Years Three to Six
Baden Powell College: Academic Excellence for Grades Three to Six
At Baden Powell College, students in grades three to six engage in rich learning experiences facilitated by our well-researched Instructional Learning Model, which incorporates the 'High Impact Teaching Strategies'. Our approach to education is differentiated to meet individual learning needs, fostering a safe, connected, and enjoyable environment that nurtures the holistic development of each child.
Literacy Development
Baden Powell College employs a consistent approach to literacy through an instructional framework designed to enhance reading comprehension. This framework promotes purposeful learning through various modalities, including:
- Modelled and Shared Reading: Teachers explicitly teach reading and comprehension strategies using selected texts.
- Independent Reading: Students choose “Just Right” books to practice their reading skills independently, with teachers providing personalised feedback through reading conferences.
- Small Group Reading Instruction: Small group activities tailored to each student's level focus on skill development and comprehension. Small group reading instruction tailored to each student’s individualised need to build reading comprehension and skills.
During reading sessions, students engage with a diverse range of texts designed to persuade, inform, and entertain. In collaboration with teachers, students establish individual goals that they strive to achieve through sustained daily reading at school and home. Within this instructional framework, tasks are crafted to enhance fluency, reading comprehension, vocabulary development, word knowledge, and a lifelong love for reading.
In writing, we cultivate a passion for expression. Through explicit instruction through the writing process, students create both fiction and non-fiction texts, gaining a comprehensive understanding of the writing traits. Lessons are structured to develop students' craft, enabling them to identify the purpose, structure, and textual features of various text types, as well as to engage their readers effectively.
Numeracy Development
Our Numeracy curriculum for grades three to six emphasises the consolidation of students’ ideas, knowledge, and skills. Through daily practice, students refine their understanding, fluency, and reasoning abilities, developing sophisticated strategies to tackle problems in both familiar and unfamiliar contexts. Students are encouraged to articulate and justify their thinking, with lessons designed to explore the real-life applications of mathematics, including measurement, geometry, and statistics.
In our Big Ideas program, students examine other curriculum areas through an inquiry lens. Topics are carefully scaffolded year by year to maximise learning growth, skill development and develop curiosity.
Central to our mission is the cultivation of character. Our core values—Respect, Resilience, Integrity, and Endeavour—are deeply embedded in all that we do.
Transition to Year 7
In August, students identify the secondary school they wish to attend. Through student interviews, school visits, and the state-wide transition day, we provide students and families with every opportunity to ensure a smooth transition to Year Seven.