At St Thomas’, we operate a 1:1 parent-funded iPad Program in Years 3-6. For these classes, iPads are part of the booklist. From Pre-Primary to Year 2, each classroom has a bank of shared iPads.

We believe the iPad is an important tool to support our classroom teaching and learning programs. We integrate the iPads across all learning areas in order to enhance students’ learning experiences.

Our teachers have a wide range of experience teaching in 1:1 iPad classrooms and we are very proud of the outstanding, and widely-recognised, high quality iPad program at St Thomas’.

The school has engaged with other schools to share knowledge and best practice in integrating technology. External companies, such as ACER and Microsoft, have sought St Thomas’ expertise to trial new hardware and software within our teaching and learning space.

At St Thomas’, we have an extensive Robotics Program throughout Years 1-6. As a future-focused school, it is important for us to be able to provide our students the opportunities to develop the programming and coding skills that will set them up for their future. The Western Australian Curriculum has a strong focus on Digital Technologies, and our emphasis on Robotics throughout the school is one of the main ways we address this curriculum area.

Throughout the school we have the following Robotics resources that are utilised each year as part of the digital technologies curriculum:

We also have programmable drones that are utilised by our upper primary students during the year as part of specialist and extension programs.