Extra Curricular

Health and Physical Education promotes an understanding of physical activities, movement, food and nutrition, health, safety, human development and human relationships.

At St Francis of Assisi we believe it is important students develop an early awareness of their own health, wellbeing and physical abilities. We believe in a program which imparts accurate knowledge, fosters desirable attitudes and develops positive practices in relation to both health and physical education.

The Health and Physical Education Program is taught by both the classroom teachers and two specialist teachers. During formal lessons, a variety of skills are taught to students providing opportunity to develop different skills.

Physical Education areas include:

• Fundamental movement patterns
• Coordinated actions of the body
• The concept of fitness
• Physical activity
• Growth and development
• Effective relationships
• Identity
• Safety
• Food and nutrition
• Sportsmanship

Students are allocated in a house team upon entry to the school. These houses are Mackillop (Red), Mannix (Green), Chisholm (Blue) and Polding (Yellow).

At St Francis of Assisi The Arts enable students to develop their creative and expressive capacities by learning about the different practices, disciplines and traditions that have shaped the expression of culture locally, nationally and globally. Students are both artist and audience in the Arts. They make and respond and learn to appreciate the specific ways this occurs in different disciplines.

Through engaging in The Arts students are entertained, challenged and provoked to respond to questions and assumptions about individual and community identity, taking into account different histories and cultures. We cater for The Arts through the explicit teaching of:

• Drama
• Dance
• Music
• Media Arts
• Visual Arts

The Arts curriculum is aligned with the documentation of Victorian Curriculum.

At St Francis we offer an in-house instrumental music program that aims to provide students with the opportunity to learn an instrument during school hours. We offer tuition in keyboard, piano, guitar, drums, violin and singing. The students are taken out of class for a half hour group (max. of three) or individual lesson with highly trained instrumental music teachers.

Students are encouraged to take internal or external exams (AMEB, ANZCA etc.) and are given the opportunity to perform in school recitals and take part in a variety of other school events.

We also strongly encourage our senior students enrolled in instrumental music lessons to participate in a music ensemble throughout the year. To participate in an ensemble is to use your current skills in playing your instrument/singing, and combine these with other students’ skills. It extends a student’s music experience, broadens their repertoire, and gives the students the opportunity to meet other students who share their passion in music. These ensembles occur during lunchtime and before or after school at no extra cost to parents.

Click to download the enrolment form below. Print it off, fill it out and return it to the school office.

Instrumental Music enrolment form