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LEARNING SUPPORT

PROJECT BASED LEARNING

FUTURE FOCUSED LEARNING

WITHIN THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND

In Project Based Learning, teachers make learning come alive for students.

This involves students transferring knowledge and skills learnt in key learning areas such as Science, Geography, History, Personal Development and Health, and Christian Studies into ways they can either solve a real-world problem or develop creative possibilities that benefit others. PBL gives students the opportunity to learn that they can make a positive difference in their community. This is called Service Learning and is how we show our Christian faith in action.

As a result, students develop deep content knowledge as well as empathy for others, critical thinking, collaboration, creativity and communication skills. Project Based Learning unleashes an engaging creative energy amongst students and teachers.

PROJECT BASED LEARNING

Agile Learning Spaces

St Paul's is a dynamic, innovative and future-focused school where students are supported by highly dedicated staff within a positive and safe learning environment.

Our classrooms provide flexibility in how spaces can be used to provide for the diverse ways students learn. This encourages students to take greater responsibility of their own learning; when students feel comfortable, they are more engaged in their learning.

Families are invited to arrange a visit to see first-hand how our students thrive in this exciting environment.

Teaching & Learning for the Future

All learning spaces are supported by extensive ICT facilities which include: touchscreen laptops, interactive white boards, mobile large screen televisions and coding resources.

FUTURE FOCUSED LEARNING

WITHIN THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND

At St Paul’s we value innovating with the curriculum and ensuring we provide a high quality education. This means that your child is being taught by committed teachers at the forefront of the educational practices.

Learning at St Paul’s is meaningful and engaging. Our staff support each other and work closely together to meet the unique learning needs of each student, while fostering a sense of belonging and togetherness. Our curriculum follows the NSW Syllabus and our staff are committed to regularly improving their teaching skills and knowledge through professional learning opportunities based on current research.

Student Agency

At St Paul’s, student voice is important to learning and school culture. Students set learning goals based on personal reflection and feedback from others and make decisions together on initiatives that benefit the school. Our staff provide opportunities for students to develop their decision-making skills in their learning and social interactions.  

Service Learning

Through project-based learning, community partnerships and SRC initiatives, our students put empathy and compassion into action in Service Learning. We transfer our skills and knowledge into acts that benefit our community, solve problems and create possibilities. Examples of our Service Learning:

  • fundraising for Australian Lutheran World Service (an overseas aid organisation)

  • visiting Henty’s Myoora Homestead to build connections with members of their aged care community

 

Curriculum

In providing engaging learning in all areas of the NSW Syllabus, St Paul’s uses a combination of the explicit teaching and experiential learning approaches. Once skills and knowledge have been explicitly taught with teacher modelling, checking for student understanding and then independent of group learning, students have opportunities to implement their learning through problem-solving and service learning. This reinforces learning while empowering our students to know they can have a positive impact on the world around them.

Christian Studies

As a Lutheran School, our teachers are accredited to teach Christian Studies through Lutheran Education Australia. Christian Studies provides a safe and supportive context in which students can reflect on their experiences of the world and on their own beliefs and spirituality. The Christian Studies classroom is a place where:

  • Teaching and learning occurs in a supportive, inclusive and safe environment.

  • Learners are engaged in intellectually challenging experiences that actively involve them in journeys of inquiry and constructing their own meaning.

Extra-Curricular

Extra-curricular activities are optional for students and include individual instrumental lessons, attending Friday Night Gathering casual worship and meal at school once a term and interschool sport events.

Co-Curricular

Co-curricular activities are for all students and in addition to NSW Syllabus based learning. They include:

  • Year 5/6 and Year 3/4 camps

  • Excursions and incursions

  • NAIDOC Week and Reconciliation Week activities

  • Lion’s Club Public Speaking Competition

  • School and interschool swimming, cross country and athletics carnivals

  • School production / concert

  • Membership on the Student Representative Council

To meet the needs of children who require learning enhancement, St Paul’s provides support within the context of the classroom or through small group work with learning coaches. Staff are trained in various learning support programs to assist each child's development. Individual Education Plans are created and implemented for students with a disability or needs additional support. Teachers use assessment data to plan meaningful ways to meet students’ individual learning needs.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go, I will counsel you and watch over you.   Psalm 32:8

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS