Specialist Curriculum Subjects
Newham Primary School offers a curriculum in all areas of the Victorian Curriculum program.
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. 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.
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Sustainability
Sustainability is taught as a specialist subject at Newham PS. We also embed sustainability into other curriculum areas.
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The sustainability curriculum covers 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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Our school is also uses the River Detectives program, monitoring our local waterway.
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.
Each week, we enjoy French songs, stories, videos and games, and we draw, write, move and talk in response.
Senior students 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 particpation in sports.