A St Madeleine's education allows students to discover their own talents and provides opportunities to fully explore these.
We encourage our students to learn more than just the fundamentals, engaging them in a wide array of co-curricular activities. In addition to the standard teaching programs, St Madeleine's provides the following:
- early intervention programs for literacy and numeracy
- peer mentoring (buddies) involving Year 6 students supporting Kindergarten students in their work
- Voice of Youth
- Inter-school Debating
- transition programs for high school
- ICAS competitions
(English, Maths, Writing, Science, Spelling, and Digital Technologies) - Dance (Years 2-6)
- sporting gala days
(rugby league, AFL, soccer, netball, cricket)
Book Club
During the term we distribute Scholastic Book Club’s specially compiled list of reasonably priced books to the children. Details on how to purchase the books are included on the forms. This is an entirely voluntary purchase.
Instrument and Band Tuition
Instrument lessons are held through class time and band practice is held before school. These lessons are organised through Teaching Services Australia and give students opportunities to learn saxophone, clarinet, flute, trumpet, trombone, drums, and guitar. For further information phone 9651 7333 or email info@teachingservices.com.au.
Intensive Swimming Program
This compulsory component of the PDHPE syllabus is for students in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2. Children are taught aquatic skills, water familiarisation and confidence, floating and movement skills, basic swimming strokes, water safety, stroke development and diving. The program takes place in Term 4.
Sport
At St Madeleine's we offer our students the opportunity to participate in many different sports and events.
Sport at our school is about participation, teamwork, healthy lifestyle choices, skill development and, above all, fun.
All children are encouraged to become involved at a level with which they feel comfortable, and to extend this involvement to realise the potential harboured within each individual.Those children who exhibit particular talents in sport have access to representative sports at a number of levels, from school through to national.
We take part in all zone carnivals for Swimming, Cross-Country and Athletics. For these events, the children have the opportunity to represent at Zone, Diocesan and State levels.
Various sports carnivals take place throughout the year and provide students with the opportunity to compete at a school level, with the opportunity to then represent the school at Zone, Diocesan and State levels.
Swimming Carnival
This event is held in Term 1. All the children from Years 3 - 6 participate. Children in Year 2 who turn 8 in the calendar year and can competently swim 50 metres are also eligible to participate. There are novelty events to cater for beginner swimmers. Children in Infants who are not competing remain at school on the day of the swimming carnival.
Cross Country
Also held during Term 1, the children undergo training in the weeks leading up to the event by gradually building on the distance they run. The Cross Country is held on a school day and all children from Kindergarten to Year 6 are expected to participate in this event.
Athletics Carnival
All children from Kindergarten to Year 6 participate in the athletics carnival. The children may nominate to participate in longer distance races or field events such as long jump, discus, shot-put etc. The carnival is held late Term 2 or early Term 3.
In each of these areas, children have the opportunity to compete against other schools at the Zone carnival.
