Sathya Sai Primary School, 2008
Class 5 and 6
Class 4 and 5
Class 2 and 3
Class 1 and 2
Kindy Class
A School Integrating Human Values
The Sathya Sai Primary School is a non-denominational, coeducational primary school catering for students from Kindergarten to Year 6 and is registered with the NSW Board of Studies. The curriculum is that prescribed by the Board of Studies, the six Key Learning Areas being English, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Creative Arts, Human Studies and the Environment, Physical Education/Personal Development/ Health.
The Values We Teach
The school gives prominence to character development through a Human Values Program and by providing a friendly and caring environment. The program is in line with the recommendations of the NSW Dept. of Education's document "The Values We Teach", and is based on universal ethical values that are common to all cultures and creeds. Values education hinges on five prime values - Love, Truth, Peace, Right Conduct and Non Violence and is taught through sub-values such as caring, sharing, honesty, helpfulness, justice, fairness, self esteem, responsibility, reliability, democracy etc. These values are imprinted through weekly lessons using seven teaching techniques - Quotes, Silent Sitting, Creative visualisation, Mindmaps, Song/Music, Story and Group Activity. In this way children acquire a language of values and through the seven teaching techniques acquire an understanding and an awareness of values in their daily lives.
Integration into General Curriculum
The values are reinforced by having a total school culture based on the values and by integrating the values into the general curriculum. By immersing children in such an atmosphere we are providing them with the powerful tools of self discipline, self awareness, self esteem and discrimination to guide and protect them through the difficult adolescent years to adulthood. Such students will have acquired moral character based on an understanding and awareness of their humanness.
Our school is expanding. A building program has commenced with acquisition and clearing of land. You can view an album of this acquisition and view the plans on this web page. Further information about the expansion and building program is available.