity and God-given abilities.

Program

In the Primary Years (4-6), students at Mount Torrens Christian School undertake a learning programme made up of:

  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Design Technology
  • Science
  • Civics and Citizenship
  • Geography
  • History
  • Language Studies (German)
  • Physical Education
  • Community Service
  • Art
  • Christian Living
  • Music
  • Choir