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O La Tatou Aoaoga

Aoga Tulagalua a Keysborough Gardens

I le Keysborough Gardens Primary School a matou tamaiti aʻoga i lona totonugalemu i le mamanu o matou avanoa uma e aʻoaʻo ai ma aʻoaʻo. Matou te faanaunau mo tamaiti aoga uma ia ausia ma tuputupu aʻe o ni tagata aʻoaʻo, ma faʻatupuina a latou lava ala mo aʻoaʻoga i le olaga atoa. Matou te mananaʻo ia faʻamalosia a matou tamaiti aʻoga e pulea a latou aʻoaʻoga, ia faia ni sao faʻamoemoe i latou siosiomaga aʻoaʻoga, ma foia faʻafitauli e tulaʻi mai i le lalolagi o loʻo siomia ai i latou.

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E iloa e le matou a'oga le matafaioi autu a faiaoga. E fa'amoemoe latou e atia'e polokalame fa'aa'oa'oga fa'afiafia ma lu'itau ma fa'atupu tulaga sili ona lelei mo le a'oa'oina o tamaiti a'oga, e aofia ai le lagolagoina o matua e avea ma ulua'i faia'oga ma paaga i a'oga. 

Latou te fa'ata'ita'ia a'oa'oga i le olaga atoa a'o latou fausia mafaufauga ma tulaga loloto o mafaufauga i a latou fa'ata'ita'iga ma lu'iina i latou lava ma a latou tamaiti a'oga e fau fa'atasi ma fa'aoga le poto fou.

Why We Teach

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TATOU TE AOAO ATU

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At Keysborough Gardens Primary School we aim to develop life long learners who care for themselves, others and the community around them and actively contribute to a more sustainable and peaceful world.

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Our vision is to ensure that every child is equipped with the knowledge, skills and capabilities  necessary to thrive in a rapidly changing and globally connected world.​​

E le'i leva talu ona tatala faitotoa a le Keysborough Gardens Primary School ia Ianuari 2020, o le PYP framework ma le a'oa'oga i le polokalame a'oa'o atu ma le a'oa'oina na avea ma vaega taua o le fuafuaina ma le a'oa'o atu. Faatasi ai ma Taʻitaʻi ma le tele o le aufaigaluega e iai le poto masani i le PYP, o le talosaga e avea ma sui aoga** mo le International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Program (PYP) na amataina i le taimi lava na tatala ai-ae tuai ona o le Covid-19 mafuaʻaga. Na toe fa'aauau lea faiga ile 2021, ma talia aloa'ia le a'oga e avea ma a'oga sui tauva IB PYP ia Iuni 2021.

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IB World Schools o lo'o fa'asoa se filosofia masani—o se tautinoga e fa'aleleia atili le a'oa'o atu ma le a'oa'oina o se fa'alapotopotoga 'ese'ese ma fa'atasi o tamaiti a'oga e ala i le tu'uina atu o polokalame lu'itau, ma maualuga o a'oa'oga fa'ava-o-malo e tutusa le va'aiga malosi.**

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O le a le IB Primary Years Programme?

O le PYP e taulaʻi i le atinaʻeina o le tamaititi atoa o se tagata suʻesuʻe, i totonu o le potuaoga ma le lalolagi i fafo. O se fa'avae e ta'ita'iina e ni autu fa'ale-a'oa'oga e ono o le taua fa'alelalolagi, su'esu'eina e fa'aaoga ai le malamalama ma tomai e maua mai i mata'upu e 6 (matematika, gagana, faatufugaga, su'esu'ega fa'aagafesootai, saienisi ma a'oa'oga a le tagata lava ia, agafesootai ma fa'aletino) fa'apea fo'i ma tomai fa'apitoa, ma se faamamafa malosi i le su'esu'ega.

O le PYP e lava le fetuutuunai e faÊ»afetaui ai manaÊ»oga o le Victorian Curriculum .  

 

O le IB Primary Years Programme:

  • fa'atatau i le soifua manuia o tamaiti a'oga, agafesootai ma lagona

  • uunaia tamaiti aoga e atiina ae le tutoatasi ma ave le matafaioi mo a latou lava aoaoga

  • e lagolagoina taumafaiga a tamaiti aoga ia maua le malamalama i le lalolagi ma ia galue lelei i totonu

  • fesoasoani i tamaiti aÊ»oga e faÊ»avae tulaga taua o le tagata lava ia o se faÊ»avae lea o le a atiina ae ma olaola ai le mafaufau faÊ»avaomalo.

 

O vaega pito sili ona taua ma tulaga ese o le IB Primary Years Program o autu e ono transdisciplinary. O nei autu e maua ai e le IB World Schools le avanoa e faʻapipiʻi ai mataupu faʻalotoifale ma le lalolagi i totonu o mataupu aoaoina ma faʻatagaina lelei tamaiti aʻoga e "laa i luga" i tua atu o tapulaʻa o aʻoaʻoga i totonu o mataupu.

