The Junior School NSW Board of Studies Key Learning Areas are:
☑ English
☑ Mathematics
☑ Science and Technology
☑ Creative Arts
☑ Human Society & Its Environment
☑ Personal Development Health & Physical Education.
Junior School Specialist Lessons
All Junior School students (Cottage to Year 6) receive instruction in the following Specialist Teaching areas:
☑ Christian Studies
☑ Physical Education
☑ Music
☑ Languages (K-4 Spanish; Y5 French; Y6 Chinese)
☑ Information Skills
☑ Visual Arts
Learning Enhancement
Learning Enrichment
St Luke’s is committed to maximising the educational outcomes of all students. We engage students in tailored programs which provide appropriately challenging learning experiences to meet their learning needs. Our approach centres around the belief that students can grow their learning capacities and develop a ‘growth mindset’ (Dweck, 1999). The opportunities the School offers to our students are designed to facilitate depth of learning, and moments of grapple that enable students to persevere and stretch their capacity to be resourceful thinkers. Students may also be invited to participate in academically rigorous competitions, events, or accelerated courses based on a range of data sources such as: teacher nominations, internal and external testing, standardised diagnostic tests and educational psychometric tests.
Learning Support
St Luke’s acknowledges the needs of students with disabilities to obtain reasonable adjustments to learning activities to facilitate their access to the curriculum on the same basis as students without disability. When a student is identified as having additional learning needs, the School will take steps to accommodate that student by planning and implementing appropriate adjustments to assist the student in fulfilling their learning potential. Additional needs are identified according to specialised criteria that have been developed by professionals such as doctors, paediatricians, psychologists and other teaching professionals.
