CURRICULUM
SACRED HEART CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
VISION
Sacred Heart School strives to be both a genuine faith community and an excellent educational community.
As a school community, we aim to make learning in our school stimulating, supportive, challenging, meaningful, enjoyable and rewarding. Our school curriculum vision supports the Sacred Heart’s School Mission Statement and our school motto - Enriching Spirits, Educating Minds.
LEARNING AREAS
Religious Education
Our school Religion program guides educational activities that occur in classrooms to develop religious concepts. This formal curriculum program is complemented by many other school activities such as prayer, meditation, masses, liturgies, labyrinth walks, Making Jesus Real (MJR) focus and prayer assemblies. In all aspects of our school life, we endeavour to be witnesses to the Gospel values.
English
At Sacred Heart, dedicated learning time is allocated to provide uninterrupted sustained sessions where students engage in English experiences. Learners are encouraged to master reading, listening, speaking, writing and viewing. The aim of this program is to build knowledge and skills to effectively communicate in our literate world.
Mathematics
Sacred Heart students are encouraged to demonstrate an understanding that mathematics is a way of thinking, reasoning and working. They are offered opportunities to construct new knowledge by engaging in purposeful mathematical activities and investigations.
Other Learning Areas
VISION
Sacred Heart School strives to be both a genuine faith community and an excellent educational community.
As a school community, we aim to make learning in our school stimulating, supportive, challenging, meaningful, enjoyable and rewarding. Our school curriculum vision supports the Sacred Heart’s School Mission Statement and our school motto - Enriching Spirits, Educating Minds.
LEARNING AREAS
Religious Education
Our school Religion program guides educational activities that occur in classrooms to develop religious concepts. This formal curriculum program is complemented by many other school activities such as prayer, meditation, masses, liturgies, labyrinth walks, Making Jesus Real (MJR) focus and prayer assemblies. In all aspects of our school life, we endeavour to be witnesses to the Gospel values.
English
At Sacred Heart, dedicated learning time is allocated to provide uninterrupted sustained sessions where students engage in English experiences. Learners are encouraged to master reading, listening, speaking, writing and viewing. The aim of this program is to build knowledge and skills to effectively communicate in our literate world.
Mathematics
Sacred Heart students are encouraged to demonstrate an understanding that mathematics is a way of thinking, reasoning and working. They are offered opportunities to construct new knowledge by engaging in purposeful mathematical activities and investigations.
Other Learning Areas
- Science, Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)
- Technologies
- Health and Physical Education
- The Arts
CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS
The Sacred Heart Curriculum Framework has been developed to align with the following documents:
DIOCESAN LEARNING FRAMEWORK
Sacred Heart School supports the Rockhampton Diocesan Learning Framework’s purpose of: “inviting and challenging learners of all ages to be and become reflective and self-directed as we journey with Christ in our ever-changing world…”
(Catholic Education Diocese of Rockhampton)
RELIGION SYLLABUS P-12 CATHOLIC EDUCATION DIOCESE OF ROCKHAMPTON
The core content of the Religion Syllabus is organised into the four strands of Scripture, Beliefs, Liturgy and Prayer and Morality.
MELBOURNE DECLARATION OF EDUCATIONAL GOALS FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS
The goals for Australian schooling are:
Goal 1: Australian schooling promotes equity and excellence
Goal 2: All young Australians become:
THE QUEENSLAND CURRICULUM
The Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority and Queensland's schooling sectors have agreed on a staged aproach to the implementation of the P-10 Australian Curriculum in Queensland. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, under the direction of the Diocesan Catholic Education Office and the QCAA, has implemented English, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography and the Arts. Other learning areas to follow in 2017 and beyond are in accordance with directives from these authorities on curr4iculum areas awaiting final endorsement.
THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
The Australian curriculum gives special attention to three cross-curriculum priorities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia, and Sustainability. The curriculum also identifies a comprehensive set of knowledge, skills and dispositions or general capabilities that will assist students to live and work successfully in the twenty-first century. The seven General Capabilities are: Literacy, Numeracy, Information and Communication Technology capability, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical behavior, Personal and Social Capability and Intercultural Understanding.
