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Dear Parents and Carers,
Our school provides a safe, happy and stimulating learning environment where every child achieves their best. We foster the development of globally aware and community-minded students that have the skills and attitudes necessary to thrive in the 21st century.
Chiltern Primary School has high expectations of all our students and expects excellent social and learning behaviours. Our school is committed to providing a child-safe environment where children and young people are safe and feel safe and their voices are heard about decisions that affect their lives. Particular attention will be paid to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children and children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, as well as the safety of children with a disability.
Our vibrant, dedicated and highly competent staff create wonderful classroom learning environments with a strong emphasis on literacy and numeracy. We focus on differentiating the curriculum to suit the needs of each and every learner. We engage students in their studies with a structured timetable of learning and promote reward and recognition for self-improvement and positive work habits. Teachers reward students each assembly with certificates of achievement to celebrate positive learning success.
The breadth of education is also important to us. In educating the whole child, we place equal importance on developing both the academic and social/emotional capacities of students. This equips them with the skills needed to lead successful lives and develop healthy relationships. Specialist programs include dynamic music education, creative arts, Chinese and Physical Education, and Science and Digital Technology programs to stimulate and engage our students and complement the core areas of Literacy and Numeracy.
Keeping abreast of technology is very important, and at our school, we have a diverse range of technology available to students, including interactive whiteboards, tablets, desktop computers, and iPads. We focus on the fundamentals of education and use technology to enhance the learning experience.
I welcome every child to our school and welcome each family. I do not underestimate the power of “parents in partnership” in education and believe as a team; we will make a positive impact on the lives of all the children enrolled. We look forward to working with you and your family in our welcoming community, where the staff are committed to providing the best possible environment for your child to flourish.
Lousie Tempany x
Chiltern Primary School is a small, rural school located in a town of approximately 1300 people. Chiltern is located approximately 30 km south of Wodonga. The size of our school enables our staff to know each child both as a person and a learner. Our small class sizes and unique facilities enables us to offer an all-encompassing education with the capacity to meet the needs of each child, yet is large enough to ensure children have the opportunity to engage in a diverse range of friendship groupings.
We are extremely proud of the dedicated and compassionate nature of our staff and our school motto of, “School, Family and Community Achieving Together,” highlights our commitment to the students and the Chiltern community. We take great pride in nurturing our students to feel safe and secure in the school environment, and through a meticulously planned curriculum, we challenge them to be the best they can be, both academically and personally. We provide students with a wide range of opportunities to engage in all aspects of school life, with our wide range of academic, sporting and creative activities on offer throughout the year.
The school works closely to build on home-school-community partnerships. The Principal undertakes the Welfare role to assist with developing partnerships between all stakeholders. Parent satisfaction surveys consistently rank our school well above state levels. Our school wishes to strengthen our community of learners to maximise the participation of all stakeholders – students, families and the wider community and promote our school as a centre of excellence, opportunity and inclusion.
Chiltern Primary School enjoys high standards of Literacy and Numeracy based on state-wide benchmarks. At Chiltern Primary School, our dedicated staff is committed to providing students with a broad and practical learning experience incorporating:
1. A strong emphasis on Literacy and Numeracy
2. Thinking skills embedded from Foundation through to Year 6
3. Specialist Art, Music, Chinese, and Library programs
4. Sporting Schools program, physical education and participation in inter-school sports
5. A wide range of small group extension and support programs
6. Provision of LOTE (Chinese)
7. Numerous opportunities for student leadership, voice and agency
8. A range of primary interventions that ensure student wellbeing, health and safety
Community engagement that builds on the strong foundations of Literacy and Numeracy are a priority for our school. We have formed strong partnerships with the Chiltern Red Cross and the Chiltern CFA. We are also partners with the Chiltern Men’s Shed which involves a mentoring project between the members of the shed and our Year 6 students.
Modern technologies are embraced, and staff take advantage of our wireless computer network, iPads and Notebook program. Every opportunity to access new learnings and opportunities for the implementation of learning technologies is taken.
We aim to continue to implement and explore the potential of emerging technologies across F – 6 as tools for student and community engagement and improved learning that meet the needs of students in the 21st century. Our STEAM hub provides our students with opportunities to expand their knowledge.
Chiltern Primary School’s vision is to provide an encouraging, stimulating, supportive and engaging environment that fosters learning and enables students to develop the emotional, social, physical and academic skills required to adapt to and contribute to an ever-changing world. Chiltern Primary also seeks to ensure that all students, regardless of their ability or style of learning, have the opportunity to reach their full potential in a positive learning environment. We acknowledge that each child has unique interests, needs and abilities and our educational program take this into account.
