Digital Learning

Digital literacy helps expand children’s knowledge and competencies. It is essential schools provide students an opportunity to develop 21st century learning technologies and skills.

St Mary’s College provides these opportunities by simply searching for information to using apps, being digitally literate exposes our students to so many forms of learning. Videos, podcasts, social media pages, search engines, educational apps, and learning websites present various information to your child.

Learning in Design and Technologies and Digital Technologies builds on the dispositions developed in the early years. The Pre-Primary Digital Learning curriculum focuses on practical and applied knowledge and understanding of process and production skills. Digital Technologies focuses on developing foundational skills in computational thinking and provides opportunities to engage in personal experiences using digital systems.

Early years explicit teaching of digital learning also introduces students to cyber safety education and provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to stay safe in online environments from an early age.