Curriculum Opportunities

We pride ourselves on a wide range of curriculum opportunites for our students

It’s not the curriculum that we offer that sets us apart, it’s the manner in which it’s delivered

Any school can teach a curriculum. Amazing schools like ours is full of teachers actively and passionately exploring the possibilities of making their teaching practice more innovative, engaging and fun at every turn. This is the single ingredient that drives the most growth in our students.

The success we attain is not only evidenced by the assessment data – but it’s seen through the smiles and joy we see on our student’s faces as a concept is grasped. This is the indefinable element that drives us as teachers to produce and grow our own teaching skills year in, year out.

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Student Wellbeing

At Holy Spirit Community School we are committed to creating inclusive, engaging, safe and mutually respectful environments where all member of the community flourish. We collect Student Wellbeing Data to analyse trends in social and emotional areas to best support students needs.

Literacy

Numeracy

At Holy Spirit Community School we aim to develop deep mathematical understandings, knowledge, skills and strategies, which will empower students to apply their learning and live numerate lives in a constantly changing world.

Education in Faith

At Holy Spirit Community School, through our commitment to ‘Family, Faith and Friendship’, we strive to provide our students with a Christ centred education.

Physical Education

At Holy Spirit Community School we recognise the importance of Health, Sport and Physical Education within the school curriculum.

Performing Arts

Students at Holy Spirit Community School attend weekly classes that cover performance and the artistic elements of Music, Dance and Drama.

Japanese

All students from Foundation to Grade 6 study Japanese for 45 minutes once a week.

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Digital Technologies

At Holy Spirit, students attend weekly classes in our Multimedia Centre which houses over 30 PC Desktops, allowing all students the opportunity for one to one technology linked lessons.

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Student Wellbeing

At Holy Spirit Community School we are committed to creating inclusive, engaging, safe and mutually respectful environments where all members of the community flourish.

Our Wellbeing teaching and learning of social and emotional curriculum supports the social, emotional, physical, cognitive and spiritual needs of all our students. We focus on developing resilience, empathy and respectful relationships.

We are dedicated to our School Wide Positive Behaviour framework, which involves a consistent school wide approach to behaviour embedding our behaviour values in the acronym of S.T.A.R: Staying Safe, Try Your Best, Act Responsibly and Respect Others.

We offer a variety of diverse wellbeing intervention programs which are based on evidence supporting student wellbeing and mental health. These programs and services include:

Wellbeing Inquiry learning units dedicated to the teaching and learning of the social and emotional curriculum
Grief and Loss Peer Support program called ‘Seasons’
Peaceful Kids psychology program - focusing on anxiety and stress management
Social Skills intervention program 'STOP, THINK, DO' to support social connection and relationship building
Respectful Relationship building learning around gender equality and respect
An annual whole school S.T.A.R day dedicated to wellbeing, behaviour and social and emotional learning and celebration
School wide positive behaviour approach with consistent values of S.T.A.R (Stay Safe, Try Your Best, Act Responsibly, Respect Others)
Consistent behaviour documentation and analysis to prevent and manage minor and major behaviour incidents
Zero tolerance to all types of bullying
A school counsellor onsite
Whole school Christian meditation
A Meditation garden
Peer/student buddies across the school including a Prep Buddy program with our senior students
A Student Representative Council
Close links with our local aged care facility, Gracedale

Literacy

At Holy Spirit Community School, we provide an inclusive approach to literacy learning with an emphasis on deepening our students’ knowledge and skills in the areas of Reading and Viewing, Writing and Speaking and Listening. Literacy is an important lifelong skill that is fundamental in enabling all students to fully engage in all aspects of their education. This includes academic, social and religious experiences of their school life and beyond.

Student disposition and motivation are important factors in literacy learning. Our team planning approach helps create integrated, relevant, meaningful and purposeful units of work. Digital technology is another way in Literacy to listen, view, respond and communicate throughout. Data helps us to create profiles of our students’ needs enabling differentiated and personalised learning for individuals and groups in our classes. Intervention practices and strategies used are evidenced based to foster success for our students with varying needs. The Australian Curriculum is used for ongoing assessment and reporting and a basis for our planning in English.

Numeracy

Throughout our daily maths lessons we work to create a culture of mathematical inquirers in the classroom by offering open ended tasks that allow for differentiation of learning among students. Our lessons are based on the key mathematical understandings (for each unit) and the requirements of the Australian Curriculum. We offer a Number Intervention Program to students from Years One to Four who may need additional assistance with the development of their skills and understandings in Number.

