School Information

Curriculum

• The school provides two core hours of literacy and one core hour of numeracy daily.
• Junior Developmental Learning Centre for Prep, grades one and two.
• Senior Inquiry Learning Centre for grades three, four, five and six.
• Specialist programs including Physical Education, Art, Performing Arts, Information and Communications Technology. Healthy Bodies Healthy Minds, Circus Skills, Jump Rope for Heart
• Provision of educationally linked camps Excursions and Incursions
• Sustainable Schools Program
• Instrumental music program available- guitar, keyboard, piano and drums.
• LOTE – AUSLAN
• Playgroup for children zero to five years of age in purpose-designed centre.

School Schedules

School Times

(School dismisses at 2:30pm on the last day of each term)

School Terms - 2008

Parent Participation

We welcome parents to participate in class programs, to help out around the school and during extra curricular activities and to contribute to School Council and its associated sub-committees.

We highly value your involvement and interest in your child's education.

Parents can be involved in the school in a number of ways including:

• During the Literacy and Numeracy Block
• Supporting children to read
• School Council and various support committee groups
• Camps and excursions
• Library support
• Parent School Partnership Group
• Gardening Group
• Interschool sports
• Special Days and Activities

Parents are required to have a Working With Children Check when helping in the school. The school will support you to obtain this.

Out of school Hours Care

We provide an excellent and well resourced Out of School Hours Care Facility. A broad range of stimulating indoor and outdoor activities is organised for the children.

We conduct an After School Care Program (O.S.H. Club), from 7.00-9.00am and 3.30pm-6pm on school days. This service is also available on curriculum days.

Enrolment and costs are available upon request.

Resources

• Multi-Purpose Hall/Gym
• Extra Large classrooms
• Library Resource Centre
• Multi Media / Technology Centre
• Electronic Whiteboards in all classrooms
• Laptop computers
• Science Centre (currently under development)
• Art Room
• Music Room
• Fitness Track, Basketball, Netball, Minor Games, Volleyball courts, and Football Oval
• Jump Rope for Heart Exemplary School
• Circus Skills Exemplary School
• Huge open areas, well grassed, treed and shaded playgrounds and passive areas, sand pits and playground equipment.
• Out of School Care Program
• Deaf Facility
• Heating and Air Conditioning in all Classrooms

Student Wellbeing

• Personalised Learning Plans and Goals for each student
• You Can Do It Values Education
• Enterprise Education
• Student Wellbeing and Anti-Bullying Policy
• Junior School Council
• Student Leadership opportunities for all Grade Six students.
• Student Welfare and Support Group Meetings
• Services provided by visiting Speech Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists and Guidance Officers
• Christian Religious Education
• The Life Education program

Technology

• Whole School Network / wireless network
• Laptop Computer sets
• Multi Media Centre
• Movie Making Programs
• School Web-site
• Every student has access to a Personal Email Address
• Computers included in all classrooms
• Class set of computers in the Multi Media Centre
• Digital Cameras, Digital Video Cameras Interactive ‘Smartboard’, Scanners, DVD’s
• Students can have regular access at lunchtime of the Multi Media Centre
• All teachers are committed to continuous personal professional learning in order to ensure up to date provision of ICT in the school.

Extra-Curricular Activities

• Circus Skills
• Jump Rope for Heart
• Annual School Concert
• Instrumental Music – guitar, keyboard, piano, drums
• Golf Clinics and participation in competition
• Athletics and Cross Country Running
• Interschool Sport
• Intensive Swimming Program (Prep to 3)
• Open-Water Swimming Program (Gr 5/6)
• Camps for Grade 3 /4 and 5 /6

Communication

• We communicate with our parents and school community through the weekly newsletter.
• We have a meeting early in the year to allow the parents / carers to meet with the teacher and discuss the individual needs of each student.
• Parents are provided with a Student Progress Report towards the end of Term Two.
• The students also present their learning to their parents at a Three Way Conference at the end of Term 2. The Three Way Conference involves the student, teacher and parents sharing in a discussion about the child’s learning.
• We encourage parents to make an appointment with the teacher at any other time in the year if they have concerns or issues that they would like to discuss or clarify.
• Our Discipline Policy also provides parents with Notifications if their children have not demonstrated the appropriate behaviour or to inform them if their child has been bullied by another child so that the appropriate supports can be established.
• Classroom diaries are uses throughout the school for daily communication.