Cross curriculum content enriches and supports the learning areas and adds depth to student learning. In NSW students study a range of learning across the curriculum content.
Cross curriculum priorities
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
- Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia
- sustainability
General capabilities
- critical and creative thinking
- ethical understanding
- information and communication technology capability
- intercultural understanding
- literacy
- numeracy
- personal and social capability
Other learning across the curriculum areas
- civics and citizenship
- difference and diversity
- work and enterprise.
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Opportunity classes
North Rocks Public School runs two opportunity 'c' classes one in Year 5 and one in Year 6. These classes provide exciting and intellectually stimulating learning environment for academically gifted students.
Our program has been developed to provide a stimulating curriculum which has at its centre academic rigour whilst placing great emphasis on the emotional and social development of each student.
Students in an opportunity class program can expect to:
- work and think creatively and critically
- question why things are as they are
- be inspired
- be challenged and to challenge thinking
- experience success.
Students in an opportunity class program are expected to:
- learn at an advanced rate
- work and share ideas and solutions with peers
- work on complex tasks finding creative solutions to problems
- involve themselves in a wide range of school activities widening their social and academic involvement.
Students will be exposed to a wide range of teaching and learning strategies including:
- extension activities designed to deepen student's understanding of themes and concepts
- accelerated learning designed to optimise the impact of teaching
- open ended activities
- testing ideas, researching and group tasks.
Students have ample opportunities to display and capitalise on their gifts and talents in a range of activities including;
- dance, drama, choir, band, Murder Under the Microscope, public speaking, mathematical olympiad team challenge, International Schools competitions in mathematics, English and writing, chess, environment group, Primary Schools Sports Association (PSSA) sport, debating, Premier's Reading, spelling, and sporting challenges.