Specialist Curriculum Subjects
Newham Primary School offers a program in all areas of the Victorian Curriculum. In addition there is specialist education in Physical Education, Sustainability, Art, Music and French.
Music
Music is taught as a one hour teaching block each week for all students by a specialist music teacher. The program develops aural skills, musical literacy, computer composition and so much more.
In addition to the school curriculum, we have a choir and a n visiting tutor who teaches keyboard.
Students are given many opportunities to perform in events such as assemblies, concerts and local community events.​​
Art
Art is taught by a specialist art teacher as a one hour teaching block each week for all students. The program develops the students' creativity and teaches them skills in using a range of media and different techniques in a dedicated art space.
The students also learn to respond to a range of works by artists and have the opportunity to express themselves through different projects.
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Students are given opportunities to enter competitions, exhibit and participate in local community events.
LOTE – French
The French program at Newham engages children to explore language and develop intercultural understandings. In classes, we develop language skills for everyday activities, to talk about ourselves and to find out about others.
We are currently using the French language Duolingo program on-line.
Senior students have the opportunity to participate in the Alliance Française Berthe Mouchette French Poetry Competition, where they learn to recite a classic French poem.
Physical Education
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Through active participation, the Physcial Education program at Newham investigates the body’s response to different types of physical activities. Students develop personal and social skills such as cooperation, decision making, problem-solving and persistence during movement activities. The content enables students to develop and practise fundamental movement and motor skills required for effective participation in sports.
Sustainability
Sustainability is ​currently embedded in the curriculum at Newham PS with class teachers, the sustainability coordinator and visiting experts running special projects throughout 2024.
Sustainability at Newham PS covers areas such as energy saving, waste reduction, water conservation and biodiversity. Our students are developing environmental stewardship to improve biodiversity of flora and fauna through numerous projects such as revegetation along waterways and biolinks.
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The students also propagate, plant out, maintain and harvest vegetable seedlings for our kitchen garden.
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Our school is currently uses the River Detectives program, monitoring our local waterway.