In this section you find information about about our curriculum.
Thangool State School provides a warm, supportive environment where all students are given the best opportunity to reach their potential.
At Thangool State School we use the Australian Curriculum (Version 8) which builds a solid grounding in the fundamental learning areas of English, Maths, Science, HASS (History and Social Sciences), Health and Physical Education, The Arts (Music, Dance, Drama, Media Arts and Visual Arts), Technologies (Technology and Design) and LOTE (Japanese face-to-face lessons for Year 5 & Year 6 students).
Improving literacy and numeracy outcomes continue to be the priorities of the staff, parents and community of Thangool. Our whole school curriculum is always evolving to meet the needs of our students and our community.
Enrolment numbers determine how classes will be structured each year which may mean we operate multi-age classes.
Our school offers Preparatory – Year 6 education. The preparatory year continues on from your child's learning at home, kindergarten, or childcare. The curriculum in the preparatory year is designed to provide the foundation that children need for success in later schooling. International research has identified several factors that are connected with success at school. These are:
- independence
- social learning
- health and physical development
- language development
- early literacy and numeracy understandings
- ability to think and solve problems
- imagination and creativity
- positive approach to learning.
Through ACARA, all Thangool State School students will be taught the Australian Curriculum, thus providing a curriculum where their achievements will be consistently measured at both school and at cluster moderation. Through using the standards of achievement, parents have access to information about their child's performance through clear assessment and reporting opportunities.
Australian achievement standards, support parents with understanding what their child should be achieving and how they compare with expectations. The standards set a reference point to allow teachers to better judge student achievement. The standards create a common understanding among teachers that can be applied consistently across all of our classrooms, Queensland and Australia. This means that an 'A' or Very High Achievement at Thangool SS will be equal to an 'A' or Very High Achievement in Brisbane and elsewhere. Parents also see whether their child's achievement is above, below or on par with expectations for that year level.