Normanhurst Public School

Be Respectful, Be Responsible & Strive for Success

Telephone02 9489 1152

Emailnormanhurs-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Learning across the curriculum

Cross curriculum content enriches and supports the learning areas and adds depth to student learning. In NSW students study a range of learning across the curriculum content.

Cross curriculum priorities

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures 
  • Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia 
  • sustainability

General capabilities

  • critical and creative thinking 
  • ethical understanding 
  • information and communication technology capability 
  • intercultural understanding 
  • literacy 
  • numeracy 
  • personal and social capability

Other learning across the curriculum areas

  • civics and citizenship
  • difference and diversity
  • work and enterprise.

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Information and communication technology

The computer lab is well equipped with thirty computers and an interactive whiteboard.

The children at Normanhurst School visit the computer room once a week for a lesson with Ms Taylor. They also use it at other times with their class teacher. They use the computers in a variety of ways, to help with work in different curriculum areas (for example maths, English) and also to learn computer skills.

Some of the computer skills we learn are:

  • how to use and care for computer equipment appropriately
  • word processing skills (creating and editing documents)
  • accessing information and conducting research
  • using the internet appropriately
  • understanding and using email
  • multimedia skills (paint and draw, creating slideshows, movie making)
  • creating and using databases
  • using peripherals such as digital cameras and scanners
  • creating and using spreadsheets

The students use their skills to complete some exciting and creative projects.