Section 1.2 School Profile
Vision
Albion North Primary School is a place where teaching and learning is a happy experience shared by the whole school community.
Guiding Principles
Albion North Primary School is a school community providing dynamic learning opportunities where our children are nurtured to develop excellent life-long learning skills and achieve their maximum potential within a caring and optimistic environment.Values and Behaviours
RESPECT
- Look after own and other’s property
- Use manners
- Value yourself and others
INTEGRITY
- Stick to commitments
- Be reliable
- Demonstrate loyalty
- Be honest and truthful to yourself and others
TRUST
- Follow through on commitments
- Allow others to follow through on their commitments
- Show confidence in others and the school community
TEAMWORK
- Work cooperatively as part of a team
- Value teamwork and all contributions to tasks
- Demonstrate initiative
- Be productive
CARE
- Look out for other
- Help others in need
- Show kindness
- Include others
- Be thoughtful
TOLERANCE
- Appreciate that everyone is different and has individual strengths and weaknesses
- Respect the value of others
- Listen to the opinion of others
- Be considerate, accept and show understanding of others
PRIDE
- Value the work of yourself and others
- Speak positively about students, teachers and the whole school community
- Recognise and congratulate achievement
Context
Established in 1962, Albion North Primary School is located in a residential area in North Sunshine, approximately ten kilometres west of Melbourne. The school has a pleasant appearance with spacious grounds which include grassed playing fields, games courts, a covered outdoor play area, an adventure playground, jumping pits, shady gardens and an enclosed courtyard. Albion North has two well-appointed main buildings which house the classrooms and administration areas, a free standing library and a canteen. Special purpose rooms include art/craft, resources (computers and curriculum resources), a LOTE room, a multi-purpose room (used for indoor physical education, the Perceptual Motor Program, music, drama, visiting performers and community activities), a reading recovery room and a conference room.The school’s curriculum emphasises the importance of literacy and numeracy, which are school priorities. The Early Years Literacy Program operates in Prep to Year 4, focussing on Reading and Writing. Components of the Middle Years Literacy Program will be implemented in Years 5 & 6 during the period of this Charter. The school has adopted an enriching and comprehensive approach to the delivery of curriculum through Integrated Studies. Individual student differences are catered for through both intervention and extension programs.
Albion North offers the following specialist and enrichment programs:
- Arts Program (Art, Drama, Music)
- Multi Media/Information & Communication Technology Studies
- Interschool and Intraschool Sport
- Junior School Council
- Peer Mediation
- Instrumental Music lessons
- Physical Education
- Swimming instruction
- Italian Language
- Science Education
- Technology Education
- Drug Education (ISDES) Program
- Life Education Van
- Family Life Program
Future Plans
Curriculum
Albion North Primary School wishes to continue to improve student outcomes by building on the strong foundations in English and Mathematics whilst continuing to enhance other key learning areas. The continued use of learning technology will be a key component of curriculum delivery.Facilities
- Plans for the next Charter period include:
- Continued development of the Multi-Media Centre
- IT Room established and developed
- The computer network extended through the whole school
- Administration Office improvements
- Continued improvement of buildings and grounds
- Further development of the Maths and Science Room
- New master key system for the whole school
- New PA system
