Curriculum

Our school provides a happy and secure environment in which students are able to value and enjoy learning. The school comprises two permanent wings and has two portable buildings that currently house the Level 1 and two of the Level 2 classes. Features of the school include:

Gymnasium
Visual Arts Centre
Computerised Library
General Purpose Room
Computer Learning Centre
Canteen and a uniform shop

Wattleview offers programs in the following areas of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS):

Physical, Personal and Social Learning	Health and Physical Education	Movement and physical activity Health knowledge and promotion
	Interpersonal Development	Building social relationships Working in teams
	Personal Learning	The individual learner Managing personal learning
	Civics and Citizenship	Civics knowledge and understanding Community engagement

Discipline-based Learning	The Arts	Creating and making Exploring and responding
	English	Reading Writing Speaking and listening
	The Humanities
	The Humanities - Economics	Economics knowledge and understanding Economics reasoning and interpretation
	The Humanities - Geography	Geographical knowledge and understanding Geospatial skills
	The Humanities - History	Historical knowledge and understanding Historical reasoning and interpretation
	Languages Other Than English (LOTE)	Communicating in a language other than English Intercultural knowledge and language awareness
	Mathematics	Number Space Measurement, chance and data Structure Working mathematically
	Science	Science knowledge and understanding Science at work

Interdisciplinary Learning	Communication	Listening, viewing and responding Presenting
	Design, Creativity and Technology	Investigating and designing Producing Analysing and evaluating
	Information and Communications Technology (ICT)	ICT for visualising thinking ICT for creating ICT for communicating
	Thinking Processes	Reasoning, processing and inquiry Creativity Reflection, evaluation and metacognition

Within these programs the school offers specialist Art, Music, Library and Physical Education programs, a Perceptual Motor Program, Outdoor Education (including school camps), Information Technology in the classroom and integration facilities and programs. The school positively and actively encourages students with learning difficulties and caters for gifted and talented students.

The Wattleview school community is actively involved in school programs, maintenance and improvements. The grounds provide abundant space for active and passive recreation in a picturesque setting. Improved buildings and Learning Technology hardware and software have prepared Wattleview for a well-resourced and bright future.