AddressKerrimuir Primary School is in the in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne with a current enrolment of more than 560 students. The school is located on spacious grounds with a stand-alone art room, computer laboratory, performing arts room and a library. The Before and After Care facility (currently run by Camp Australia) shares a school building and is well used. The multi-cultural nature of the school is a great asset, enriching the educational experiences of all students.
We have a well-balanced staff team in terms of experience and gender. Our staff is dedicated and committed to developing a learning environment which maximises the overall educational needs of our students. We employ staff with a high level of emotional maturity, who are responsible and innovative in approach. We seek to continue to improve in all areas over the next decade, using current research, DET best practice and via the creative and innovative use of ICT.
The school environment is warm and friendly ¿ people enjoy working at Kerrimuir Primary School. We have high expectations of our students, both behaviourally and academically ¿ and work with the students to set SMART goals. We expect staff and students to uphold respectful behaviours at all times and for staff to work with children to ensure they behave appropriately. Student well-being is an important focus, and our aim is to provide a teaching and learning program of the highest quality, which continues to evolve. A positive approach to student management and the development of positive relationships within our school community are a critical part of our ethos. Our Literacy program is based upon extensive research using a phonemic approach, otherwise known as Synthetic Phonics. Our goal is to have all classroom teachers trained in the pedagogy of Orton Gillingham, which complements our Kerrimuir Primary School Instructional model, within the next three years.
Our school values are - CARE.
Care for people and the environment
Achieve our best
Respect ourselves and others
Educating your child for the future
Staff uphold these values themselves and ensure the students are also modelling these behaviours every day at school. We have a detailed code of conduct for the whole school community. We ask that staff model and explicitly teach these values throughout the year, and recognise they are teachers of all children at the school, not just those in their classrooms. As such, proactive intervention, as required, is a must do for all staff when seeing children in distress, misbehaving or acting in such a way that they or other children are not safe. This applies in a classroom, the school grounds, or on anywhere that our students are representing Kerrimuir Primary school.
We currently have specialists in Physical Education, Performing Arts, Visual Art, Japanese and Robotics. Students are also able to receive tuition in musical instruments such as keyboard, guitar and drums on campus out of school hours. All students have the opportunity to participate in an intensive swimming program. Our camping program includes children from Grade 2 to Grade 6. We provide many and varied opportunities for students to develop their leadership skills, both formally and informally. We also run a number of programs aimed at further developing students¿ social skills and work habits. This includes an intensive `Ready to Learn¿ program that prepares our Foundation students for their future learning. We run extension and intervention programs, to ensure children are taught at point of need.
We are fortunate to have a very active parent community and an informed and pro-active School Council. Parents support the school through involvement in classroom programs, fundraising, sports activities, camps and excursions and numerous other activities.
