Primary
Our Primary Years Program focuses on establishing strong foundations in core skill areas.
Kinder at SCC
Kinder provides students with an introduction to College life and encourages them to begin their learning journey.
Our program is designed to encourage students to explore their many questions and interests through play-based experiences. The students are consistently encouraged to learn more about themselves and the world as they explore, discover and create.
We also acknowledge that students are growing at different rates. They are each developing foundational communication, social-emotional and fine and gross motor skills at their own pace. As we engage students in the program, we are providing individualised support for the development of these skills.
While we do not explicitly teach students to read and write, some will be motivated to explore these areas. For all children, we will foster the development of early literacy and numeracy skills that children need as they move into the more formal years of schooling.
The Kinder students also become familiar with many aspects of College life as they borrow from the library and participate in specialist lessons with our PE, Music and Indonesian teachers.
Early years framework
Southern Christian College is implementing the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) in the Early Learning Centre and Kindergarten and is a component of the Australian Government’s Quality Framework for education in the early years.
Children explore their world through the themes of Belonging, Being and Becoming. Kindergarten reporting includes reference to children’s learning based on the Framework.
Primary years
at SCC
Our Primary Years Program focuses on establishing strong foundations in core skill areas.
Students undertake targeted programs in areas such as literacy development (reading, writing, spelling, punctuation and grammar) and numeracy. Most other areas of the curriculum are taught through rich, transdisciplinary units of inquiry which are intended to foster student curiosity and wonder while developing subject knowledge and skills.
Units of inquiry encompass learning in:
English
Mathematics
Science
Technologies
Personal Development and Health
HASS (Humanites and Social Sciences)
Creative Arts
All students from Kinder-Year 6 learn Indonesian as part of our commitment to fostering international-mindedness. Students learn about the people and culture of Indonesia.
Students also attend lessons with specialist teachers in Music and PE. They also visit the library weekly to advance their enjoyment of a diverse range of literature texts and to build essential research skills.
The IB
program
International Baccalaureate (IB)
Southern Christian College is authorised to offer the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) from ELC through to Year 6. This exciting framework encourages students to make sense of the complexities in the world around them. They learn to make connections across curriculum areas using specified concepts and inquiry learning. Students are also developing skills and Learner Profile attributes required to put their learning into action, to make a positive difference.
This diagram diagram illustrates the connected elements of the IB Framework for the PYP.
IB Learner profile
Southern Christian College students are:
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We nurture our curiosity, developing skills for inquiry and research. We know how to learn independently and with others. We learn with enthusiasm and sustain our love of learning throughout life.
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We develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines. We engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance.
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We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyse and take responsible action on complex problems. We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.
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We express ourselves confidently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways. We collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspective of other individuals and groups.
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We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere. We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.
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We critically appreciate our own culture and personal histories, as well as the values and traditions of others. We seek and evaluate a range of points of view, and we are willing to grow form the experience.
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We show empathy, compassion and respect. We have a commitment to service, and we act to make a positive difference in the lives of others and in the world around us.
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We approach uncertainty with forethought and determination; we work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. We are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.
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We understand the importance of balancing different aspects of our lives – intellectual, physical, spiritual, and emotional – to achieve well-being for ourselves and others. We recognise our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live.
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We thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experience. We work to understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to support our learning and personal development.
Our students also learn to apply the IB Approaches to Learning.
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• Developing positive interpersonal relationships and collaboration skills
• Developing social-emotional intelligence
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• Information literacy skills
• Media-literacy skills
• Ethical use of media/information
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• Critical thinking skills
• Creative thinking skills
• Transfer skills
• Reflection/metacognitive skills
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• Exchanging information skills
• Literacy skills
• ICT skills
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• Organisation skills
• States of mind