Programs
Amphitheatre Primary School has a wealth of support from the local community in running programs throughout the school.
MARC Van:
Every two weeks we have a Mobile Area Research Centre (MARC) Van arrive at school. A qualified teacher takes the students for approximately half a day to learn about libraries and books. Students are able to borrow books from the MARC Van and will need to return them after a month.
Japanese:
Japanese is taught each week via a trial program on video conferencing with a teacher from Trawalla Primary School. . Classes will also be conducted face to face at Cluster Days.
Cluster Days
Students also come together with 6 other small rural schools 3 times a term. On a Cluster day students travel to one of the rural schools to participate in 4 activities such as literacy, numeracy, sport or a language. These days are designed to allow students to experience class activities with students of their own age as well as develop their social skills. There is NO cost to students to participate in these days.
Swimming:
At the beginning of each year students participate in a two week survival swimming program at the Avoca Pool. Students learn the basics of survival and stroke technique in an outdoor pool.
School Sports / Athletics:
As we are a small school we compete in the annual Pyrenees District School Sports against the other Pyrenees Cluster Schools. Amphitheatre has a sports uniform for the day which is a pale blue t-shirt that is supplied by the school. Each year the sports are held at one of the Cluster school’s local ovals. It is a big family event and parents often arrange to come out for the day to watch their children participate.
MARC Van:
Every two weeks we have a Mobile Area Research Centre (MARC) Van arrive at school. A qualified teacher takes the students for approximately half a day to learn about libraries and books. Students are able to borrow books from the MARC Van and will need to return them after a month.
Japanese:
Japanese is taught each week via a trial program on video conferencing with a teacher from Trawalla Primary School. . Classes will also be conducted face to face at Cluster Days.
Cluster Days
Students also come together with 6 other small rural schools 3 times a term. On a Cluster day students travel to one of the rural schools to participate in 4 activities such as literacy, numeracy, sport or a language. These days are designed to allow students to experience class activities with students of their own age as well as develop their social skills. There is NO cost to students to participate in these days.
Swimming:
At the beginning of each year students participate in a two week survival swimming program at the Avoca Pool. Students learn the basics of survival and stroke technique in an outdoor pool.
School Sports / Athletics:
As we are a small school we compete in the annual Pyrenees District School Sports against the other Pyrenees Cluster Schools. Amphitheatre has a sports uniform for the day which is a pale blue t-shirt that is supplied by the school. Each year the sports are held at one of the Cluster school’s local ovals. It is a big family event and parents often arrange to come out for the day to watch their children participate.
