St Dympna’s provides specialist teachers for Music, Physical Education, Japanese, and Digital Technologies who each deliever a weekly 40-minute specialist lesson for every student from Prep to Year 6.
Music
The Music Program at St Dympna’s is an extensive program which offers classroom music lessons as well as extra-curricular programs. The classroom program is based around the Kodaly philosophy and follows the music strand of the new Australian Arts Curriculum. The program is strongly vocal and aural based.
Physical Education
These lessons include various games and activities aligned with the health and physical education curriculum. Students learn personal development and physical activity topics within these specialist classes. The curriculum covers skill-building, fitness development, knowledge acquisition, investigation, planning, implementation, application, and reflection.
Japanese
Each weekly lesson covers Japanese language and culture, and are aligned with the Australian Curriculum for Languages: Japanese. Prep lessons place emphasis on cultural topics, as well as games and activities that support the development of personal and social skills outlined in the Australian Curriculum. Through language learning, students gain communication abilities in Japanese, intercultural understanding, and insight into how language and culture shape communication.
Digital Technologies
Students at St Dympna’s develop their digital technologies capabilities from Prep to Year 6 through a whole-school approach that builds digital literacy, online safety, and responsible digital citizenship. They learn to create, communicate, and manage information using digital systems, with skills taught explicitly and embedded across learning areas. The curriculum, aligned with the Australian Curriculum v9, supports students to investigate, design, and produce digital solutions while becoming confident, critical, and creative users of technology. This includes developing safe and ethical online practices in partnership with parents and carers, engaging in the Digital Technologies learning area, and using school-provided devices within a secure BCE network.