Curriculum Expectations
The Australian Curriculum sets out the essential knowledge, understanding and skills students need to learn, and the quality of learning that is expected of the students as they progress through the first 11 years of schooling.
The Australian Curriculum is designed to prepare young people for the future world in which they will learn and prepares them to respond to the challenges that will continue to shape their world. It sets out the priorities and aspirations we hold for all our young people. The curriculum represents what the Australian community values as the knowledge, understanding and skills that young people should attain.
ACARA
Learning Area Time Allocations
The times below are based on the advice of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA). They are indicative time allocations as a guide for teaching the Australian Curriculum. The table provides times as percentages of total teaching time. CEDR primary schools typically have a 39-week academic year and 5.33 hours of teaching time per day or approximately 1000 hours of teaching and learning time each year (39 weeks x 5 days x 5.33 hours). Within these indicative time allocations, schools have the flexibility to decide how to organise time and deliver the curriculum.
Reporting
REPORTING TO PARENTS
Formal reporting to parents takes place each term with Report Cards at the end of each Semester (terms 2 & 4) and P/T interviews at the end of terms 1 & 3.
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Open and ongoing communication involving parents, teachers, students and community members is an integral aspect of the teaching and learning process at St Paul’s.
Parent/teacher contact is encouraged and teachers are usually available on an informal basis before, after school, and on request.
Should a lengthy discussion be required, parents are to make an appointment to see the teacher at a suitable time.