Program Participation

The PEAC program is designed to offer students the opportunity for academic extension. While this proves to be advantageous for most of our students, we recognise that it is not always the best fit for all students.

As PEAC is an optional program, if a student breaches any of the requirements or acts in a way that prevents others from achieving the requirements of the course, action will be taken. Upon consultation with the parents and school administration, and after the participant has received guidance and instruction on how to comply, the participant may be removed from inclusion in the program, either temporarily or permanently.

All decisions regarding breaches and subsequent consequences will be made by the program coordinator. PEAC will continue to offer support in a way that better suits the student, for example, by assisting the student’s home school.

The PEAC Learning Journey

The curriculum rubrics for PEAC courses are designed around the Western Australian Curriculum General Capabilities of critical and creative thinking, personal and social capability and selected learning area content.

1. Critical and Creative Thinking

Students develop capability in critical and creative thinking as they learn to generate and evaluate knowledge, clarify concepts and ideas, seek possibilities, consider alternatives and solve problems. Critical and creative thinking are integral to activities that require students to think broadly and deeply using skills, behaviours and dispositions such as reason, logic, resourcefulness, imagination and innovation in all learning areas at school and in their lives beyond school.

2. Social Management

Students develop personal and social capability as they learn to understand themselves and others, and manage their relationships, lives, work and learning more effectively. The capability involves students in a range of practices including recognising and regulating emotions, developing empathy for others and understanding relationships, establishing and building positive relationships, making responsible decisions, working effectively in teams, handling challenging situations constructively and developing leadership skills.

3. Learning Area Content

PEAC courses include content from a variety of learning areas, depending on the theme of the course. Content descriptors are drawn from the Year 6–9 syllabi. The role of PEAC is not to accelerate student learning, but rather to deepen their learning experience and expand their breadth of knowledge through critical and creative thinking.