At Pascoe Vale South PS, we implement an inquiry-based approach when studying the curriculum. To support this approach we use MAPPEN Curriculum as a resource.

The MAPPEN curriculum represents approximately three hours of teaching time each week. It aligns with the content and skills from the following areas of the Victorian Curriculum:

• Science
• Technologies (Design and Technologies)
• The Humanities
• Health and Physical Education
• Critical and Creative Thinking
• Ethical Capability
• Intercultural Capability
• Personal and Social Capability

MAPPEN also includes logical integration of literacy, numeracy, and digital technologies/ICT.

Eight Key Concepts

MAPPEN provides opportunities for students to explore content and skills through real-world examples. Each term, we will deliver a learning sequence that is designed around one of eight concepts.

Over 8 terms (2 years), students will investigate each of the concepts once. A single concept is investigated across the school simultaneously, with age-appropriate content and skills being investigated at each year level.