AddressWelshpool & District Primary School is a school formed from the merger of Port Welshpool Primary School and Welshpool Primary School. Located centrally between Foster and Yarram in South Gippsland, the school¿s enrolment is drawn from the township of Welshpool, the fishing village of Port Welshpool and the rural communities of Hedley, Wonyip, Woorarra, Binginwarri and Agnes. A significant number of our students travel to school on the school bus.
At Welshpool & District Primary School our school vision is to empower all students to embrace learning, achieve their personal best while developing their emotional, social, and physical wellbeing, and through this make positive contributions to the community. We do this through the school values of Excellence, Respect and Community.
The school values achievement, excellence, curiosity, innovation, respect and responsibility, perseverance, integrity, inclusiveness, respect for diversity, compassion, honesty, and equity. The school also believes in having high expectations for all students and a commitment to hard work.
The school is strategically placed around a historic building, which houses an administration area and a classroom. Our main classrooms are located in the new mod 5 building at the front of the school. Other facilities include a full-size basketball court, full sized oval, a large adventure playground, and a multi-purpose hall.
The school and its community are actively involved in interesting and challenging activities that enhance the student¿s educational experience. Welshpool and District Primary School sees itself as a friendly and welcoming school with a rural setting. It is integrally involved in the community on a variety of levels ranging from participation in local events to providing facilities and services.
We provide an extensive curriculum within the framework of the Victorian Curriculum. The Victoria Curriculum outlines what is essential for all Victorian students to learn for English, Mathematics, Humanities and Science and Technologies. It provides a single, coherent, and comprehensive set of common achievement standards which our school uses to plan student learning programs, assess student progress and report to parents.
The Victorian Curriculum incorporate traditional curriculum areas such as Maths, English, Physical Education, Science, Humanities and Language and use skills such as information technology, design creativity, communications and thinking. Curriculum programs are delivered through specific teaching in the areas of Science, Art, Music, and Physical Education. Our school runs a whole school maths program focusing on the big ideas of mathematics. We also have a whole school focus on phonics with Soundswrite implemented in each classroom. Curriculum enhancing programs include Music Program, Concert, Camps, Sporting participation, Intensive Swimming Program, Mobile Area Resource Centre (MARC), and the IncrediGirls and Wetland Warriors programs.
