Specialist Subjects

Art Van

The Mobile Art and Craft Centers (MACC) are a fleet of mobile art classrooms which provide specialist art education to small rural and remote primary schools. These vans ensure that students in rural schools get the same opportunities as their cousins in bigger schools, ensuring that they too can begin their High School years with a solid grounding in the Visual Arts.

Once a fortnight Flowerdale Primary School school is visited by the MACC Van where an experienced teacher provides art lessons to each grade for 1 hour. Each lesson is full of creativity, imagination and colour!

Library Van

The Mobile Area Resource Centre (MARC van) is a small mobile library. Denise Findley and her MARC van visit Flowerdale Primary School on a two week rotation.

The MARC van is filled with picture story books, fictional novels, non-fiction books as well as teacher resources for students and teachers to borrow. Students are able choose books from the library van to read over a two-week period.

MARC lessons allow students to share a book, discuss different aspects, think critically, and explore issues in greater detail with an activity that integrates into other key learning areas.

Physical Education

Physical Education provides our students with the opportunity to develop and refine fundamental motor skills and apply these skills in cooperative and competitive games. Emphasis is placed on teamwork, fair play and leadership, nurturing the social and emotional development of our students. The PE program covers the following activities and events annually:

Outdoor Education (Camps Program)
Bike Education
Water Safety Program
Dance and Movement
Gymnastics
District Athletics, Cross Country and Swimming
Sports Education
Jump Rope for Heart
Hoop Time Basketball

Auslan

The Auslan curriculum provides our students with the skills and knowledge needed to communicate and engage with the Deaf community. It is a meaningful approach to language education where students develop understanding and respect of diversity. Students participate in a variety of independent and cooperative learning experiences that enable them to understand themselves as communicators.