Our Vision principles are:
Challenge – high expectations, an ambition to achieve
Curiosity – wondering about the world, seeking to discover
Community – a sense of belonging, commitment and shared responsibility
Culture – shared vision to achieve success
Collaboration - progressed learning by working together
Our Mission principles are to create a space of:
Committed, shared values where children learn respect for themselves, others and our environment
Excellence where children can achieve their full potential in their academic, creative, personal, physical, social and moral development
Fostering a partnership between children, parents, staff and the community as a whole
High standards of learning and celebrates the achievements of each child
A caring place where children and adults feel they contribute and are valued as individuals; school, family and community achieving together
Respect
• Self – respect
• Acceptance of differences (cultures, beliefs, abilities, opinions)
• Feelings
• Your own and other’s learning
• Courtesy and manners
• Personal space
Honesty & Fairness
• Truthful
• Trustworthy
• Sincere
• Standing up for the rights of others
Care & Compassion
• Sharing
• Encouraging
• Listening
• Helpful
• Thoughtful
• Patient
• Forgiveness
• Understanding
• Inclusion
Responsibility
• Own learning, behaviour and communication
• Environment: using sustainable practices
• Doing your best
The School Council is a representative body which is responsible for developing and implementing the policies of the school. The School Council is comprised of parents, teachers, the principal and community representatives. Parent members must comprise more than one-third of the school council's total membership and are elected by parents of students currently at the school.
The objectives of our school council are to:
Assist in the efficient governance of the school
President: Scott Cunningham
Secretary: Jan Wooldridge
Non DET Members: Megan Burling, Dee Brown
Ensure that its decisions affecting students at the school are made having regard, as a primary consideration, to the best interest of the students
Vice President: Amy Lappin
Treasurer: Louie Tempany
Enhance the educational opportunities of students at the school
Executive Officer: Louie Tempany
DET Reps: Naomi Brown, Debbie Parker
Principal — Louie Tempany
louise.tempany@education.vic.gov.au
Business Manager — Janet Wooldridge
janet.wooldridge@education.vic.gov.au
Classroom Teachers
Year 5-6 — Louie Tempany
louise.tempany@education.vic.gov.au
Year 2-4 — Lisa Anderson
lisa.anderson@education.vic.gov.au
Foundation - Year 1 — Naomi Brown
naomi.brown@education.vic.gov.au
Education Support Officers — Debbie Parker & Donna Cleveland
deborah.parker2@education.vic.gov.au
donna.cleveland@education.vic.gov.au
Wellbeing Coordinator — Louie Tempany
louise.tempany@education.vic.gov.au
Creating a Childsafe Organisation Guide
Standard 1 – Child Safety and Effective Leadership
Standard 2 – Child Safety Policy Statement 2020
Standard 3 – Acceptable and Unacceptable Behaviours 2016
Standard 3 – Code of Conduct
Standard 3 – VIT Code of Conduct
Standard 4 – Human Resource Practices
Standard 4 – Recruitment Practices
Standard 5 – Incident Report Form
Standard 5 – Mandatory Reporting Policy and Procedures
Standard 5 – PROTECT – Schools
Standard 6 – Risk Management Approach
Standard 7 – Promote Participation Empowerment of Children
Standard 7 – Tip Sheet Empower Participation Children
Other Policies
Student Engagement Policy
Administration of Medication Policy
Anaphylaxis Facilitator Notes For Twice Annual Briefings
Anaphylaxis Individual Management Plan
Anaphylaxis Policy
Asbestos management plan
Attendance Policy
Bullying prevention policy
Bushfire Readiness and Code Red Closure Information
Camps and Excursions
Chemical Management Procedures Policy
Chemical Management Procedure
Child Safety and Reporting
Child Safety Responding and Reporting Policy and Procedures
Communication policy
Complaints Policy
Covid 19 policy
Critical Incident Plan
Curriculum Framework
Digital Technologies Policy
Duty of Care Policy
Enrolment Policy
Equal Opportunity Policy
First Aid Policy
Fundraising Policy
Health Care Needs Policy
Incident Notification Form
Inclusion and Diversity Policy
Local Excursion Permission Form
Medication Administration Log
Medication Authority Form
Parent Payment Policy
Petty Cash Policy
School Purchasing Card
Risk Management Approach Policy
Risk Management
Schools Privacy Policy
Sexual Harassment Policy
Statement of Values and School Philosophy Policy April 2018
Student Health Support Plan updated October 2018
Student Wellbeing and Engagement Policy February 2018
Suitability for Employment
Sunsmart Policy
Tenure Renewal Policy
Visitors Policy
Work Place Bullying Policy
Working With Children and Suitability Checks
Working With Children Check Flow Chart
Yard Duty and Supervision Policy – Parents and Students
Yard Duty and Supervision Policy – Primary School
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