About Us

School Profile

Beliefs about Learning

Armadale Primary is committed to the development of a learning community where learning is seen as the central activity of both the individual and the school as a whole. One of the essential features of our community is our commitment to life long learning. Teachers plan a curriculum that encompasses a wide variety of learning styles, promotes higher order thinking skills and encourages cooperative and collaborative learning skills. The teacher engages students in problem solving based on real life contexts supporting growth into independent learners. We encourage all students to reflect on their understandings and take appropriate action.

School History

Armadale Primary, which opened in September of 1884, is an inner south – eastern suburban school with a rich and varied history. The original facilities consisted of a wooden building, which opened for instruction on September 4 1884. This was replaced by the main single storey building, which was completed in 1886, with a further two storey building completed in 1901. Both buildings are classified by the National Trust. The school has many features, which include: a fully refurbished library, Visual Arts room, extensive computer network and well maintained grounds.

Ethos

Our community participation is created by our sense of partnership and defined by a commonly accepted set of values, beliefs and guiding principles. We believe that parents are first educators and models of values and that the school has an important partnership role with the family. The role of the school is to advocate, model and support these values. The participation and community feeling is fostered through whole school events such as the Festa [every second year], family barbeques and a health week family breakfast.

School Vision

Our vision is to be an exemplary learning community. We place the highest value on developing the whole child with the skills, knowledge and dispositions for a lifetime of inquiry.

 

We strive for a culture of excellence for all learners within a nurturing and inclusive community to create a sense of belonging. We value diversity and seek to promote a deeper understanding of our world.

School Values

At Armadale Primary School we value :

Relationships

All members of our community foster positive relationships and connectedness across our whole school community. We actively enable all of our community to create a strong sense of belonging and identify with a deep learning ecology.

Respect

All members of our community act with integrity, kindness and compassion and our practices enable respect of self and others, respect for our property and learning places. We respect diversity and difference enabling us to build an inclusive learning environment.

Responsibility

All members of our community take ownership for their learning, are accountable for their actions; emotions and interactions with each other and work collaboratively to achieve our exemplary learning community.

Resilience

All members of our community are enabled to demonstrate resilience both during and after challenging situations, disappointments, and emotional experiences through our practices. Resilience is a protective factor to mental health and well being and promotes an optimistic emotional state that is ready to learn.

Reflection

All members of our community practice reflecting as it is a crucial part of the learning process.being able to think things through – being reflective This allows our community to learn more about how they learn, enables them to become assessment capable learners and enhances a strong sense of self- efficacy and self-esteem.

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