Teaching & Learning

Lower Primary

Warringa Crescent Campus and Polly Parade Campus

Our vision in Lower Primary is to ensure that all our students have the best start to their schooling journey. We aim to create independent learners who have the skills and dispositions of life-long learners. Lower Primary comprises of students as they begin the first few years of their school journey. Students attend either at the Warringa Crescent campus situated in Hoppers Crossing or at Polly Parade campus situated in Tarneit. All students are supported to develop fundamental skills that will travel with them throughout their schooling journey.

At Warringa Park School, we instil our school values of learning, respect, and working together into all areas of teaching and learning practices to empower students to carry these skills into the community and throughout their lives. In the lower primary, the school mascots play a pivotal role in supporting our students to make connections to our school values. Through modelling from Lizzie our “Learning Lizard” Ricki the “Respectful Kangaroo” and Wally the “Working Together Wombat”, our students explore expected behaviours in line with our School Wide Positive Behaviour Supports.

For our students in their earliest years of school, we focus on ‘Readiness to learn’ skills skills that will support students to be successful in achieving their learning outcomes. Two key areas include self-regulation and communication. To support students to become independent, communicators, we use a range of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices and supports. Our primary AAC systems are Proloquo2go and PODD. We recognise students may come with their own tailored systems and our aim is to ensure consistency across environments and through collaboration with our Speech Pathologist and families, the most appropriate systems will be utilised. In lower primary, our goals for communication include:

  • To model AAC across a variety of settings and opportunities (e.g. shared reading, teaching, chatting, free play, eating) with no expectations to support students in:
      • Language development (e.g. vocabulary, grammar, context)
      • Being able to enhance/augment their communication through AAC (which in turn relates to initiation of communication)
      • Following instructions (visual support)
      • Having a right to communication (to be able to say what they want to say, however they want to say it, wherever they want to say it)
      • For students to see AAC as their communication
  • To allow students the access to AAC at all times to give them the opportunity to communicate whenever they would like to.
  • To acknowledge and respond to students’ communication on AAC as communication at all times.

In developing self-regulation skills we focus on:

  • Students being able to recognise their body signals and describe how their bodies feel. (either verbally or through using AAC)
  • Students being able to connect their body signals to emotions
  • Students beginning to start to identify tools (supported by staff) to help them be ready to learn.

Through Play based and Inquiry Learning, students are encouraged to explore, experiment, wonder, inquire, practice, invent, create, imagine and play. We want all our learners to be actively engaged and involved fully with a hands-on approach to all learning experiences. Our “Discovery Space” is a play-based learning environment our students visit in prep that is specifically designed to support social and emotional learning with their peers through play.

We take pride in our successes, which are based on quality teaching, curriculum, and assessment. Our teachers use the most effective tools to assess and track student progress, guided by research-based effective strategies.

The home-school partnership is a crucial component to the success of our learners. Regular communication by teachers and valued parent input ensures consistency between home and school learning environments.

Our program is designed to enable all students to achieve positive learning outcomes, build upon previous knowledge and skills and experience success.

Middle Primary

Warringa Crescent Campus

Middle Primary is a dynamic, thriving learning community for students in grades 2-4. This community shares a common goal amongst parents, staff and students: excellence in education and personal growth.

Middle Primary focuses on continuing to develop strong communication skills, build independence in personal skills and learn fundamental social skills to support our learners throughout life. We ensure that each classroom has the environment to best foster learning, creativity, independence and sociability.

We believe that our students’ learning experiences must reflect the world they live in, with rich technologies and science embedded within the learning environments. Students are supported to access the Victorian curriculum in hands on engaging ways. Teachers look for opportunities to support learning in real life situations that are meaningful and connect students to the world around them. They deliver learning experiences that incorporate elements of play and excitement, as well as build upon skill development.

Our one-to-one iPad program provides students with a wealth of opportunities to engage, connect, create and communicate effectively.

Upper Primary

At Warringa Park School we work towards a common goal of making education accessible to all of our students, recognising their individual needs and abilities. Each classroom within Upper Primary is created with the specific learning requirements of students in mind; ensuring it is the best environment to foster their learning, curiosity, creativity, independence and sociability. 

