Our Curriculum

At St Joseph’s, we are committed to developing skilled learners, ensuring high expectations for every student. Working in collaboration enables the development of rich, challenging and flexible learning environments supporting all students to learn and maximize their potential. Our school has developed a four-year Strategic Implementation Plan which we enact through an Annual Implementation Plan.

We have refined our practice ensuring high quality outcomes for all students by:

• building on the existing climate of trust within our school community
• maintaining and strengthening of a school culture of high expectations
• supporting teachers to change practice to improve the performance of students, and to use evidence to monitor their effectiveness 

We believe that:

• All students can learn
• Children learn in a variety of ways and varying rates, from numerous sources.
• Children learn cognitively, emotionally, physically and socially.
• Children value learning and recognise their responsibility in the leaning progress
• There is an emphasis on basic skills of numeracy and literacy as a foundation that underpins the development of all other curriculum areas.
• There is a strong emphasis on the development of life skills

Victorian Curriculum

The Victorian Curriculum provides the basis of curriculum planning and development in Victorian Schools. The Victorian Curriculum is made up of key learning areas and Capabilities. 

Teacher at St Joseph’s are highly qualified and continually attend professional learning so that classroom environments that hey provide for the children’s learning are of the highest standard. 

The Key Learning areas on which our curriculum is based are: