Gladstone Park Primary School - achieving excellence

Music
As music is a universal form of expression, it is an integral part of the curriculum and has a high profile at Gladstone Park Primary School. All students from Prep to Year 6 participate in a weekly specialist music program.
Students may also choose to study violin from Year 3 to year 6 and we run junior and senior choirs plus an auditioned Chamber Choir.
The performing arts are important at the school, with the children regularly participating in performances at assemblies, concerts and many community events.

Teacher: Mrs Rosalie Birney

Health and Physical Education
The Physical Education Program aims to assist each child to attain maximum physical, social, emotional and intellectual development and is therefore an integral part of education at Gladstone Park Primary School. A specialist teacher provides weekly physical education lessons and students also participate in regular sports activities as part of the classroom program.

Year 5/6 students participate in summer and winter interschool sports with local schools. Other activities include swimming (Prep-6), athletics and cross country.

All Prep children participate in a Perceptual Motor Skills Program, which aims to teach children perceptions and understandings of themselves and their world through motor and movement experiences.

Teacher: Mr Stephen Sankovic

Library

The Library at GPPS provides a well-resourced and inviting environment that supports learning for students and the professional development of staff. It is a learning setting where students are immersed in literature and where multiple sources of information, including electronic resources, can be accessed enabling students to develop information skills in a meaningful way. Classes are timetabled for weekly Library sessions.

Librarian: Mrs Katarina Evans

Art
Students participate in a weekly specialist Visual Arts program that focuses on exploring and developing their artistic and creative ideas. They learn and develop knowledge, skills and techniques through planned units encompassing painting, printing, textiles, clay, drawing, collage and construction. Art observations and comparisons are shared together before work is displayed in classrooms, around the school, on the school’s website or taken to home to take pride of place on the fridge.

Teacher: Mrs Katherine Arthur

You Can Do It! Program
The You Can Do It! Program focuses on our student’s emotional health. The foundations confidence, persistence, organisation, resilience and getting along are incorporated into everyday class programs from Prep – Six. Each term certificates are awarded to students term who excel in behaviours and attitudes related to our focus foundation.

Here are our current winners for the foundation of Persistence.

These students have displayed the following behaviours and attitudes:

· shows a positive attitude towards their learning

· works to the best of their ability

· persists when faced with challenging tasks

· seeks assistance if needed