Learning
At Oxley Primary School we are dedicated to helping our students to achieve their best in their learning. In addition to the core subjects of maths and english, we offer specialist subjects of Ag Science, Italian, MACC - Art, MARC - Library and PE.
English
Oxley Primary School delivers a comprehensive English curriculum grounded in the essential components of reading. Our structured literacy approach explicitly teaches oral language, phonemic awareness (knowledge of sounds), phonics (the relationship between sounds and letters), fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
In the early years, students participate in a minimum of 25 minutes of daily phonics and phonemic awareness instruction, supported by a clear and consistent scope and sequence. Students practise newly learned letter–sound relationships using decodable texts, ensuring skills are reinforced in a targeted and purposeful way. Alongside this, rich picture story books are used to foster a genuine love of reading and engagement with texts.
For the teaching of both reading and writing, staff implement an Instructional Model that emphasises explicit teaching, daily review, focused mini lessons, opportunities for application, and ongoing reflection. This approach supports all students to build strong literacy skills with confidence and independence.
Maths
At Oxley Primary School, Mathematics is an essential part of the curriculum, empowering students to think critically and make sense of the world around them. Our comprehensive program follows a clear scope and sequence that supports students to develop confidence, accuracy, strong reasoning, and problem-solving skills. Our approach focuses on the key areas of number, algebra, measurement, space, statistics, and probability.
Teaching follows a structured Instructional Model, incorporating explicit teaching, daily reviews, clear learning intentions, targeted mini lessons, guided practice, and opportunities for independent application. Students are supported to develop efficient strategies, explain and justify their thinking, and make connections between mathematical ideas.
Fluency is developed through regular daily practice, alongside opportunities for problem-solving to deepen understanding. At Oxley Primary School, we aim to build resilient and capable mathematicians who approach challenges with confidence and persistence.
Ag Science
Living in a rural area many students see agriculture daily on their way to school or they may even live on a farm. Our Ag/Science program strengthens students understanding of where their food and fibre come from. Students learn to take care and pride in their environment at school with hands on experience growing and then cooking with a variety of different produce. We have a strong emphasis on engaging with locals in the community to help enrich students learning. Students learn new skills such as dying and spinning wool from a sheep and caring for farm animals.
Students are encouraged to be curious and have a go with many opportunities presented to them within our Ag/Science program which is unique to Oxley PS.
Italian
Learning Italian at Oxley Primary School helps children build confidence in communicating in another language while discovering a rich and vibrant culture. Through fun, hands-on activities such as speaking, listening, singing songs, playing games and simple writing tasks, students learn everyday words, phrases and language rules they can use in familiar situations. Learning Italian also supports children’s overall language development, helps them understand and appreciate cultural differences, and encourages curiosity and enthusiasm for the wider world.
MACC - Visual Art
The MACC program visits Oxley Primary School every Wednesday. Specialist teacher Leah Stephens delivers the Visual Arts Curriculum, teaching units of work in drawing, painting, collage, construction, modelling, printmaking and clay. Students are taught to problem-solve, think creatively and add their own personal expression to artworks. They investigate and then practice in various art mediums, techniques and processes as they explore how different artworks are made. Students research artists from different cultures and times, they develop and master skills, learn about constructive peer feedback, and they are also given autonomy during some free-choice sessions.
MARC - Library
The Mobile Area Resource Centre (MARC) is a service that travels to rural schools across Victoria. This service allows children greater access to educational resources as well as the opportunity to borrow books from the Library van.
The M.A.R.C. van services Oxley P.S every Monday and gives the children the opportunity to borrow and participate in class activities focussing on themes/books to promote positive wellbeing and literacy outcomes.
MiniLit and MacqLit
We are fortunate to be able to offer the MiniLit and MacqLit programs to our low-progress readers. This is an evidence based small group intervention program run with an Educational Support person out of the classroom.
For our younger readers, MiniLit provides explicit instruction in phonemic awareness, systematic synthetic phonics for reading and spelling, letter formation, and connected text reading.
MacqLit is an explicit and systematic reading intervention program for small groups of older low-progress readers. It focuses on teaching students the key components of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.