Bandicoot Unit
Reception – Year 2

The Bandicoot Unit provides a welcoming and rich learning environment for Reception to Year 2 students. With a small class size and a full-time SSO, we are able to support all students through whole-class, small-group, and one-on-one learning as needed.

Our classroom setting fosters a sense of safety and confidence, encouraging students to explore their learning and curiosity. We use a variety of explicit instruction, hands-on activities, and play-based learning to ensure every child is engaged and involved.

Our daily routine is structured to support core learning:

• • Literacy is the focus each morning. We begin the day with Heggerty, a phonemic awareness program, followed by the Playberry Laser Multisensory Literacy Program for spelling and reading.
  • Numeracy is taught between recess and lunch. We use Bond Blocks, a mental maths program designed to build fluency with addition and subtraction facts to twenty through interactive, hands-on learning.
  • Project Based Learning takes place in the afternoons and varies each term—from science investigations to Genius Hour inquiries.