Academic Opportunities

Differentiation of the Curriculum 

All learning programs for students are differentiated to challenge every student. Differentiation is a targeted process that involves forward planning, programming and instruction. It involves the use of teaching, learning and assessment strategies that are fair and flexible, provide an appropriate level of challenge, and engage students in learning in meaningful ways. Differentiated programming recognises an interrelationship between teaching, learning and assessment that informs future teaching and learning.

Differentiated programming provides students with opportunities to

• demonstrate, in different ways, what they know, understand and can do at different points of the learning cycle
• discuss with their teachers their preferred learning style and new ways of learning
• explore, experiment and engage with the concepts and principles underpinning what they learn
• develop higher-order thinking and creative and critical thinking skills.