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Sunshine North Primary School was established in 1956 and is located in North Sunshine in the City of Brimbank, approximately ten kilometres west of Melbourne. In 2024, school enrolment is approximately 275 students. The school buildings have undergone two major upgrades /refurbishments in the past 10 years. The school is now housed in one building with two wings incorporating fourteen classrooms, which are supported by a well-resourced Library/Resource Room, Performing Arts Room, Language Enrichment Centre (Rainbow Room), Vietnamese / LOTE room, Stephanie Alexander Kitchen room, Welfare room, Visual Arts room and numerous withdrawal areas.
We have a large hall / gymnasium which is used for Physical Education and provides an excellent venue for whole school community use.
Sunshine North Primary School enjoys a very positive and supportive environment in which children are encouraged to reach their full potential by teachers and non- teaching staff, in partnership with parents. The tone of the school makes it a very effective school environment for each child¿s academic, physical and emotional development.
At Sunshine North Primary School we strive to inspire a learning community that will enjoy a productive, rewarding and fulfilling life, whilst contributing to their local, national and global communities. We support our vision by producing high quality education programs for our school community based on our school values of Connect, Learn, Collaborate and Shine.
We have high expectations of all students can learn given time, support and resources. We want students to be intrinsic learners and develop attitudes and skills to be self-motivated, responsible, active and lifelong learners.
We instil in our students the belief that they can make a difference. We believe that students should have an active role in the determination of their learning. Students participate in decision making processes with the school community.
Teachers deliver a program based on an explicit instructional model which scaffolds learning for students. Lessons have a specific class focus leading to whole class, mixed ability or like group activities followed by share time discussion. We have refined our vision, purpose and practices to ensure the effective monitoring and assessment of student learning directs and informs our teaching. Teachers are expected to be reflective on whole school and class data and base lessons accordingly.
We embrace contemporary educational practices and ensure our staff is provided with a variety of professional development opportunities, with a special emphasis on continuous educational journeys which leads to student improvement
We have a robust Disability Inclusion Program with approximately 20 students on the program being identified with additional needs. We support these students with a robust welfare team and numerous Education Support Officers as part of the program
Organisational values
Our school values are connect, learn, collaborate and shine. Our values are statements of belief about attitudes, skills, and approaches to learning that we want to foster in our students. They are intended to permeate and to be reflected by every aspect of school life, in and out of the classroom, as well as home and community life. In addition, they can be seen as broad statements of purpose that focus the school¿s energies on curriculum, programs, and policies.
