Curriculum

At Ruyton, the ‘Educational Principles’ of learning for all, pursuit of excellence, engagement and effort, respect for evidence and openness of mind, underpin the Victorian Essential Learning Standards which reflect the community’s expectations. The standards are central to the teaching and learning process and recognise the stages of learning. Assessment against these standards enables teachers, schools and parents for form a clear picture of student progress, throughout the stages of learning from Prep to Year 10.

Stages of Learning

While it is recognised that student learning is a continuum from Prep to Year 10, and different student develop at different rates, they broadly progress through three stages of learning from:

Years Prep to 4 – Laying the foundations
In these years the curriculum focuses on developing the fundamental knowledge, skills and behaviours in literacy and numeracy and other areas including physical and social capacities which underpin all future learning.

Years 5 – 8 – Building breadth and depth
In these years students progress beyond the foundations and their literacy and numeracy becomes more developed. An expanded curriculum program provides the basis for in depth learning within all domains in the strands.

Years 9 – 10 – Developing pathways
(Victorian Essential Learning Standards p5)