AddressRiverwalk Primary School is a newly established government primary school located on Timbarra Drive, Werribee. Our school has facilities to cater for a long-term enrolment of 525 students and has a co-located two room kindergarten. Riverwalk Primary School is located within an extensive growth corridor and has been master-planned to allow for a peak enrolment of up to 1,100 students. There are a number of new housing estates developing within the Riverwalk area, which is contributing to our growing student numbers.
Riverwalk Primary School has two large learning neighborhoods which include general and specialist teaching spaces, an administration building, a performing arts and physical education building. In additional to this, the school has a range of outside facilities, including two playgrounds and learning street. The learning street encompasses flexible learning options with both indoor and outdoor areas of the school. The school also integrates the latest technology as a tool to support learning, including iPads, laptops and a range of STEM resources. Interactive whiteboards and LCD screens are available throughout the learning spaces.
Riverwalk Primary School is a supported inclusion school designed to cater for a higher proportion of students with disability. The school is designed to ensure that all students can access a high-quality education closer to home. Supported Inclusion Schools are a new addition to the Victorian education system and it is a model which balances a level of targetEd Support that is greater than a standard mainstream school, with a level of inclusivity that is greater than a stand-alone specialist school. The buildings design, learning structures and facilities allows the school to cater for students with additional learning needs as well as mainstream students.
Our vision is to be an inclusive school community where everyone is empowered to achieve excellence. This vision is captured in the motto ‘Achieving Excellence’. Our mission is to provide a safe, inclusive and supported learning environment that inspires and challenges all members of the community to embrace learning and achieve academic, social, emotional and physical excellence.
Riverwalk Primary School is committed to:
- Building a culture of high expectations and acknowledging that every student can learn and has the right to learn
- Empowering all learners to achieve excellence and celebrating their success
- Establishing a safe, inclusive and supported learning environment that is conducive to learning
- Developing a professional learning community that is focused on the continuous improvement of teaching and learning and takes a collective responsibility for improving student learning outcomes
- Delivering a high quality, student focused, rigorous and relevant curriculum that meets the learning needs of all students
- Empowering learners to take ownership and be active participants in their own learning
- Building resilience and supporting students to be happy, healthy and confident learners
- Engaging with parents, carers and the wider community as genuine partners in learning, striving to achieve the best possible outcomes for students.
Riverwalk Primary School’s values are inclusion, collaboration, resilience and excellence.
