Prep-Year 6 Curriculum
The P-6 classes at Myrtleford P12 College are vibrant, exciting places to be in. Our staff love to learn, and we encourage our students to be social connected, life-long learners. We promote Growth Mindsets and teach that mistakes are inevitable in life, but they are what we need to help us learn and improve.
Our students benefit from innovative teaching, using state-of-the art Interactive eBoards, student computers and iPads. Year 5 and 6 students collaborate in their learning using Google Apps for Education.
Teachers are committed to treating each student as an individual. Pre-assessment is used to identify where a student’s starting point is so that they receive the correct instruction to help them learn and improve. We want learning to be a visual process so that students can clearly see where they are, what they need to do to improve, and then feel proud when they can see how they have progressed.
Our goal is to produce life-long learners and we believe this is achieved through developing a love of learning through an engaging learning environment.
We wish to create a community that:
- is safe
- is inclusive
- is challenging
- is engaging
- is demonstrating independent working
- is where teachers and students work as a team
- has a family atmosphere
- is where students are given choice and a voice
- is where only positive language is heard
We have developed benchmarks for the students to work towards, that encompass our school values:
- Respect
- Responsibility
- Being safe
- Being a good community member
Some of the features of our P-6 Program are as follows:
- Morning Literacy block with a strong focus on the explicit teaching of Reading, Writing, Spelling and Grammar.
- A solid Numeracy block each day.
- Strong Literacy and Numeracy support program for students with who need targeted help.
- Targeted support programs aimed at helping students achieve success (Speech Therapy, Social Skills, Fine Motor Skills, Enrichment and Extension Programs).
- Specialist Art, Physical Education and Italian classes
- Perceptual Motor Program for P-2 students
- Sport Program for all students
- Strong swimming and sports program
- An average of 2 Science lessons per week using the facilities of the Science and Language Centre
- Library skills and borrowing sessions in College Library
- Theme based studies to make meaningful links in student learning
- 1-1 student laptops for students in Year 4-6.
- Years 1-6 Student Representative Council with representatives from each class
- Commitment to supporting community events such as the Myrtleford Show and Myrtleford Festival
- Weekly celebration of student work and achievement during Friday Assemblies where parents are invited to attend.
- Sun Smart policy with shaded play areas and the wearing of hats in terms 1 and 4
- Transition program to enable smooth transition from Kinder to Prep and Year 6 into Year 7.
