How We Teach
Curriculum Overview
At Eltham North Primary School, we are proud of our comprehensive and engaging curriculum. Our programs are designed to foster curiosity, build strong foundations and inspire a love of lifelong learning. Our curriculum is aligned with the Victorian Curriculum 2.0, developed by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA). This framework guides what we teach and how we assess student learning from Foundation to Year 6.
Victorian Curriculum 2.0
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 provides clear and consistent expectations for student learning across all Victorian schools. It strengthens the focus on essential knowledge and skills, particularly in literacy and numeracy.
The curriculum:
Sets clear learning expectations at each level
Strengthens literacy and numeracy across all subjects
Provides structured, sequenced learning
Supports consistent assessment and reporting
Incorporates the Australian Curriculum while reflecting Victorian priorities
Students develop strong foundations in English and Mathematics, along with knowledge and skills in:
Science
Humanities
The Arts
Health and Physical Education
Technologies
Languages
Important priorities such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, sustainability, and Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia are embedded throughout learning areas.
The curriculum:
Sets clear learning expectations at each level
Strengthens literacy and numeracy across all subjects
Provides structured, sequenced learning
Supports consistent assessment and reporting
Incorporates the Australian Curriculum while reflecting Victorian priorities
Students develop strong foundations in English and Mathematics, along with knowledge and skills in:
Science
Humanities
The Arts
Health and Physical Education
Technologies
Languages
Important priorities such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, sustainability, and Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia are embedded throughout learning areas.
Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0
Our teaching approach is guided by the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model (VTLM 2.0), developed by the Victorian Department of Education.
This evidence-based model supports high-quality teaching in every classroom.
At Eltham North Primary School, this means:
Clear learning intentions and success criteria
Explicit teaching and modelling
Guided practice and independent learning
Ongoing feedback to improve learning
Regular assessment to track progress
We use student data to inform our teaching and ensure every child is supported, challenged and progressing.
We are committed to:
Strong Foundations for every child
High expectations for all students
Inclusive and supportive classrooms
Structured literacy and numeracy programs
Differentiated teaching to meet individual needs
Our goal is to equip students with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to thrive at school and beyond
This evidence-based model supports high-quality teaching in every classroom.
At Eltham North Primary School, this means:
Clear learning intentions and success criteria
Explicit teaching and modelling
Guided practice and independent learning
Ongoing feedback to improve learning
Regular assessment to track progress
We use student data to inform our teaching and ensure every child is supported, challenged and progressing.
We are committed to:
Strong Foundations for every child
High expectations for all students
Inclusive and supportive classrooms
Structured literacy and numeracy programs
Differentiated teaching to meet individual needs
Our goal is to equip students with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to thrive at school and beyond
Our ENPS Teaching & Learning Pedagogy: F-6
The Student Excellence Program provides an opportunity for high-achieving students in either Literacy or Numeracy to participate in a weekly program with a small group of like-minded students. These programs operate for 50 minutes per week over the term. The sessions are led by an experienced specialist teacher.
Enabling
Teachers foster the conditions of a learning-focused environment
- Establish rules and routines that support students to focus on learning.
- Demonstrate respectful interactions
- Enable inclusive and safe practices
- Teach regulation techniques so that students are ready to learn
Planning
Teachers develop a teaching and learning plan
- Communicate learning objectives and activate prior knowledge.
- Teach chunks of new information explicitly with explanation, demonstration and modelling.
- Guide student learning and gradually remove scaffolds.
- Check for understanding and give additional instruction, guidance or feedback as needed.
- Monitor for additional learning needs and support student access to tiered interventions.
Instruction
Teachers manage the cognitive load of learning tasks
- Identify the learning students will acquire and the relevant prerequisite knowledge and skills using VC 2.0
- Break up intended learning and sequence it to build in complexity.
- Develop and plan tasks appropriate for acquiring, retaining and consolidating learning.
- Plan tasks and processes to assess and monitor learning needs, progress and attainment.
Gradual Release
Teachers maximise retention, consolidation and application of learning
- Regularly revisit and review learning.
- Spaced and varied tasks for guided and independent student practice.
- Teach the connections between ideas using models and tasks that build in complexity, detail and abstraction.
- Provide appropriately challenging opportunities for students to apply, extend and demonstrate mastery of their learning.
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