Education in Faith

At Holy Spirit Community School, through our commitment to ‘Family, Faith and Friendship’, we strive to provide our students with a Christ centred education. Students are assisted to develop and nurture their relationship with God and to develop their knowledge and understanding of the teachings and traditions of the Catholic Church.

Our Catholic values permeate all aspects of our school life and have a tangible effect on our school community in allowing our students to develop an awareness of self and respect of others.

In their faith journey and through providing them with a spirit filled life our students participate in daily Christian meditation, school liturgies, prayer services, daily prayer and Class Masses. We recognise that the family is the primary educator of the child in their faith development and work with families to support this. Through our strong working relationship with Holy Spirit Parish our students are prepared in our Sacramental Program. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated in Year 3, the Sacrament of Eucharist is celebrated in Year 4 and the Sacrament of Confirmation is celebrated in Year 6. Our teaching of Religious Education, which is based on the inquiry approach, is designed to allow our students to appreciate the connection between their faith and their life. Our programs provide links with the Gospels, the Mission of the Church and the Principles of Catholic Social Teaching. This enables them to develop awareness of and participation in social justice activities within our local and global communities.

Physical Education

At Holy Spirit Community School we recognise the importance of Health, Sport and Physical Education within the school curriculum. Our Physical Education curriculum enables students to develop positive attitudes towards physical activity and sport. The foundations are laid for them to remain physically active throughout their school years and develop positive lifelong physical activity habits.

We aim to develop the students fundamental movement skills, sport specific skills, while also building on the interpersonal skills of teamwork, collaboration and cooperation.

Included in the Holy Spirit Physical Education and Sport Program is:

Weekly specialist Physical Education lessons
Follow up Sport lessons with the classroom teachers to consolidate and practise skills taught
Whole school sports days
House Cross Country and Athletics events

Participation in Summer and Winter weekly Interschool Sports Programs
Opportunities to participate in the RDPSSA Sports Programs – Swimming, Cross Country and Athletics
Opportunities to participate in SSV state team trials
Sporting leadership roles
School sporting facilities accessible to the students at play and lunchtimes
Links to Parish based sports clubs

Performing Arts

Students at Holy Spirit Community School attend weekly classes that cover performance and the artistic elements of Music, Dance and Drama. The program consists of stimulating and inclusive activities which enable students to learn to explore and express themselves. Biannually the whole school participates in a Cabaret performance. Students from Years 3-6 have an opportunity to participate in the popular school choir. Private music lessons are also offered such as:

Keyboard
Piano
Violin
Guitar
Drums
Private singing

Japanese

The Holy Spirit Japanese program commenced in 2014 following many years of Italian studies. This reflected the increasing appreciation and strengthening of our relationship with the Asian community worldwide. All students from Foundation to Grade 6 study Japanese for 45 minutes once a week.

Lessons are designed to widen students’ appreciation of the Japanese culture. Language is taught to enable students to communicate in both the written and oral form. Students are exposed to the language through teacher modelling and through written and ICT resources.

Students begin their studies learning to introduce themselves. Later topics are selected as part of integrated studies where possible. This includes, Seasons and Weather, Family, Going Places and Shopping. Vocabulary and expressions are taught through teacher modelling, games, songs and writing. Assessment is based on oral performance, written and inquiry based projects.

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Digital Technologies

Holy Spirit Community School is proud to be an accredited eSmart School. For more information about eSmart schools please click here.

At Holy Spirit, students attend weekly classes in our Multimedia Centre which houses over 30 PC Desktops, allowing all students the opportunity for one to one technology linked lessons.

Throughout the school, all students, have access to the use of iPads to assist and drive learning. Students create and collaborate using iPads to enhance and engage their learning.

In Grade 3-6, classrooms have class sets of Chromebooks which allows for 1:1 use of technology using Google Apps to assist and engage all types of learning. All classrooms have access to class sets of iPads to assist in all areas of the curriculum.

Curriculum Opportunities

It’s not the curriculum that we offer that sets us apart, it’s the manner in which it’s delivered

Student Wellbeing

Literacy

Numeracy

Education in Faith

Physical Education

Performing Arts

Japanese

Library

Digital Technologies

Take Our Online Tour

Book a School Tour

Isn’t it time we got to know each other? Take our online VIDEO TOUR or book a SCHOOL TOUR!

Student Wellbeing

Literacy

Numeracy

Education in Faith

Physical Education

Performing Arts

Japanese

Library

Digital Technologies

Isn’t it time we got to know each other?
Take our online VIDEO TOUR or book a SCHOOL TOUR!