The Sacred Heart Curriculum Framework has been developed to align with the following documents:
DIOCESAN LEARNING FRAMEWORK
Sacred Heart School supports the Rockhampton Diocesan Learning Framework’s purpose of: “inviting and challenging learners of all ages to be and become reflective and self-directed as we journey with Christ in our ever-changing world…”
(Catholic Education Diocese of Rockhampton)
RELIGION SYLLABUS P-12 CATHOLIC EDUCATION DIOCESE OF ROCKHAMPTON
The core content of the Religion Syllabus is organised into the four strands of Scripture, Beliefs, Liturgy and Prayer and Morality.
MELBOURNE DECLARATION OF EDUCATIONAL GOALS FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS
The goals for Australian schooling are:
Goal 1: Australian schooling promotes equity and excellence
Goal 2: All young Australians become:
- successful learners
- confident and creative individuals
- active and informed citizens.
THE QUEENSLAND CURRICULUM
The Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority and Queensland's schooling sectors have agreed on a staged aproach to the implementation of the P-10 Australian Curriculum in Queensland. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, under the direction of the Diocesan Catholic Education Office and the QCAA, has implemented English, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography and the Arts. Other learning areas to follow in 2017 and beyond are in accordance with directives from these authorities on curr4iculum areas awaiting final endorsement.
THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
The Australian curriculum gives special attention to three cross-curriculum priorities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia, and Sustainability. The curriculum also identifies a comprehensive set of knowledge, skills and dispositions or general capabilities that will assist students to live and work successfully in the twenty-first century. The seven General Capabilities are: Literacy, Numeracy, Information and Communication Technology capability, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical behavior, Personal and Social Capability and Intercultural Understanding.
WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACHES
MEDITATION
Daily meditation time is encouraged from Prep to Year 6. Meditation provides students with the opportunity to experience reflective silence and
stillness, and to encounter the quiet presence of God in their lives.
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CLASSROOM
Using current technologies in classrooms further encourages our children to connect, extend and challenge learning. Sacred Heart School is a Google Apps for Education school (GAFE) which enables children and teachers to use Google products and platforms for teaching and learning. Our children have access to a Google school portal that links to a classroom page containing information about activities and learning. They are able to access ebooks through the library, information about homework and learning areas, games to extend learning, classroom blogs and various other relevant resources. Access to these pages in Years 2 - 6 is via a unique username and password for each child, further ensuring the security of personal work. In Prep and Year 1, a group username and password is provided as children’s transition to this mode of learning.
Children’s work stored in Google products, including Gmail, drive, documents, presentations and blogs, are able to be accessed by teachers and security filters apply.
Our children have access to iPads, laptops and desktop computers in Prep to Year 2, while in Years 3–6 additional Chromebooks are available in each classroom. Interactive whiteboards are placed in all classrooms and wireless connectivity has recently been upgraded to improve accessibility to all.
MEDITATION
Daily meditation time is encouraged from Prep to Year 6. Meditation provides students with the opportunity to experience reflective silence and
stillness, and to encounter the quiet presence of God in their lives.
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CLASSROOM
Using current technologies in classrooms further encourages our children to connect, extend and challenge learning. Sacred Heart School is a Google Apps for Education school (GAFE) which enables children and teachers to use Google products and platforms for teaching and learning. Our children have access to a Google school portal that links to a classroom page containing information about activities and learning. They are able to access ebooks through the library, information about homework and learning areas, games to extend learning, classroom blogs and various other relevant resources. Access to these pages in Years 2 - 6 is via a unique username and password for each child, further ensuring the security of personal work. In Prep and Year 1, a group username and password is provided as children’s transition to this mode of learning.
Children’s work stored in Google products, including Gmail, drive, documents, presentations and blogs, are able to be accessed by teachers and security filters apply.
Our children have access to iPads, laptops and desktop computers in Prep to Year 2, while in Years 3–6 additional Chromebooks are available in each classroom. Interactive whiteboards are placed in all classrooms and wireless connectivity has recently been upgraded to improve accessibility to all.
