07 Mar 2018
Students are at the centre of our decision making in delivering high level public education at Springwood High School. An evaluation process for the Combined Senior Curriculum (CSC) at SHS has concluded with the principal resolving that the CSC will continue into the future.
A point of positive agreement among all stakeholders— teachers, students and parents—is that the CSC had provided increased subject choice and flexibility for senior students. This was a foundational principle for establishing the CSC: to secure an enhanced capacity to offer students the broadest possible range and largest possible number of subjects, thereby meeting their learning needs and interests to the fullest possible extent and enhancing their post-school options. Of course, this is congruent with the fundamental moral purpose of schooling and therefore every government school in NSW, including SHS.
Some positives that students have experienced in the CSC were adroitly summarised in remarks made during the evaluation: "it's been effective in that regard, a lot more subjects that are run because of this system"; "I think it's better because you focus only on three in one year and then three the next so you can focus on them continuously"; "I have friends in the other system who wish that they were doing it this way".
Further details about the CSC may be found under the "Curriculum & activities" tab of the school's website.