Our school’s ethos of “Lifelong Learning for Heart, Mind and Earth”, is the anchor that underpins the North Arm experience. This philosophy has been used to develop a strong school identity and to develop the whole child through balance, wellbeing and achievement.
The North Arm Whole School Curriculum Framework provides a vehicle for teachers to flexibly meet the needs of students ensuring each student becomes a confident and capable learner. Our curriculum planning and offerings are regularly shared with the school community to keep families informed regarding their child's learning.
Our goal is that North Arm students are:
- Socially aware, active, earth-savvy citizens
- Happy, confident and creative
- Respectful of others, and appropriately assertive
- Connected to their wider world
- Aware of their own wellbeing and that of others
- Respectful, compassionate initiators of positive change in their world
- Competent users of current technologies
The Australian Curriculum
At North Arm State School, it is our priority to develop, maintain and effectively implement high quality curriculum programs for all students. We plan, teach, assess and report on the Australian Curriculum Prep to Year 6:
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- Humanities and Social Science (HASS)
- Health and Physical Education (HPE)
- The Arts - Music, Drama, Dance, Visual, Media
- Technologies - Design and Digital
A number of specialist teachers provide learning in the areas of:
- Music
- Physical Education
- Languages - Italian (Years 5 and 6)
Support is offered to students and staff through:
- Support and intervention through our Support Teacher for Literacy and Numeracy and trained Teacher Aides
- Specialist intervention programs during and outside of school hours
- Academic talent and extension programs through our GENAS (Growing Excellence in North Arm Students) programs
- Specialised support staff and centre for students with a disability
- Individual Curriculum and support plans for targeted students
- Multi-tiered approach to supporting students
- Social and emotional support services
- Advisory Visiting Support Teachers in: Speech Language Pathology, Hearing Impairment, Visual Impairment, Occupational Therapy and more
Age-appropriate Pedagogies
At North Arm, we value the important of the early years (Prep to Year 2) and adopt a holistic balanced, play and engagement focussed teaching method called "Age-appropriate Pedagogies".
Age-appropriate pedagogies support early years teachers to apply a range and balance of teaching approaches and characteristics of quality teaching in their classroom practice. Teachers are supported to align curriculum, age-appropriate pedagogies and assessment to maximise children's engagement in learning and to enhance outcomes.