Key Learning Areas
Students receive a solid grounding in:
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MATHEMATICS
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ENGLISH
·
reading
·
writing
·
speaking
·
listening
·
handwriting
There is an
investigative approach to:
HUMAN SOCIETY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT (HSIE)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Students are offered a
wide variety of cultural opportunities:
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MUSIC
·
School
Choir
·
Recorder
Tuition
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Band
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Classroom
Music
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DANCE
·
Star
Struck
·
Regional
Festival
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CREATIVE
AND PRACTICAL ARTS
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PHYSICAL
EDUCATION/HEALTH/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Graded “hands on”
COMPUTER Program for all students from
Kindergarten to Year 6
Students enjoy a strong
Social Development, Camping and Excursion Program linked to AUSTRALIAN
STUDIES
There
is a school organised SWIMMING INSTRUCTION program:
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Learn to swim (Kinder to Year 6)
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Style
development
We
have an established Sister School link with a Japanese school
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Years K- 6
learn JAPANESE language and culture
Library
The Library is one of
the important places in the school and provides the student with the
opportunity to broaden his / her knowledge, develop further his / her
interests in reading and research and to view the displays of work
presented by the students of the various classes.
The Library is visited
by every student in the school every week. It provides students and
teachers with quality book and audio-visual resources in a pleasing,
relaxing environment. Borrowing is computerised. The Library is open
on Thursdays and Fridays, when the Librarian is present.
Children may use the
Library for recreation, research, returns and borrowing at other times,
but must either have permission from their teacher or be supervised.
Borrowed books must be placed in a library bag to protect the books from
possible damage. Books are to be returned by the due date.
Book Week highlights the
features of the work of the Library in the school. Children are
encouraged to participate in the activities that are held at this time.
The School Library
offers Book Club facilities to all children in the school. On the
designated days, children are able to order books of their choice
through the Scholastic Australia Book Club. Payment for the books must
be made on the day the books are ordered. Cheques are to be made
payable to Charlestown South Public School.
Excursions
Each year excursions are
planned for children in all years, mainly to supplement and consolidate
work being covered in lessons. The cost of excursions is met by
parents, but subsidised funding is available to those parents on the
Student Assistance Scheme and those with more than one child attending
camps etc. Parents are asked to provide full relevant medical and
medication information to assist supervising teachers on excursions.
The highest standard of
behaviour is expected.
Misbehaviour on
excursions may result in a student being banned from such trips for the
remainder of the year.
Sport
Primary children
participate in a range of school based sporting activities each Friday
afternoon. School teams participate in PSSA State knockout competitions
in soccer, netball, and cricket.
Infants children
participate in a skills development program one morning per week (the
day will be determined at the beginning of the school year and parents
will be notified by the school Newsletter).
All children in the
school are placed in one of three houses named after three famous
Australian Explorers.
BLAXLAND (green)
LAWSON (blue)
WENTWORTH
(red)
Homework
At the beginning of the
school year, each teacher K - 6 will explain their homework policy at a
Parent / Teacher meeting held early in Term 1. Homework should be a
continuation and / or revision of class work.
It is expected that each
child will complete the homework set for each week. The work should be
neat in presentation.
Homework has the
potential for further home-school partnership in the education of the
child.
It is the school’s aim
to encourage the development of the child’s interests, knowledge and
skills through homework activities. These activities are usually a
consolidation of class work
Scripture
Special Religious
Education lessons are given on Wednesdays at 10.45 a.m. by Scripture
teachers from the various Christian denominations. When insufficient
SRE teachers are available, some classes may have lessons for only part
of the year.
Children attending
Protestant Scripture remain together in their classes for their lessons
as their Scripture teachers use the same non denominational lesson
material.
Children attending Roman
Catholic Scripture move out of their classrooms to another place for
lessons.
Parents are asked to
return a note to school indicating which group they wish their child to
attend. If you wish your child to change groups or to be excluded from
these lessons, you will need to notify the Principal in writing.
Children so withdrawn will be supervised by a teacher during that period
on another school activity.
Student Progress and Achievement
Report cards are sent
home in June and November. Parent / Teacher Interviews are conducted in
conjunction with the issuing of their child’s school reports in June
each year.
Times and dates are
arranged through survey. However, parents may make an appointment to
see their child’s teacher to discuss progress or concerns at a mutually
convenient time during any week of the school year. Making an
appointment will ensure that class teaching will not be interrupted.
When a parent wants to
meet with their child’s teacher to discuss their child’s progress, etc.,
an appointment can be made by contacting the front office or seeing the
teacher before school, at lunchtime or after school.
Appointments with the
Principal should be made through the front office.
Awards
Awards are presented by
teachers to students for achievement. These are presented in the form
of cards, certificates, stamps, stickers, etc., either in class or at
the weekly assembly. Special effort is recognised by Achievement
Awards. Children may aspire to higher awards through the accumulation of
Achievement Awards during their time at the school:
10 Achievement
Awards entitles one to a Merit Award
20 Achievement Awards entitles one to a
Bronze Award
30 Achievement Awards entitles one to a
Silver Award
40 Achievement Awards entitles one to a
Gold Award
50 Achievement Awards entitles one to the
Principal’s Honour Award.
Achievement Awards
should be brought to the school office to be counted and stamped when a
student is ready to receive the next level of award.
Presentation Day
The School recognises
the scholastic, social and sporting achievements of all its students at
the Annual Presentation Day held in December in the School Assembly
Hall.
Awards are given under
the following headings in each class: Literacy, Numeracy plus two
others of Teachers’ choosing e.g. Most Improved, Citizenship.
The Dux
of the School is awarded to the top academic student in Year 6
The Citizenship award is
made to the Year 6 student who has made the greatest contribution to the
school in the area of citizenship.
Sporting awards are
given to our Senior, Eleven Years and Junior boy and girl champions in Athletics and
Swimming.
