About EYE
NMER PEAC also provides needs-based support for students in Years 1-3, through the Early Years Extension (EYE) Project.
The region’s schools are offered either a withdrawal program or targeted professional learning across their network. Schools involved in the withdrawal program are invited to nominate students, who may benefit from extension, through a formal nomination process.
Programs generally run in 2 cycles of 5 weeks parallel to PEAC courses. The annual pattern has the Year 3 program running during Round 1, Year 2 during Round 2 and Year 1 during Round 3.
Invitations to attend EYE are distributed to parents through the home school.
It must be stressed that admission to the EYE Program does not automatically lead to inclusion in the PEAC Program.
Find out more about each of the exciting programs being offered here:
EYE Program
The EYE teaching program has been designed to ensure that it is:
- supplementary to school provision;
- rigorous in content and application;
- continuously monitored and evaluated; and
- aligned to the skills, strengths and needs of the students.
The EYE project is aligned with the Western Australian Curriculum. It draws on four of the General Capabilities; Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability, Literacy as a General Capability and Numeracy as a General Capability. By choosing these, a program can be designed that complements rather than repeats curriculum content taught at school and gives access to skills that will enable students to be effective 21st Century learners. The teaching program is built on the Philosophy for Children approach which has evolved from the work of Dr Matthew Lipman.
The outcomes of the program include helping students to:
- learn to think before they speak and give reasons for what they say;
- value their own views and the views of others;
- learn to not take things too personally and become more resilient;
- learn respect and negotiation;
- learn not to be fearful and develop self-confidence; and
- be highly curious.