Learning
At our school, we teach the NSW curriculum and offer many different subjects to support each student’s learning. We know that development of skills in literacy and numeracy are the building blocks for learning and for everyday life. Our teachers use effective teaching strategies to help students achieve their goals.
Why choose us for your child’s learning?
Strong foundations
We focus on the skills your child needs to succeed in school and beyond. This helps them feel confident and prepared for the future.
High-quality education
We offer a range of subjects to match what students enjoy and want to learn about. Our skilled teachers support every student to find what they love, do their best and succeed.
Inclusive and personalised learning
Our teachers adjust how they teach to suit your child’s needs, interests and learning pace. We make sure every student feels confident and supported.
Extension opportunities
Some students are ready for more challenges. We offer open-ended tasks, enrichment programs and support. We help all students to reach their full potential.
What students learn
Students learn a wide range of subjects in the NSW curriculum. They build skills, think creatively and prepare for life beyond school.
At Kurnell Public School, our English program leads students engage with a variety of texts and compose their own, allowing them to develop essential knowledge, understanding, and skills. Through this process, students will:
- Communicate effectively through speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing, and representing.
- Utilise language to convey meaning tailored to specific purposes, audiences, and contexts.
- Cultivate imaginative, creative, interpretive, and critical thinking skills.
- Express their identities and relationships with others and the world around them.
- Reflect on their learning experiences and insights gained through their study of English.
At Kurnell Public School, our mathematics curriculum is designed to nurture students to build strong number skills and learn to think logically, creatively, and critically. They discover patterns, make sense of relationships, and develop problem-solving skills that will help them in everyday life and beyond.
We focus on building a strong foundation in mathematical principles, encouraging students to approach challenges with confidence and curiosity. The curriculum is structured around 3 areas:
- Number and Algebra – Developing skills with numbers, counting, operations, and understanding patterns and relationships.
- Measurement and Space – Exploring shapes, spatial awareness, and measuring length, mass, capacity, time, and temperature.
- Statistics and Probability – Collecting, organising, and interpreting data, as well as learning to understand chance and likelihood.
Students learn to work mathematically by using these processes:
- communicating
- understanding and fluency
- reasoning
- problem solving.
Making connections between maths and other subjects helps students see why maths matters and understand it more deeply. This approach supports them in using maths to solve real-world problems, both familiar and new.
Human Society and its Environment helps students navigate the dynamic world in which they live and develop a sense of connection to communities and groups.
The Geography focus areas are:
- People are connected to places
- People are connected to places and groups
- Geographical information is used to understand the world
- Geographical information is used to plan for sustainable futures.
The History focus areas are:
- People have lived in the past
- People learn about the past by engaging with stories, images, objects and sites
- History uses sources to construct narratives of the past
- Historical sources present perspectives on the past.
Learning about science and technology provides a framework for students to know, understand and make sense of the world. This study encourages students to embrace new concepts and learn to observe, develop testable questions, and test and evaluate ideas to refine their understanding.
Science are the 4 focus areas:
- Observations and questions spark curiosity
- Investigations of changes provide knowledge and understanding
- Physical and living systems depend on energy
- Knowledge of our world and beyond inspires sustainable solutions.
The 4 focus areas for Technologies are:
- Observations and questions initiate design and digital solutions
- Design and digital solutions are created through knowledge and understanding
- Design processes and digital systems are used to create solutions
- Design and digital technologies engineer sustainable solutions.
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) equips students with the knowledge and skills to positively influence their own and others’ safety, health and wellbeing.
The 4 PDHPE focus areas are:
- Movement skill and physical activity
- Respectful relationships and safety
- Identity, health and wellbeing
- Self-management and interpersonal skills.
In Creative Arts, students engage in practical experiences that develop knowledge, understanding and skills in creative arts practices. They develop artistic and aesthetic understandings and the ability to think critically and analyse creative works.
The 4 Creative Arts focus areas are:
- Dance
- Drama
- Music
- Visual Arts.
Our learning approach
Our school uses explicit teaching. This means we clearly tell students what they are learning, why it is important and how to do it step by step. Explicit teaching helps students understand new ideas by breaking them into smaller parts.
Learning at our school is student-centred, inclusive and practical. We are committed to equity and access. We support all learning styles and needs. Our teachers use proven teaching strategies. They take part in ongoing professional development to stay up to date with best teaching practice.
Our learning approach includes:
- real-world learning: hands-on tasks, group work and exploring new ideas
- technology: to help students learn and build digital skills
- flexible teaching: the right support for each student, with a focus on wellbeing
- community connections: through excursions and local programs.
Helping students progress
We support every student’s academic progress by:
- checking their progress and giving clear and timely feedback
- setting learning goals with each student
- giving extra help with personalised plans and support from specialist staff
- reporting on each student’s learning progress so parents and carers know how their child is doing
- providing targeted literacy and numeracy support in small groups
- making wellbeing part of everyday learning
- working with families to support learning at home and school
- helping students through transitions, like starting school or moving to a new stage of learning.
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