Curriculum
Reception to Year 6
Overview
Students in R-6 are encouraged to develop independent learning skills, be actively involved in their learning and self-assessment, to work collaboratively and to learn to pose and solve problems.
Students are given the opportunity to work in a variety of learning situations such as explicit teaching and modelling, activity based learning, resource based learning, group work and cross age work.
Seven areas of study are taught to all year levels across Reception to Year 6.
English
Full Year
Mathematics
Full Year
Science
Full Year
Technologies
Full Year
The Arts
Full Year
Health & Physical Education
Full Year
HASS (Humanities & Social Sciences)
Full Year
We encourage parents and caregivers to communicate with their child’s teachers to discuss any aspect of their child’s education.
R-6 caters for the formative years of school. Classrooms and play areas are closely situated to each other to develop a sense of belonging. Students spend most of their day in the R-6 area but have frequent access to the Library, Oval and General Purpose rooms.
They will have some access to other specialist areas such as the Home Economics Centre, Science Labs and Art room throughout the year.
The Child Protection Curriculum, Shine SA and the Resilience Project is used across R-6 to build emotional resilience and foster wellbeing.
Science of Reading
At JCS we aim to foster a love of reading for all students. Students are engaged in a literacy program, Initialit, which follows the Big 6 in Reading – phonemic awareness; phonics; fluency; vocabulary; comprehension; and oral language.
Learning to read is critical to a student’s entire education and at JCS we aim to achieve success in reading every student deserves.