We offer a rich curriculum incorporating the new Australian Curriculum in English, Maths and Science.
Aspects of Glenview Curriculum:
Emphasis is placed on child-centred learning through facilitating.
critical thinking
generating ideas
creating solutions
respectful interaction with others
responding to diverse perspectives
encouraging innovation
Understanding sustainability
Life Pathways and Social Futures program focuses on “Who am I and where am I going?”
The program encourages children to explore the following elements:
Living in and preparing for diverse family relationships
Collaborating with peers and others
Maintaining health and care of self
Learning about and preparing for new worlds of work
Developing initiative and enterprise
Active Citizenship program focuses on “What are my rights and responsibilities in communities, cultures and economies”
The program encourages children to explore the following referents:
Understanding local and global communities
Changing cultural identities
Understanding local and global economic forces
Sustainability and Environment focuses on “Understanding the environment and my role in its future.”
The program encourages children to explore the following referents:
Literacy and Numeracy:
We are committed to ensuring that all students develop a strong foundation in literacy and numeracy. This foundation is built on progressive programs so that our students develop effective literacy and numeracy capability.
Higher Order Thinking:
Our curriculum focuses on developing Higher Order Thinking (HOT). Our assessment demands intellectual rigour in a supported and safe class environment. We
- Analysing, Synthesising, Evaluating and Justifying
Multi Intelligences:
Our curriculum also focuses on the domain of the 8 Intelligences enabling all children to learn.
Philosophy for Children:
Philosophy for Children is an international program developed by Matthew Lipman (Director of the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children, Montclair State University, New Jersey) in order to improve children’s reasoning skills so that they may become effective, independent and creative thinkers. The use of philosophical inquiry as a means of developing the skills of dialogue and thinking involves both teachers and students as co-enquirers working together in a ‘Community of Inquiry’. Through thinking, talking, listening, and questioning together, and respecting others ideas, children develop mutual co-operation, trust, care, respect…and much more. The skills learned through Philosophy for Children support all areas of the curriculum.
Some dispositions and abilities strengthened by the Community of Inquiry:
| asks appropriate questions |
communicates thoughts clearly |
forms plausible explanations
explores alternative possibilities
considers reasons and evidence
makes sound independent judgements
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actively listens to others and considers their point of view
explores disagreements reasonably
contributes constructively to discussion
accepts fair criticism |
| Logical and Conceptual |
Our Rules for Philosophy |
clarifies meanings
makes appropriate distinctions
makes useful comparisons
sees implicit assumptions
draws relevant inferences |
we listen to each other
we think about what others say
we use each other's ideas
there is no single right answer
we are willing to be reasoned with and to be reasonable |
Through Philosophy for Children we aim to:
1. Develop students’ capacities to think for themselves, including:
• Teaching students to be questioning, reflective, and sensitive to meaning.
• To encourage students to be imaginative, constructive and divergent in their thinking.
• To develop in students a capacity for sound independent judgement.
2. Develop the forms of regard and practices of open exchange that help to sustain an open society, including:
• Developing the habit of listening to others and trying to understand views with which you may not agree.
• Developing the disposition to give and explore reasons for what you say and to expect the same of others.
• Learning to build constructively upon other people’s ideas.