Students in Upper Primary have the opportunity to participate in learning programs which build on various personal and social capabilities such as teamwork and problem-solving skills. These programs include; Camps, Boys Groups, Girls Groups, Drumming Circles, the Henny Penny Chicken program, Buddy Programs (with both Lower Primary students and students from Years 7-9) and many more. 

During their Upper Primary years, students have the opportunity to nominate themselves as school leaders, with a group of students voted in by their peers to represent the school on the School Representative Council. Our SRC representatives contribute to the development of programs within the school and student learning experiences. All students in Upper Primary are role models for the younger students in our school, demonstrating our school values of Respect, Working Together and Learning. 

Our students work at diverse levels within the Victorian Curriculum and are supported to achieve their Individual Educational Goals by teachers who use evidence-based approaches to support the teaching and learning within their classrooms. Assessment is focused on strength-based models with educational adjustments made to meet the needs and abilities of each individual student. Communication and the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) remain at the forefront of student learning and independence, as well as a focus on Personal and Social skills as our student develop through their pre-teen and teenage years. The Sensory Motor Program and Readiness to Learn passports enable our students to recognise their body signals, connect signals to emotions, and identify tools to help them be ready to learn. These programs are carried out by teachers within the classrooms and are supported by the Allied Health Team. 

Polly Parade

At Warringa Park School, we instil our school values of learning, respect, and working together into all areas of teaching and learning practices to empower students to carry these skills into the community and throughout their lives.

Through Inquiry Learning, students are encouraged to explore, experiment, wonder, inquire, practice, invent, create, imagine and play. We want all our learners to be actively engaged and involved fully with a hands-on approach to all learning experiences.

We take pride in our successes, which are based on quality teaching, curriculum and assessment. Our teachers use the most effective tools to assess and track student progress, guided by research-based effective strategies.

The home-school partnership is a crucial component to the success of our learners. Regular communication by teachers and valued parent input ensures consistency between home and school learning environments.

Our program is designed to enable all students to achieve positive learning outcomes, build upon previous knowledge and skills and experience success.

Bethany Road

Welcome to the vibrant and supportive Year 7 – 9 Learning Community at the Bethany Road campus of Warringa Park School. There is a collective commitment among staff at Bethany Road to the cognitive and social development of your child as they transition physically, intellectually and socially into young adulthood.

The students at our campus engage in learning experiences that support their preparation for their personalised pathways of their senior years at Cayleys Road. These authentic experiences have the clear purpose of building skills for students to participate and communicate successfully in the world beyond our campus. Students are offered increased opportunities to discover how best they learn, how to manage themselves, and how to work collaboratively with others. They are challenged to take responsibility for their own learning and be future orientated. Teachers work closely with students and families to identify goals for the future and areas of support your child will require to achieve their goals and share these in an Educational Career Action Plan (ECAP).

Educational research indicates that the most important factor influencing educational outcomes is the quality of teaching staff and the highly skilled and dedicated teachers and education support staff in our learning community are focused on ‘improving learning outcomes for all our students’.

As a beginning to the Later Years curriculum pathway, BRC programs are designed to enable students to learn in a variety of settings and contexts. This enables every student to transfer their learning to real life situations. Located on the school grounds of The Grange P-12 College (secondary campus), our Bethany Road Campus offers the Victorian Curriculum Framework for years 7 – 10 whilst preparing students for their pathway into the Victorian Pathway Certificate.

Cayleys Road

Warringa Park School Cayleys Road Campus was established in 2013 as a vocational learning environment for students with additional support needs. The campus is set in the surrounds of the market gardens in Werribee South and the teaching and learning is focused on building the skills, knowledge and communication needs students will require for their post-school pathways. In 2022, Cayleys Road Campus opened its new school buildings which have been purpose built to cater for all our Senior Secondary students. All Warringa Park School year 10–12 students and a cohort of year 7–9 students attend the campus. 

