TLSC Tumbi Umbi Campus organises its curriculum delivery through faculty areas, however, faculties actively work together to ensure that learning is connected across subject areas.
The existence of two large staffrooms instead of smaller faculty based staffrooms facilitates professional sharing and collaborative curriculum development and delivery.
The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) is responsible for the curriculum, Kindergarten to Year 12, for all NSW schools.
For the high school years, NESA develops syllabuses for all subjects in 8 key learning areas:
- creative arts
- English
- human society and its environment (HSIE)
- languages
- mathematics
- personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE)
- science
- technological and applied studies (TAS).
NSW schools also offer special religious education and special education in ethics via approved providers, where available.
Like all NSW schools, we have developed teaching and learning programs to suit our local context and the needs of our students.
To learn more about the curriculum in NSW, visit:
- NSW Department of Education – key learning areas
- NESA’s Parent Guide – Schooling in NSW which provides information about learning stages, key learning areas and syllabuses
- NSW Department of Education policy – Curriculum planning and programming, assessing and reporting to parents K–12.
Stages of learning
There are 6 stages of learning from Kindergarten to Year 12. High school covers Stages 4 to 6.
- Stage 4 includes Years 7 and 8.
- Stage 5 includes Years 9 and 10.
- Stage 6 includes Years 11 and 12.
Secondary studies
The secondary studies faculty is pivotal to the running of Stage 5 – Years 9 and 10.
This faculty is made up of specialist programs which oversee:
- all organisation, policies, and procedures relating specifically to the School Certificate years
- monitoring and completion of all assessment task for the School Certificate years
- library and information centre
- whole campus technology including hardware, software and teacher professional learning
- careers adviser and careers advice programs including Plan-it Youth
- transition adviser and additional support of students in setting and meeting educational goals
- transition 10-2-11 in partnership with Berkeley Vale Campus and The Entrance Campus.
Equipment lists
Our Student Equipment List is set up to allow students to become better organised for learning as their independence increases.