Curriculum- Teaching and Learning 

If you wish to hear more about curriculum, teaching, and learning across our school, please contact: 

Melinda Rowe

Assistant Principal - Curriculum and Pedagogy

m: 0467 290 948

melinda.rowe@education.vic.gov.au

School Wide Teaching and Learning

In each edition of our school newsletter, we share with our community an insight into the curriculum being taught within our classrooms. This reflects our school's strong focus upon continuous improvement. 

Each edition covers a different area of the curriculum, and is supported by our school-wide approaches to teaching and learning. 

In this edition we provide you with a summary of the changes to the Mathematics curriculum this year. 

This year, Upwey South Primary School is implementing Mathematics Version 2.0 throughout all year levels. Please read through the below information and graphics to find out a little more about Mathematics that is taught throughout our school.

The Mathematics curriculum is taught through six individual strands. (Probability begins in Year Three.) For more information on what is covered in these strands, please follow the below link.

https://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/mathematics/mathematics-version-2-0/curriculum/f-10

Our lessons in Mathematics follow our Instructional model - The Gradual Release of Responsibility. This approach supports our students in revising previously taught content to acquiring new information and strategies. 

To cater for the varying needs of our learners, Mathematics is taught in a range of ways. These include: 

Concrete - using physical objects to assist students to solve problems

This could include unifix cubes, counters, dice etc.

Pictorial - create drawing to represent euquations, numbers or problems

Abstract - using numbers to sove maths problens such as equations.

REMINDER OF UPCOMING NAPLAN DATES

NAPLAN DATES

If you know that your child will be absent on any of these dates, please let Melinda Rowe to organise a catch up session. Please note that catch-up sessions must be completed within the test window. Year Three Writing catch-ups can only be completed up until Monday 17th March.  

If you have any questions or concerns about your child completing NAPLAN, please contact your child's classroom teacher.

If you would like to view the types of questions that may be assessed, please have a look at the following links.

Year Three

https://pages.assessform.edu.au/pages/year-3-demos

Year Five

https://pages.assessform.edu.au/pages/year-5-demos

If you would like to discuss the upcoming NAPLAN assessments, please make initial contact with your child's class teacher.