 

O ai i tatou 

Suesuega i le natura o le tagata lava ia; talitonuga ma tulaga faatauaina; soifua maloloina o le tagata, faaletino, mafaufau, agafesootai ma faaleagaga; sootaga faaletagata e aofia ai aiga, uo, nuu, ma aganuu; aia tatau ma matafaioi; le uiga o le avea ma tagata

O fea ua tatou i ai i le nofoaga ma le taimi

Su'esu'ega ile a'oa'oga ile nofoaga ma le taimi; talaaga patino; aiga ma malaga; o mea na maua, su'esu'ega ma femalagaiga a tagata; le sootaga i le va ma le fesoʻotaʻiga o tagata taʻitoʻatasi ma tagata lautele, mai le lotoifale ma le lalolagi

 

Le auala tatou te faailoa atu ai i tatou lava 

Su'esu'e i auala tatou te maua ai ma fa'aalia manatu, lagona, natura, aganuu, talitonuga ma tulaga faatauaina; o auala tatou te mafaufau ai, faʻalautele ma fiafia i lo tatou fatufatuaʻi; lo tatou talisapaia o le matagofie

 

Auala e galue ai le lalolagi

Su'esu'ega i le lalolagi fa'alenatura ma ana tulafono, le fegalegaleai i le va o le lalolagi fa'alenatura (fa'aletino ma meaola) ma sosaiete a tagata; pe faapefea ona faaaoga e tagata lo latou malamalama i mataupu faavae faasaienisi; o le a'afiaga o fa'asaienisi ma fa'atekonolosi aga'i i sosaiete ma le si'osi'omaga.

 

E faapefea ona tatou faatulagaina i tatou lava

Su'esu'ega ile feso'ota'iga o faiga fa'aletagata ma nu'u; le fausaga ma galuega tauave a faalapotopotoga; faiga filifiliga a le sosaiete; gaoioiga tau tamaoaiga ma o latou aafiaga i tagata soifua ma le siosiomaga

 

Fa'asoa le paneta

Su'esu'ega i aia tatau ma matafaioi i le tauiviga e fa'asoa a'oa'oga i'u ma isi tagata ma mea ola; nuu ma le mafutaga ma i latou; avanoa i avanoa tutusa; filemu ma foia feteenaiga. 

O nei autu fa'a-a'oa'oga e fesoasoani i faia'oga e atia'e se polokalame o su'esu'ega-su'esu'ega i manatu taua, fa'ailoa e le a'oga ma mana'omia ai le maualuga o le auai o tamaiti aoga.  

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Talu ai ona o nei manatu e fesoʻotaʻi ma le lalolagi i tua atu o le aʻoga, e vaʻaia e tamaiti aʻoga lo latou talafeagai ma faʻafesoʻotaʻi i ai i se auala faʻafefe ma luʻitau. O tamaiti aʻoga e aʻoaʻoina i lenei auala e amata ona mafaufau i o latou matafaioi ma matafaioi o ni tagata aʻoaʻo ma faʻamalosia le auai i a latou aʻoga.

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TATOU TE AOAO ATU

What We Teach
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Our students learn in a supportive and personalised school environment with access to a full and outstanding range of programs across all areas of the Victorian Curriculum. 

As an International Baccalaureate school, we use the PYP (Primary Years Programme) as a framework to guide and plan our teaching and learning. There is a strong focus on English, Mathematics and Science as well as developing higher order thinking skills, technology skills and creativity.  

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Our students benefit from a full range of specialist programs including Visual Arts, Performing Arts, STEM, Physical Education and Chinese Mandarin. A range of extra-curricular activities are provided including school band, choirs, excursions, incursions and a wide range of lunchtime clubs.

IB PYP and Inquiry

(International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme)

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In 2024 Keysborough Gardens Primary School proudly became an authorised International Baccalaureate (IB) World school, offering the Primary Years Programme.  IB schools share a common philosophy - a commitment to high quality, challenging international education.

 

Each year level inquires into each of the following six Transdiciplinary Themes:

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These Transdisciplinary Themes help teachers develop a program of inquiries - investigations into important ideas, identified by the school and requiring high level of involvement on the part of the students. 

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These ideas relate to the world beyond the school and are an opportunity to incorporate local and global issues into the curriculum. As a result, students see the relevance of ideas and connect with them in an engaging and challenging way.

Students who learn in this way begin to reflect on their roles and responsibilities as learners and become actively involved in their education.

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Other PYP language you will hear around our school is:

 

Specified Concepts

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 big ideas used to give direction to the learning in a unit

Learner Profile

Approaches to Learning

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a list of attributes we endeavour to foster in our students

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skills that students develop and apply across all learning areas

The PYP is flexible enough to accommodate the requirements of the Victorian Curriculum. 

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Click through the images below to see what each level is learning over the year:

 

Preps

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3/4