CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK
As a school registered with the Association of Independent Schools
of WA, Leaning Tree Community School must adhere to the Curriculum
Council of WA's Curriculum Framework.
The Curriculum Framework sets out knowledge, understandings,
skills and values developed in Western Australian schools from
Kindergarten to Year 12.
The Curriculum Framework's fundamental purpose is to provide a structure around which
schools build educational programs that ensure all students achieve
agreed outcomes.
It is neither a curriculum nor a syllabus, but a framework
identifying common learning outcomes for all students attending
government schools, non-government schools or home schooling.
It is intended to give schools and teachers flexibility and ownership
over curriculum in a dynamic and rapidly-changing world environment.
Overarching Learning Outcomes
The development of knowledge, skills and values is a lifelong
process and occurs in many places beside school. This section of the
Overarching Statement describes the Outcomes which all students need to
attain in order to become lifelong learners; achieve their potential in
their personal and working lives; and play an active part in civic and
economic life.
These Outcomes apply across all Learning Areas and are
the responsibility of all teachers:
- Students use language to understand, develop and communicate ideas and information and interact with others.
- Students select, integrate and apply numerical and spatial concepts and techniques.
- Students recognise when and what information is needed, locate
and obtain it from a range of sources and evaluate, use and share it
with others.
- Students select, use and adapt technologies.
- Students describe and reason about patterns, structures and
relationships in order to understand, interpret, justify and make
predictions.
- Students visualise consequences, think laterally, recognise opportunity and potential and are prepared to test options.
- Students understand and appreciate the physical, biological
and technological world and have the knowledge, skills and values to
make decisions in relation to it.
- Students understand their cultural, geographic and historical
contexts and have the knowledge, skills and values necessary for active
participation in life in Australia.
- Students interact with people and cultures other than their own and are equipped to contribute to the global community.
- Students participate in creative activity of their own and
understand and engage with the artistic, cultural and intellectual work
of others.
- Students value and implement practices that promote personal growth and well being.
- Students are self-motivated and confident in their approach to learning and are able to work individually and collaboratively.
- Students recognise that everyone has the right to feel valued
and be safe, and in this regard, understand their rights and
obligations and behave responsibly.
(Reference: Curriculum Council of WA, 2006)
For more information visit: www.curriculum.wa.edu.au