Teaching and Learning
21st Century Learning
At Aireys Inlet Primary School, we provide rich and supportive environments to develop our students into 21st Century Learners. Many of the jobs that your children will have when they are adults are not even created yet, so it is so important for them to develop these skills to transfer this knowledge into every aspect of their lives.
These skills are developed through rich Literacy and Numeracy experiences and are at the core of our teaching and learning programs.
We use a variety of tools and strategies to provide our students with opportunities to develop these skills. These include using apps to demonstrate and prove their thinking, flexible learning spaces to promote a variety of learning experiences, and individualised teaching and learning to target the needs of all students. The Victorian Curriculum sets out what every student should learn during their first eleven years of schooling. The curriculum is the common set of knowledge and skills required by students for life-long learning, social development and active and informed citizenship.
Literacy
Literacy is separated into three areas:
- Reading and Viewing
- Writing
- Speaking and Listening
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Reading
Students participate in shared, modelled, guided and independent reading activities in whole class, small group and individual settings. Groups are fluid and flexible to cater for different learning needs and goals.
The daily reading program centres around a reading CAFÉ, an acronym for:
Comprehension
Accuracy
Fluency
Expanding Vocabulary
The CAFÉ reading menu has been developed to help students understand and master strategies used by successful readers.
Writing
The Six Traits of Writing program is used to teach students skills in how to improve their writing in a variety of genres. The Six Traits are:
- Ideas
- Organisation
- Voice
- Word choice
- Fluency
- Conventions
This program is complemented by the Seven Steps of Writing, which provides students with the tools required to structure their written texts to effectively communicate their ideas and opinions. Through writing conferences, students develop individual goals to improve their writing skills.
Using the Sound Waves program, all formal word studies (including spelling, vocabulary, grammar conventions) are included.
Speaking and Listening
Speaking and listening is modelled and applied throughout the day as students engage in discussions, the retelling and reading of stories, sharing news and group interaction as they work cooperatively.
Senior students participate in Toastmasters Speaking and Listening program in order to practice public speaking, improve communication and build leadership skills. Students will be required to research, prepare, practice, present and evaluate oral presentations.
Read more about literacy
Reading
Students participate in shared, modelled, guided and independent reading activities in whole class, small group and individual settings. Groups are fluid and flexible to cater for different learning needs and goals.
The daily reading program centres around a reading CAFÉ, an acronym for:
Comprehension
Accuracy
Fluency
Expanding Vocabulary
The CAFÉ reading menu has been developed to help students understand and master strategies used by successful readers.
Writing
The Six Traits of Writing program is used to teach students skills in how to improve their writing in a variety of genres. The Six Traits are:
- Ideas
- Organisation
- Voice
- Word choice
- Fluency
- Conventions
This program is complemented by the Seven Steps of Writing, which provides students with the tools required to structure their written texts to effectively communicate their ideas and opinions. Through writing conferences, students develop individual goals to improve their writing skills.
Using the Sound Waves program, all formal word studies (including spelling, vocabulary, grammar conventions) are included.
Speaking and Listening
Speaking and listening is modelled and applied throughout the day as students engage in discussions, the retelling and reading of stories, sharing news and group interaction as they work cooperatively.
Senior students participate in Toastmasters Speaking and Listening program in order to practice public speaking, improve communication and build leadership skills. Students will be required to research, prepare, practice, present and evaluate oral presentations.
Numeracy
Mathematics includes the areas of :
- Number and algebra
- Measurement and geometry
- Probability and statistics.
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Mathematics
Teachers assess students and plan a variety of activities based on these assessments to address each child’s individual needs. Activities include lots of hands on sessions with a wide range of resources and equipment.
The Maths block operates for one hour daily. Students explore a variety of open ended tasks designed to address their individual needs both independently and in small group workshops.
Strong emphasis will be placed on skill development and the application of these skills to a wide range of practical everyday situations. This practical application of skills in a variety of problem solving situations will provide the focus of student extension.
