X JUNIOR SCHOOL
YEARS 3 - 6 Central to the academic program in the Junior School are the following core subjects taught by class teachers: English: The English curriculum contains three components: Speaking and Listening, Reading and Viewing, Writing. Mathematics: The curriculum consists of five major topics: Number, Measurement, Chance and Data, Space and Working Mathematically. Science: The program involves students and teachers ‘working scientifically’ across the various scientific strands: Science and Society, Earth and Beyond, Energy and Change, Life and Living, Natural and Processed Materials.
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Geography: Geography is a structured way of exploring, analysing and understanding the characteristics of the places that make up our world, using the concepts of place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale and change. It addresses scales from the personal to the global and time periods from a few years to thousands of years. History: The curriculum generally takes a world history approach within which the history of Australia is taught. It does this in order to equip students for the world (local, regional and global) in which they live. An understanding of world history enhances students’ appreciation of Australian history.
