Digital Learning
Mater Dei Primary encourages innovative and varied means of learning to enrich the curriculum and bring students face to face with authentic learning experiences. Digital technologies are embedded throughout the curriculum to enable and enrich learning and teaching.
GSuite for Education is ubiquitous across the system. Access to the cloud-based applications has fundamentally shifted practice and thinking about communication, collaboration and learning.
STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics]
Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Wagga Wagga [CSWW] have responded to the National STEM Strategy by developing its own STEM strategy. The aim of the strategy is to raise the profile of STEM within Diocesan schools through supporting initiatives that develop:
- Critical and creative thinkers
- Problem-solving capabilities
- The effective use of digital technologies
- The STEM strategy is informed by the two goals of the National STEM School Education Strategy 2016 – 2026:
- Ensure all students finish school with strong foundational knowledge in STEM and related skills
- Ensure that students are inspired to take on more challenging STEM subjects
- The Diocesan STEM strategy is aligned to the five focus areas identified in the National Strategy and describes actions at school and system level which will drive improvement initiatives.
The five focus areas are: - Increasing student STEM ability, engagement, participation and aspiration
- Increasing teacher capacity and STEM teaching quality
- Supporting STEM opportunities within schools systems
- Facilitating effective partnerships with tertiary education providers, business and industry
- Building a strong evidence base
