Primary Years

Our Primary program aims to provide a safe, inclusive, caring and fun environment where children develop a love of learning through engaging and challenging experiences across a variety of learning opportunities. 

Carwatha students build confidence, curiosity, and creativity by exploring ideas, asking questions, and solving problems.  Growing strong foundations in core skills while integrating digital literacy, critical thinking, and real-world connections.

Our teachers present a variety of activities that promote collaboration and independence, while offering personalised support and challenge through explicit teaching opportunities and ongoing data collection and analysis.

Our children foster kindness, empathy, and respect. Celebrating diversity and nurturing positive relationships while participating in wellbeing practices that support the whole child.

By nurturing the whole child – academically, socially, emotionally, and physically – we empower students to thrive today and build the skills and character to succeed in the future.

A daily classroom program includes:

• Dedicated 2-hour Literacy block, including lessons in Phonics, Reading and Writing that are targeted to individual student needs
• Dedicated 1 hour Numeracy block, including specific lessons based on number, measurement, geometry and data analysis which are also targeted to individual student needs

Other features of our Primary program include:

• An opportunity for all students to develop skills and knowledge in Geography, History, Mandarin, Digital Technology, Science, Social and Emotional learning and Civics and Citizenship as outlined in the Victorian Curriculum 2.0
• Visual Art and Performing Art lessons where students develop creativity while working with a variety of materials and body movements
• Physical Education lessons where students develop co-ordination skills, game sense, and the importance of living a healthy lifestyle
• STEM lessons where students combine Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to solve a variety of problems
• Grade 5/6 Camp for students to support their social development and build skills in teamwork and communication
• PMP (Perceptual Motor Program) where our Foundation students develop motor skills while completing a variety of different physical activities
• Excursions/Incursions to provide hands in experiences and build a wider knowledge of topics being studied