The Early Years are for children from ages of 4-5 years old. At Peninsula International School Australia, The Australian Victorian curriculum is famous for its holistic approach to learning. Social-emotional skills, environmental education and playful learning are all aspects of Australia’s famous education system.
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Our ‘Learn to Play & Play to Learn’ approach is aimed to help young children to be self-motivated, empowering, spontaneous, creative and imaginative. Play-based learning is all about using the power of play to teach children the skills for life. Even the simplest game like playing shop lets children practice counting, communicating with others, role-playing, identifying colors and objects and more. And they have fun while they learn!
The Victorian Certificate of Education or VCE is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete high school level studies (Year 11 and 12 or equivalent) in the Australian state of Victoria…
Peninsula International School is committed to developing all of the abilities of our students. The growing trend in schools across the world is to explore the multi-disciplinary links between science and technology through STEM subjects from years Foundation to Year 8…
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The Early Years are for children from ages of 4-5 years old. At Peninsula International School Australia, The Australian Victorian curriculum is famous for its holistic approach to learning. Social-emotional skills, environmental education and playful learning are all aspects of Australia’s famous education system.
At PISA, we emphasize social learning with others in a thoughtfully designed learning environment and we constantly develop our pedagogy based on the latest research. We provide activities and experiences that aim to support your child’s development in seven areas of learning;
Through continuous provision, we are able to cover most or all areas of development throughout the school day, enabling your child to develop the skills required to meet the Early Learning Goals.
There are six Learning and Development Outcomes that we focus on in Early Years:
The Foundation to Year 4 curriculum equips students with knowledge and skills that enable them to be lifelong learners. Students are taught to be well-informed and aware of what is going on around them so that they can play their part as citizens of the world and their communities. The curriculum also places importance on social and emotional development alongside academic excellence The key features include:
Our Middle School Faculty are deeply committed to ensuring that our students have an enjoyable school experience, characterised with experiential learning in abundance. In Years 5 to 8, our focus is on building a diverse range of abilities, ensuring students have a firm foundation in all subject disciplines.
As part of our commitment to holistic education and to the capabilities outlined in the Victorian Curriculum, students in the Middle School are given the opportunity to explore their understanding of essential 21st century skills. A significant focus is placed on critical thinking and problem-solving, which are fundamental to future success. The context aims to broaden students’ horizons as they consider local, national and international issues. They are encouraged to engage in real world problems and consider a wide range of solutions to major concerns facing humanity.
Digital literacy, data analytics and innovative technologies are embedded and integrated across the curriculum. Students build their awareness of online citizenship and cyber safety, ensuring a responsible digital footprint is created.
We proudly advocate a positive education within our school programme, and our students are guided to direct and shift their perspectives to maximise their potential for happiness and subjective wellbeing. Opportunities for personal growth through the fostering of positive self-esteem and self-image, emotional intelligence, character strengths and a growth mindset, are purposefully facilitated.
Years 5 to 8 follow the Victorian Curriculum laid out by the VCAA (www.victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au), a continuation from the Junior School.
Middle School students engage in a broad range of subjects:
Student Well-Being
At this stage of early adolescence, peer relationships become increasingly important, and navigating the social landscape can be challenging at times. Our dedicated Student Well-Being Coordinator and teaching faculty play a valuable role in assisting our students to develop social and emotional skills and positive peer relationships. A variety of experts are also engaged where appropriate to provide current information to students about relevant topics.
The Senior School comprises Years 9 to 12 where an academic programme supported by the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority (VCAA) is implemented from the start of Year 9. Years 9 and 10 follow the Victoria Curriculum (VC ) programme while Year 11 and 12 follow the Victoria Certificate of Education (VCE) programme. The rigour and prestige of these academic programmes are there to promote individual development, critical academic skills and to encourage independent and free thinking over a broad range of areas. Not limited to merely the classroom, the Senior School also offers students extensive opportunities in the Co-Curricula and External Curricular programmes where clubs, activities and sports are offered beyond the realm of the classroom. The significance of these activities is to allow students to explore talents and interests in many different areas which assist in the development of increasing levels of responsibility as they mature into young adults.
The Academic Programme
In Years 9 and 10, subjects are taken that follow a more general nature before the specialisation in the VCE years of Year 11 and 12. Subjects are divided up into two groupings , namely CORE subjects and ELECTIVE subjects. The CORE subjects offered are :
The ELECTIVE subjects ( 3 elective subjects are chosen in each of Year 9 and 10)
Year 11 and 12 is a more rigorous and structured programme where subject offerings do come more specific. These subjects are offered through the Victoria Certificate of Education (VCE) programme. Students are able to chose from:
The Extra Curricular Programme
The extra-curricular programme is an extensive activities based programme which comprises a number of sports, clubs and societies that are offered to the students. These activities are offered by internal providers known as the Co-Curricular programme (CCA) and also by external providers known as the External Curricular Programme (ECA). Students are able to choose whether they wish to participate in the CCA or the ECA programmes. There is also a dedicated After School Activity (ASA) sporting programme available for those students who wish to participate in sports and represent the school in external leagues and competitions. Sports available are:
The Victorian Certificate of Education or VCE is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete high school level studies (Year 11 and 12 or equivalent) in the Australian state of Victoria.
The Victorian Certificate of Education is a two-year (four semesters) course that is usually undertaken in Year 11 and Year 12. Year 11 subjects are designated as Units 1 and 2, whilst Year 12 subjects are Units 3 and 4. Therefore each VCE unit lasts for one semester.
At PISA, some students may be eligible to accelerate in a subject and therefore undertake Units 1 and 2 study in Year 10 and complete the Units 3 and 4 study in Year 11.
Peninsula International School is committed to developing all of the abilities of our students. The growing trend in schools across the world is to explore the multi-disciplinary links between science and technology through STEM subjects from years Foundation to Year 8.
The school engages a company called World of Robotics (WOR) to teach this as part of the normal curriculum program. The WOR company and its instructors come with a strong track record of delivering engaging programs at a number of schools, they bring their own specialised resources and are all fully accredited to work with children and have current child safety checks.
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