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Mathematics
Teachers assess students and plan a variety of activities based on these assessments to address each child’s individual needs. Activities include lots of hands on sessions with a wide range of resources and equipment.
The Maths block operates for one hour daily. Students explore a variety of open ended tasks designed to address their individual needs both independently and in small group workshops.
Strong emphasis will be placed on skill development and the application of these skills to a wide range of practical everyday situations. This practical application of skills in a variety of problem solving situations will provide the focus of student extension.
Inquiry
At Aireys Inlet Primary School, we offer a rich integrated curriculum for students through MAPPEN.
The integrated inquiry learning sequences are designed to ensure that content from the following areas is addressed at each level:
- Science
- Technologies (Design and Technologies)
- The Humanities
- Health and Physical Education
- Critical and Creative Thinking
- Ethical Capability
- Intercultural Capability
- Personal and Social Capability
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Whole school inquiry unit sequences are taught bi-annually.
Click the links below to take a look at you child’s Inquiry topic.
| Sequence One | Community | Sustainability | Social Justice | Creativity |
| Foundation | In Our Community | Our Sustainable World | Fairness And Friendship | Topsy Turvy Tales |
| Years 1 & 2 | Places And Spaces | Tip Toe Through Our World | Celebrating Differences | Robot Buddies |
| Years 3 & 4 | First Contact | Look At What We Have Got | Someone Else’s Shoes | Behind The Scenes |
| Years 5 & 6 | Making Democracy | Think Global, Act Local | Care For The Kids | Bizarre Bazaar |
| Sequence Two | Identity | Change | Discovery | Connections |
| Foundation | Shaping Identity | The Changing World | The Bridge And Beyond | Great And Small |
| Years 1 & 2 | Growing Older And Wiser | Stimulating Science | Light And Sound | Through Generations |
| Years 3 & 4 | The Game Of Life | Into The Unknown | Forces And Functions | Our Island Home |
| Years 5 & 6 | Ethics And Emotions | Museums In Motion | The Journey To Discovery | Data And Decisions |
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Whole school inquiry unit sequences are taught bi-annually.
Click the links below to take a look at you child’s Inquiry topic.
| Sequence One | Community | Sustainability | Social Justice | Creativity |
| Foundation | In Our Community | Our Sustainable World | Fairness And Friendship | Topsy Turvy Tales |
| Years 1 & 2 | Places And Spaces | Tip Toe Through Our World | Celebrating Differences | Robot Buddies |
| Years 3 & 4 | First Contact | Look At What We Have Got | Someone Else’s Shoes | Behind The Scenes |
| Years 5 & 6 | Making Democracy | Think Global, Act Local | Care For The Kids | Bizarre Bazaar |
| Sequence Two | Identity | Change | Discovery | Connections |
| Foundation | Shaping Identity | The Changing World | The Bridge And Beyond | Great And Small |
| Years 1 & 2 | Growing Older And Wiser | Stimulating Science | Light And Sound | Through Generations |
| Years 3 & 4 | The Game Of Life | Into The Unknown | Forces And Functions | Our Island Home |
| Years 5 & 6 | Ethics And Emotions | Museums In Motion | The Journey To Discovery | Data And Decisions |
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Specialist Programs
Aireys Inlet provides a number of specialist programs including:
- Visual Arts
- Performing Arts
- LOTE
- Health and PE
- Science and Technologies
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Visual Arts
Visual Arts is offered at Aireys Inlet Primary School in a fortnightly 90 minute session. In every society the Arts play a pivotal role socially, economically and culturally. Students will use their environment, their experiences and their imagination as an inspiration for their work. They will develop an ability to concentrate and complete an artwork over a period of time. Students are developing a foundation of self-awareness about their own interests and preferences in Visual Arts. Through exploration of a variety of tools, techniques and materials appropriate to the artworks being developed, they are able to demonstrate their growing individual creativity and ability to express themselves. Students are learning to respond reflectively to the artwork of others.
