Find out more about what your child will learn at our school.
Individualised learning
Every student who attends Bullimbal School has a highly individualised learning program that is developed and reviewed each year in collaboration with parents, carers, therapists and healthcare professionals. Students work toward individual outcomes and goals targeting their current level of development and skill and knowledge acquisition, within the NSW Curriculum for all students. The resulting Personalised Learning and Support Plan ensures high expectations are maintained for all students as they progress toward independence, excellence and achievement at Bullimbal School.
Students in kindergarten to year 6 follow the same curriculum as all students in NSW. Once students reach year 7 they have the option of working towards Life Skills outcomes.
In Kindergarten to Year 6, students at Bullimbal School may engage with:
- syllabus outcomes and content from their age-appropriate stage with adjustments to teaching, learning and/or assessment activities
- selected syllabus outcomes and content from their age-appropriate stage relevant to their learning needs
- syllabus outcomes from an earlier stage, using age-appropriate content.
In Years 7-10, students at Bullimbal School engage with selected Years 7–10 Life Skills outcomes and content from syllabuses (for students in Years 7–10).
In Stage 6 (Years 11 and 12), students at Bullimbal School engage with Stage 6 Life Skills outcomes and content from Stage 6 Life Skills syllabuses.
Like all students in NSW, Students at Bullimbal School all work towards receiving their Record of School Achievement (RoSA) following the completion of year 10. Furthermore, they will receive their Higher School Certificate (HSC) at the end of year 12.
More information about the curriculum for students with complex learning needs can be found on the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) website.
The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) is responsible for the curriculum, Kindergarten to Year 12, for all NSW schools.
For the primary years, NESA develops syllabuses for all subjects in six key learning areas:
- creative arts
- English
- human society and its environment (HSIE)
- mathematics
- personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE)
- science and technology.
Some primary schools may also offer languages.
NSW schools also offer special religious education and special education in ethics via approved providers, where available.
For the high school years, NESA develops syllabuses for all subjects in eight 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).
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 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. Primary school covers Early Stage 1, or Kindergarten, to the end of Stage 3. High school covers Stage 4 to 6.
- Stage 1 includes Kindergarten to Year 2 (Kindergarten is referred to as Early Stage 1).
- Stage 2 includes Years 3 and 4.
- Stage 3 includes Years 5 and 6.
- Stage 4 includes Years 7 and 8.
- Stage 5 includes Years 9 and 10.
- Stage 6 includes Years 11 and 12.