Physical Education
Corpus Christi offers a comprehensive and varied Physical Education Program where all children are required to participate. As children progress through the school, they learn skills and rules associated with a variety of minor & major games. Children will experience competition in a controlled and educative environment within each Unit at a level that is appropriate to the children concerned. At Corpus Christi students take part in Physical Education lessons on a weekly basis. Physical Education at Corpus Christi is based on the Victorian Curriculum and focuses on teaching students a range of fundamental motor skills, games and a large range of sports.
Corpus Christi is an active participant with School Sport Victoria and takes part in a large range of sporting events. The Grade 5 & 6 students take part winter interschool sport, providing students with the opportunity to work alongside their peers in a competitive, fun environment. It gives students the chance to develop teamwork, sportsmanship and a strong work ethic. Corpus Christi does not have a current Swimming program. Families are notified and encouraged to take advantage of the many swimming programs available within the Werribee area as deemed appropriate by the parents.
Language Other Than English – Italian
Italian is a skills-based curriculum area. Classes are an hour in duration from Foundation to Yr. 6, on a fortnightly basis, throughout the school year.
Students learn how to speak, read, spell and write basic words and phrases in Italian. They are also taught formal grammatical skills, through a range of varied activities, including but not limited to interactive learning games, songs, nursery rhymes, folktales, etc. Through learning Italian our students learn about cultural differences and similarities associated with a language other than English. They understand and make connections with everyday life, their own cultural background, and how cultures are influenced and enhanced, whilst embracing the multiculturalism of Australia.
Learning an additional language strengthens and enhances creative and critical thinking. It also develops new perspectives and helps our students to learn and to live as part of a global community.
Computer Science Investigations (CSI)
Students are immersed in a technology rich environment that supports learning and develops their ability to think critically and creatively in a meaningful context. All students participate in CSI classes where they investigate Digital Technologies and STEM based activities with a Specialist teacher.
Performing Arts
Performing Arts, at Corpus Christi, is taught from Prep to Year 6 in a varied and well-resourced program on a fortnightly basis. Students explore and develop an understanding of the elements of music, music conventions and music styles. They are provided with opportunities to be imaginative and expressive and learn in a collaborative environment where each student is able to create, compose and perform. Students are also given opportunities to reflect on and respond to their own and others’ works.
Visual Arts
Students are introduced to varied media and techniques covering four units. Each one designed to develop a series of skills and techniques: Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media and Modelling. Each year the work is scaffolded to build on what has been covered previously whilst, at the same time, children are learning new skills and techniques.