The Performing Arts program is available to all students from Foundation – Year 6. Students learn Performing Arts skills such as singing, instrumental music, dance, drama and performance through working with the Performing Arts teacher, classroom teachers or visiting skilled practitioners in a specific performing arts area. Examples of these are performances involving singing or contemporary dance, which are performed at Geelong Schools Movement and Music Festival annually.
All students participate in an active Physical Education program. The program is conducted by a Physical Education specialist teacher, in conjunction with classroom teachers. Physical Education encompasses swimming, athletics, outdoor adventure activities, gymnastics, fundamental motor skills, bike education and games skills.
The regular school-based program builds students’ fitness, agility, strength and co-ordination through a broad range of age-appropriate activities.
Students in Foundation to Year 6 participate in the annual Athletics Competition and from this activity selected students compete against other district schools. A Cross Country Running competition is available for students in Year 3 to Year 6.
The Australian Curriculum: Science has two interrelated strands:
- Science Understanding
- Science Inquiry Skills
Together, the two strands of the science curriculum provide students with understanding, knowledge and skills through which they can develop a scientific view of the world. Students are challenged to explore science, its concepts, nature and uses through clearly described inquiry processes.
For more information please visit:
http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/science/introduction/structure
Information and Communications Technology (I.C.T.) is taught across all year levels from Foundation to Year 6. The program offers children experiences using a variety of software programs and emphasis is placed on Cyber Safety and correct use of the Web for learning.
Students in Year 4 to Year 6 are required to have an iPad for one-to-one learning purchased by parents. Students in Years Foundation to Year 3 will have access to school purchased iPads and netbooks.
Read more about our specialist programs
Visual Arts
Visual Arts is offered at Aireys Inlet Primary School in a fortnightly 90 minute session. In every society the Arts play a pivotal role socially, economically and culturally. Students will use their environment, their experiences and their imagination as an inspiration for their work. They will develop an ability to concentrate and complete an artwork over a period of time. Students are developing a foundation of self-awareness about their own interests and preferences in Visual Arts. Through exploration of a variety of tools, techniques and materials appropriate to the artworks being developed, they are able to demonstrate their growing individual creativity and ability to express themselves. Students are learning to respond reflectively to the artwork of others.
The Performing Arts program is available to all students from Foundation – Year 6. Students learn Performing Arts skills such as singing, instrumental music, dance, drama and performance through working with the Performing Arts teacher, classroom teachers or visiting skilled practitioners in a specific performing arts area. Examples of these are performances involving singing or contemporary dance, which are performed at Geelong Schools Movement and Music Festival annually.
All students participate in an active Physical Education program. The program is conducted by a Physical Education specialist teacher, in conjunction with classroom teachers. Physical Education encompasses swimming, athletics, outdoor adventure activities, gymnastics, fundamental motor skills, bike education and games skills.
The regular school-based program builds students’ fitness, agility, strength and co-ordination through a broad range of age-appropriate activities.
Students in Foundation to Year 6 participate in the annual Athletics Competition and from this activity selected students compete against other district schools. A Cross Country Running competition is available for students in Year 3 to Year 6.
The Australian Curriculum: Science has two interrelated strands:
- Science Understanding
- Science Inquiry Skills
Together, the two strands of the science curriculum provide students with understanding, knowledge and skills through which they can develop a scientific view of the world. Students are challenged to explore science, its concepts, nature and uses through clearly described inquiry processes.
For more information please visit:
http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/science/introduction/structure
Information and Communications Technology (I.C.T.) is taught across all year levels from Foundation to Year 6. The program offers children experiences using a variety of software programs and emphasis is placed on Cyber Safety and correct use of the Web for learning.
Students in Year 4 to Year 6 are required to have an iPad for one-to-one learning purchased by parents. Students in Years Foundation to Year 3 will have access to school purchased iPads and netbooks.