Specialist Programs
Four specialist programs. One rich primary school experience.
Every student receives weekly specialist teaching in Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Physical Education and AUSLAN, with additional opportunities to perform, compete, exhibit and create.
The specialist week
Four hours of specialist learning each week.
Each class has one hour in each specialist area every week. The programs complement classroom learning while giving students dedicated time to move, perform, make, communicate and discover new strengths.
Performing Arts
Music, drama, dance and performance build confidence, creativity and collaboration. Students sing, play instruments, improvise, rehearse and perform for authentic audiences.
Weekly specialist lesson
Assemblies and community performances
Whole-school productions
Choir and ensemble opportunities
Victorian State Schools Spectacular
Aerial acrobatics performance at the Victorian State Schools Spectacular
WPS performers at the Victorian State Schools Spectacular, John Cain Arena.
Visual Arts
Students create with drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, clay, textiles and mixed media while learning to respond to artists, cultures and visual traditions.
Dedicated art room
Portfolio of work across the year
School displays and exhibitions
Wide range of media and techniques
Physical Education
PE develops fundamental movement skills, fitness, teamwork, sportsmanship and confidence through games, skill development, carnivals and representative pathways.
Weekly specialist lesson
Swimming, athletics and cross country
Interschool sport in Years 5/6
District and School Sport Victoria pathways
Sport pathways
Students can progress from school events to district, division, region and state competition through School Sport Victoria pathways in athletics, swimming, cross country and selected sports.
Basketball coaching clinic on the WPS sports court
Students and coach contesting a shot during a basketball clinic
Student sprinting across the oval during a PE activity
WPS students walking along the athletics track in school sport polos
Students lined up across the athletics track ready for a sprint during the school sports carnival
Students in team scarves and beanies taking part in an AFL-themed sports activity on the turf
AUSLAN
All students learn Australian Sign Language, building communication skills and understanding of Deaf culture through signing, fingerspelling, stories, performance and conversation.
One hour each week
Prep to Year 6
Whole-school signing at assemblies
Community and sing-sign performances
Building communication and belonging
AUSLAN (Australian Sign Language) is taught across every year level, giving students a shared language of expression that strengthens empathy, inclusion and connection with the Deaf community. Through signing, fingerspelling, stories and song, students develop genuine fluency and confidence.
Whole-school productions
School Musical Productions
Productions are a major part of school life, giving students from Prep to Year 6 the experience of rehearsing and performing together. Senior students can take on featured roles and leadership responsibilities across cast, crew and design.
School Musical Productions
Broadway dance number — a soloist in a pink dress leads a line of flapper-clad performers
Beyond weekly lessons
More opportunities to perform, compete and create.
Specialist learning extends beyond the timetable through school productions, choir, community performances, carnivals, interschool sport, clinics, exhibitions and selected statewide opportunities.
Performance
Assemblies, productions, choir, community events and selected opportunities such as the Victorian State Schools Spectacular.
Sport
Swimming, athletics, cross country, interschool sport, sport clinics and representative pathways.
Instrumental tuition
Optional music tuition is available at school through external providers. Families enrol and manage fees directly with the provider.
