At Victoria Park Primary School, our Specialist Programs enrich the core classroom curriculum and provide students with opportunities to develop skills, confidence and creativity across a range of disciplines. Delivered by specialist teachers, these programs support the Western Australian Curriculum and allow students to engage deeply in specific learning areas.
Digital Technologies
We have a dedicated Digital Technologies teacher providing specialist lessons to students in years 1-6. The program empowers students to become confident, creative and capable users of technology. Students explore design thinking, develop problem solving skills and learn to create digital solutions using a range of tools and platforms. They build skills in coding, multimedia creation and digital citizenship, while learning to think critically about how technology is used in the world around them.
Students are encouraged to collaborate, experiment and reflect on their learning as they design and improve their ideas. Through engaging, hands-on projects, they develop resilience and adaptability while learning to follow and create algorithms, collect and interpret data and evaluate the success of their solutions. Our program emphasises real world, purposeful connections, supporting students to become innovative thinkers and responsible digital citizens who are prepared for a rapidly changing future.
Health
Our specialist Health program supports students to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to make safe, informed and positive choices in everyday life. It equips students with essential life skills, enabling them to navigate real-life situations with confidence and care for themselves and others.
Through this learning area, students build a strong sense of identity, develop respectful and meaningful relationships, and learn to make positive choices in everyday situations. Our program has a strong focus on social and emotional learning and protective behaviours, helping students build personal safety skills, emotional awareness, resilience, and strategies for seeking support when needed.
To complement the Health program, the Health room is open during lunch and recess, providing students with an inclusive space to enjoy board games, craft activities and Lego. These opportunities encourage social connection, creativity and self-regulation while fostering a positive and supportive environment for students.
Languages
Japanese is the specialist Language offered at Victoria Park Primary School to students from year 1 to year 6. It is one of the eight learning areas and the course follows the National Curriculum.
Students are provided with the opportunity to demonstrate progressive achievement in the Languages learning area outcomes of Listening, Responding and Speaking; Viewing, Reading and Responding; and Writing. The course content focuses on topics that are relevant to the students themselves, their interests and their experiences.
Students learn Japanese through interactive speaking activities, games, cultural projects, partner tasks, videos, and hands-on learning experiences. Lessons focus on building confidence in communication while developing reading, writing, listening, and cultural understanding in an engaging classroom environment.
Research shows that students who study Japanese improve their English skills and demonstrate improved cognitive development and creative thinking. Students not only benefit from increased communication and intercultural understanding, but their cultural opportunities and employment and career opportunities are expanded.
Music
Victoria Park Primary School provides a dedicated and engaging Music program that allows students to express themselves in a variety of forms. The general Music program enables all students in Years 1 to 6 to experience music through vocal, instrumental and aural activities, and includes opportunities to participate in either the Junior Choir or Senior Choir. Through these experiences, students develop their understanding of rhythm, pitch and performance while building creativity, confidence and a strong sense of belonging. Both choirs perform at a range of school and community events throughout the year, fostering teamwork and school pride.
Physical Education
Sport is quite a tradition at Victoria Park Primary school. Our children enjoy sport and are encouraged to be active through our daily Fitness Program.
Health and physical wellbeing is a priority in our school. As part of the Health and Physical Education Program there is an emphasis on the development of life skills to encourage resilience, respect and confidence, to allow students to reach their full potential. The Physical Education Program encourages all students to enjoy and participate fully in all physical activity.
The Physical Education Program also offers the following:
- Interschool Carnival opportunities
- Faction Sporting opportunities
Our Physical Education Program offers
- One lesson per week
- Daily fitness
- Weekly sport
Extracurricular sporting opportunities are also made available to students, information can be found on our Extracurricular Timetable.