Academic Growth Classes
Academic Growth Classes provide strong mainstream learning through explicit teaching, differentiation and targeted support. Students build key skills, strengthen confidence and continue developing as successful learners.
These classes are supported by expert classroom teachers, the learning support team and whole-school systems that monitor progress and respond to learning needs. Students remain connected to their year group and continue to access appropriate enrichment and HPGE opportunities through the ACE (Adjustment, Challenge and Enrichment) Pathways.
Vision Statement
Our vision is for students in Academic Growth Classes to see themselves as confident, capable and engaged learners who are ready to grow through challenge.
We aim to provide a learning environment where students experience high-quality teaching, rich learning opportunities and purposeful support that helps them build confidence, independence and pride in their learning.
Through ACE Pathways, Academic Growth Classes reflect Brookvale Public School’s commitment to ensuring every student has access to meaningful challenge, appropriate support and opportunities to achieve their personal best.
What is an Academic Growth Class?
Academic Growth Classes are Brookvale Public School’s core mainstream classes. They form an important part of ACE Pathways by ensuring that all students access high-quality teaching, appropriate adjustment, meaningful challenge and opportunities for enrichment.
Students in Academic Growth Classes engage in explicit teaching, rich curriculum content and carefully planned learning experiences across all areas of the curriculum. Teachers use ongoing assessment, student work samples, classroom observations and school-based processes to understand what students know, what they are ready to learn next and what support or challenge will help them continue to grow.
Academic Growth Classes are supported by Brookvale Public School’s whole-school learning and wellbeing systems. This includes strong classroom differentiation, learning support processes, targeted teaching, intervention where appropriate and opportunities for students to extend their learning when they are ready for additional challenge.
Students in Academic Growth Classes participate fully in their year group and have access to all whole-school programs, events and opportunities. They may also access appropriate High Potential and Gifted Education, enrichment and ACE Pathways opportunities when these match their strengths, interests and learning needs.
Student learning is reviewed over time. Where students demonstrate readiness for additional challenge and places are available, they may be considered for Academic Enrichment.
Academic Growth Classes reflect Brookvale Public School’s commitment to supporting every student to build skills, strengthen confidence and grow as a successful learner.
What to expect as a student in an Academic Growth Class
Students in Academic Growth Classes can expect high-quality teaching, engaging learning experiences and opportunities to grow through appropriate challenge.
Across the school week, students participate in explicit teaching and rich learning across all curriculum areas. Lessons are carefully planned to help students build confidence, deepen understanding, develop independence and apply their learning in meaningful ways.
Students can expect to:
- engage in learning across English, mathematics, science, history, geography, creative and performing arts and PDHPE
- receive clear instruction, feedback and support from expert classroom teachers
- participate in class discussions, group tasks and collaborative learning
- build confidence in explaining their thinking and sharing ideas
- access differentiated learning tasks matched to their strengths, needs and readiness
- take part in whole-school programs, events, excursions, camps, sport, carnivals and assemblies
- access appropriate enrichment, High Potential and Gifted Education and ACE Pathways opportunities when these match their strengths, interests and learning needs
Academic Growth Classes provide students with a strong mainstream learning experience where they are supported to participate fully, grow in confidence and continue developing as capable learners.