At Lara Primary School, our specialist programs are facilitated by experts in their field.

Our specialists have a passion and zest for their curriculum area that they enjoy sharing with the students across the school.

BLUEARTH:

All students enjoy participating in the Bluearth program at Lara Primary School.
Bluearth is a program that improves the health and wellbeing of students by encouraging increased participation in physical activity.
It uses specifically designed games, movements and postures to promote a number of principles that lead to achieving improved social, personal, physical and academic outcomes.

These are:

· Ability to concentrate and remain focused

on specific tasks

· Self confidence

· Cooperation

· Awareness of others

· A willingness to accept new challenges

· Improving behaviour/choices.

For more information go to www.bluearth.org

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGiES:

Digital Technologies is embedded into learning and teaching at Lara Primary School.

Students in grades 4 & 6 have weekly Digital Technology lessons with a specialist teacher and all students from Prep – 6 spend a full week each year using specialist technologies at our Serendip Sanctuary classroom.

Having banks of tablets in a range of locations, including the library, all classrooms and at Serendip Sanctuary, means teachers can use technologies in a variety of ways to enhance learning from small groups through to 1:1 access. Digital Technology is entrenched within classes and peripherals are available for all students and staff to use as needed.

At Lara Primary School children use technologies in many differing ways and for many differing purposes.

Saying this, we are unrelenting in our attitude towards cyber safety and offer, in every way that we possibly can, a safe and secure network.

Cyber safety, including safe and ethical online behaviours, is paramount and explicitly taught to all students.

Digital Technology is used extenstively at Lara Primary School with students in grades 5 and 6 working in a 1:1 learning environment, each having access to their own personal mobile device.

To assist their peers, each grade has two techsperts, student who are capable and ethical technology users and who enjoy helping their classmates.

Technspert duties include:

Working with technicians to gain an appreciation of potential problems
Troubleshooting and assisting peers
Supporting Teachers
Caring for Equipment
Modelling good D.T. behaviours

Guided by D.T. staff, these young leaders are dedicated to inventive and safe technology practices and behaviours.

Our Techsperts for 2019 are:

Kyra - Ruby - Sydney - Shara - Mayson - Benj - Bindy - Lacey - Jamieson - Will

LIBRARY:

We are extremely fortunate to have a fantastic library at Lara Primary School.

All students spend an hour a week browsing and borrowing books from our extensive array of quality children’s literature.

The library provides books for classroom reading corners and classroom libraries. Classroom teachers and library technicians assists students to select appropriate texts.

We are open every morning at 8.30am allowing children to regularly exchange their books or just drop in to read before school.

Book week occurs in August of every year with the library being a hive of activity during this week. Parents and Carers are welcome to visit our library.

PERFORMING ARTS:

“The Arts are unique, expressive, creative and communicative forms that engage students in critical and creative thinking and help them understand themselves and the world.” (Vic Curriculum)

Children from years Prep to Four attend a 90 minute fortnightly specialist Performing Arts class where they participate in singing, dancing and acting.

Not all children find learning easy in the academic stream; hence, Performing Arts gives students an opportunity to shine in a different way.

The added bonus is that the links between Performing Arts, literacy and numeracy are strong. Lessons allow children to engage in fun, interactive learning.

Games are a critical learning tool. Children explore a range of instruments, including percussion and tuned. They sing a variety of songs, from traditional to Top 40. They have an opportunity to perform in scripted and improvised drama acts.

Over the year students will also have the opportunity to be involved in a talent show, assembly items and an end of year performance.

Our Year 6 students farewell Lara Primary School with a Graduation Ceremony and performance. Every child is encouraged to participate in the event, and it cumulates in a very positive, celebratory conclusion to their primary education.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION:

Lara Primary School is proud to have the use of both a fullsizeds indoor basketall court, outdoor basketball court as well as a large refurbished oval.

We stock a large quantity and variety of sports equipment and involve our students in a range of physical oppotunities which include

Fundametnal Motor Skills
Sports and Sports Clinics
Lighting Premiership,
Cross Country
Athletics and
BluEarth

We aim to encourage enjoyable ways to be active,

focusing on cooperation rather than competition

and encourage students to play alongside rather than against each other.

SWIMMING:

Each year the school offers a water safety and awareness program.

All children from grade Prep – 4 can participate in the program, which aims to teach water skills, water safety and strokes required for a child to become confident and competent in the water.

Details, fees and consent forms are provided prior to the program. Each year the learning group students take part in a water activity day at Adventure Park.

VISUAL ARTS

Expression through the arts is valued at Lara Primary School. All students from Prep through to Grade 6 enjoy a sequential art program.

In art lessons students make 2D and 3D art work using a variety of media types, exploring line, texture and form.

Visual Arts is celebrated through the Annual Art Show

13th - 17th August 2018

Where every child's work is proudly framed and displayed in the school for all to admire.

Specialist Programs