Extra-CurricularActivities
Education goes beyond academic grades. Students enhance their classroom learning through co-curricular activities, building a more enriching and well-rounded learning experience.
Lunchtime Clubs
The Gardening Club meets every week to plant, weed, water, observe and harvest the fruits, vegetables and plants the students have been working on. When the fruits and vegetables are ready for harvest, they are even lucky enough to enjoy the ‘fruits’ of their labour! All students are welcome to attend and test out their green thumbs!
The Library is open every lunchtime between 2:05 and 2:30. This is a great opportunity for those children who prefer a quiet space during their break to come in and read a book from the shelves in a nice peaceful environment.
The STEM Club runs throughout the year for our junior school and is run by our year 6 STEM captains.
The Colouring In Club is set up with pencils, text as and a variety of colouring in templates for those who love to express their artistic flair! The Colouring In Club is open to everyone and runs throughout the year.
Intensive Swimming Program
The Swim & Survive Program is an aquatic activity program designed to emphasize a wide range of aquatic skills including water safety, survival techniques and basic swimming skill development. As of 2017, the Victorian Curriculum now states that swimming and water safety programs must be completed as part of Health and Physical Education in the standard curriculum.
The Swim and Survive Programs run for approximately two weeks at different stages throughout the year for every Year Level. Students in Years Four, Five and Six also swim in the House Swimming Trials and House Swimming Carnival.
During the Swim and Survive Program a wide range of aquatic skills are taught in addition to swimming stroke development including safe water entries and exits, body orientation in water, underwater skills, survival strokes, rescue techniques (where age appropriate), survival skills and PDF (life jacket) based skills.
The intensive swimming program, developed by the Royal Life Saving Society Australia, recognises the need to keep your family water safe and is directly aimed at equipping all school aged children with a set of strong competencies that can be used in all water locations including yours or a friends back yard pool and any open water location such as beaches, rivers and dams; all situations that present all manner of potential danger.
The Swim & Survive Program acknowledges and caters equally for swimmers of all abilities. Swimmers with an advanced technique are not guaranteed against the dangers of any water situation.
Bike Education
Bike Ed is delivered to students in Years Five and Six. The program helps students develop the skills they need to ride safely and independently on roads and paths. The Bike Ed program involves a mix of practical activities conducted off-road (in the school grounds) and on-road (on local roads) together with classroom activities.
Bike Ed aims to enable students to:
- gain knowledge and understanding of the road traffic environment and the road rules
- develop the physical and cognitive skills to manage the road traffic environment safely as a cyclist
- develop responsible behaviours, attitudes and decision-making skills for the safe use of bicycles both on and off the road through participation in enjoyable learning experiences relevant to their ages and abilities.
Buddy Program
Our Buddy Program is an initiative designed to create friendly and caring primary school communities where bullying is reduced.
Through our Buddy Program, children in Foundation and Year Six buddy up and learn the values: caring for others, friendliness, respect, valuing difference, including others and responsibility.
Students learn these values through formal and informal activities, and it enables younger children to feel safe and cared for while older children feel valued and respected