The students at our campus explore local and global issues by engaging in experiences that support their personalised pathways. These authentic experiences have the clear purpose of building skills for students to participate and communicate successfully in the world around them and beyond our campus. The Later Years programs are designed to enable students to learn in a variety of settings and contexts. This enables every student to transfer their learning to real life situations. 

Our campus offers the Victorian Curriculum Framework, ASDAN and the Victorian Pathways Certificate. All teaching and learning is delivered through applied activities and supported by eLearning. Programs are offered by many different providers and give students genuine learning opportunities and pathways beyond school. 

Our team of highly skilled Teachers and Education Support Staff are dedicated to improving learning outcomes for all of our students and are committed to supporting students to achieve their personal best during these important final years of school. Our staff work closely with families and external providers to develop post-school pathways and opportunities for all our students. 

Specialist Programs

Warringa Park School offers a range of specialist programs that extend learning beyond the regular classroom environment. With teaching staff, learning environments and resources tailored to the specialised subject areas of Physical Education, Visual Arts, Digital Technologies, STEAM, Music and Performing Arts, these programs are engaging and purposeful, providing authentic learning experiences that promote imagination, creativity and communication, now and into the future.

Visual Art

Visual Arts provides students with an avenue for personal expression and relaxation; an important part of learning at Warringa Park School. Visual Arts provides each student the opportunity to develop unique abilities and succeed at their level, expressing creativity using an engaging range of materials and art making processes. The activities stimulate curiosity, exploration, experimentation, confidence and independent creative thought. Students at all levels learn technical and collaborative skills and are given opportunities to display their work alongside their peers. Visual Arts exhibitions are held at school throughout the year to celebrate student success during events and festivals such as Harmony Day, ANZAC Day and Naidoc Week. We display student work in our student cafe, Cafe 11.  At the end of Term 4 we hold our annual End of Year Festival celebrations that include a multimedia showcase of artworks from students across the school.

Physical Education

The Physical Education program at Warringa Park School enables students to maintain their physical activity levels, develop their fine and gross motor skills, as well as improve their concentration and coordination. Students are supported to engage in differentiated movement activities in a range of environments catered to their individual needs. Students are offered many different sports throughout the year to develop the skills and knowledge to be successful. Students’ teamwork skills are supported through minor games and introducing rules and sportsmanship in Physical Education lessons.

Warringa Park School offers state of the art facilities that include a gym, climbing wall, perceptual motor zone, sensory board, play yards, fitness zone, outdoor basketball and soccer ovals and trampolines. Students have the opportunity to explore and engage in these different environments regularly. There are many exciting opportunities for students to engage with the wider community such as Inter-school Sports, Sporting Schools and School Swimming. Students are also able to express their personalities in different groups such as dance and sport groups. There are also opportunities to attend different camps such as bike camp.

Performing Arts

The Performing Arts Program combines elements of music, drama, dance and media arts, giving our students the opportunity to develop their ability to present, respond, explore, create and evaluate their own and others’ work in a fun and engaging environment. 

Our Program is student-centered and caters for all skill levels and abilities, with age-appropriate musical genres. Using our wide range of performance resources students develop their motor, social interaction and collaboration skills. 

Students are supported to develop their ideas through group workshops, performances, studio production and working individually. 

Throughout the year we celebrate the success of our students with live and digital performances during our assemblies and events. 

STEAM

Welcome to STEAM at Warringa Park School, where we empower students to embrace the exciting fusion of Science, Technology, Engineering, The Arts, and Mathematics. 

Through hands-on exploration, experimentation, and explanation, our students delve into the wonders of the living world, materials, and the physical realm. They engage in sensory science activities, real-world problem-solving, measurement, design, and creation. By integrating scientific concepts with artistic expression and engineering design principles, students develop a holistic understanding of the interconnectedness of these subjects in fun and accessible ways.

Our STEAM program integrates digital technologies seamlessly, equipping students with 21st-century skills, enabling them to navigate digital systems confidently and creatively.  We offer our students opportunities to develop not only critical and creative thinking abilities but also digital literacy, problem-solving skills, and a deep appreciation for the wonders of the STEAM disciplines.