Teacher Aide

Vision

`Every child will flourish with time, effort and support.'

Values

We value the 3 R`s

RESPECT   RESPONSIBILITY   RELATIONSHIPS

We demonstrate them when:

We RESPECT:

              -               Individual differences

        -               Ourselves

        -               Cultural diversity

        -               Others opinions

        -               Others feelings

        -               Property

We take RESPONSIBILITY for:

                -               Our behaviour

                -               Our actions

                -               Our attendance

                -               Our learning

                -               Our belongings

                -               Our dress code

                -               Our school

                -               Our environment

          -               Doing our best

We build RELATIONSHIPS with each other by:

                -               Being honest & trustworthy

                -               Caring about the feelings of others

                -               Treating others fairly

                -               Being well mannered

                -               Resolving differences calmly

Mission

We believe that each child will succeed through experiencing quality in:

• A broad and challenging curriculum;
• An enriching program of extra-curricular activities and visits;
• A stimulating learning environment;
• Leveraging digital & up-to-date learning resources
• Innovative teaching and an investigative approach to learning
• An ethos of support, challenge, reflection and encouragement to succeed; and
• Learning partnerships between school, home and community.

Context 
In 1987 Alfredton Primary School was relocated from Gillies Street, where it was originally known as Ballarat West Public School, to its current site and facilities. The construction of the new school was a cooperative effort by the Alfredton community and the facilities were enhanced through local contributions to ensure that the school became a central hub for the community. The attractive development and conscientious maintenance of these facilities since their construction has ensured that today's students enjoy an excellent environment, not only for their learning, but also for their active and passive recreational pursuits. The School is now part of the South Western Victoria Region

The School is held in high regard within and beyond the community.
The Alfredton school community has the expectation that all children will reach their full academic and personal potential with the school providing appropriate curriculum programs and effective teaching practices.

Whilst the key focus of the school is on Literacy and Numeracy, classroom programs provide a broad curriculum across all key learning areas. 
Specialist classes offered for Japanese, Physical Education, Visual and Performing Arts and STEM.
 

As well as a comprehensive curriculum, students are offered extra curricula enrichment activities which include sport, performing arts, instrumental music tuition, special days, the annual concert, excursions, incursions and camps. Students enjoy opportunities for leadership and values based education. A number of teams compete in after school competitions, supported by teachers and parents.

Parents are very involved in the development of the school formal associations with School Council, Parents' Club and Community and Engagement. We encourage parents to take an active part in their child's learning through information evenings and the school's open door policy. Many parents actively help in the classroom and their support is encouraged and welcomed.

The use of technology to enhance student learning for all students is a feature of the school. High quality facilities, programs, equipment and expertise are provided to support classroom programs, which cater for full class groups through access to networked devices.

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is implemented from year 4 and enhances digital learning and development of ICT skills across key learning areas.

As part of their commitment to the development of a highly effective learning environment, and to take advantage of opportunities to pursue their own professional growth, the staff reflect on ways to improve overall team performance. The staff are focussed on refining, improving, and changing instructional practices to improve student achievement by committing to the implementation of the Professional Learning Community (PLC) inquiry cycle which is based on the 4 strategies of:
1. Focusing on data
2. Sharing and reflecting on classroom practices
3. Applying research and best practices
4. Using teamwork and collaboration skills.