Department of Education Victoria – Berwick VIC

1d ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria

Brentwood Park Primary School is situated in the south-eastern growth corridor in the residential suburb Berwick. The school is well situated within the local community. The local pre-school and Kambrya College are adjacent on the school¿s northern and southern borders, respectively. A medical centre and the community centre are in close proximity. Brentwood Park Primary School has a current enrolment of1005 students.

Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our school actively promotes the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment in accordance with their legal obligations including the child safe standards. The school¿s Statement of Commitment to Child Safety and Child Safety Code of Conduct is available on the school¿s website.

The whole school community of Brentwood Park Primary School is committed to the needs of the children, fostering their self-esteem and enabling them to work towards achieving their personal best in a positive, challenging and supportive environment. In all cases the welfare of the child is our prime concern. All teachers accept responsibility for the provision of a safe and caring environment for all children.

Staff, parents and children are jointly involved in decision making. Parents, as part of the school team, are encouraged to become involved in our programs. The school strongly emphasises the importance of the home-school partnership with a high level of co-operation between parents, staff and children. Parent support is high, with parents responding to the learning team concept promoted and practised by the school.



This emphasis is reflected in the daily involvement of parents in a range of school activities such, School Council, fundraising team, camping program and excursions. All members of the school community feel valued and welcome.

Staff are committed to professional development to ensure the provision of high-quality programs at Brentwood Park Primary School. Personal career development planning for teachers is consistent with school aspirations detailed in the School Strategic Plan and Annual Implementation Plan.

Student Wellbeing is an intrinsic component of the ethos of Brentwood Park Primary School. Our student Codes of Conduct are unique and integral to the daily programs in each classroom, with the children being responsible for the design of these and class consequences, with the guidance of the teacher.

As a school, we are in the process of developing and implementing School-wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS), the evidence-based framework that helps schools build safe, inclusive, and positive environments by clearly teaching and reinforcing good behaviour with the key benefits of:

Decreasing low-level classroom disruptions and bullying.

Increasing the amount of time teachers can spend on actual instruction.

Improving overall student attendance, safety, and academic performance.

Fostering respectful, strong relationships between students and staff





SWPBS focuses on proactive systems that improve both social and academic outcomes. Accordingly, our school values are:

Respect

Responsibility

Persistence

Cooperation

Safety

Facilities

The school has been architecturally designed with its central core accommodated in seven distinct buildings, connected by covered walkways. This core comprises an administration area; with staffroom and first aid room, a multi-media centre, eighteen up-to-date carpeted classrooms; each with its own teacher resource room, a physical education facility, an art/craft facility, a performing arts centre; and canteen, STEM room and music room. A new pod facility has recently been added. Features of the classroom design are their flexibility in allowing connecting walls to be opened to facilitate team teaching approaches, if desirable, and the provision of additional student learning areas in the form of smaller adjoining rooms. Relocatable classroom units currently provide the required number of additional generalist classrooms. All classrooms are air-conditioned. In our commitment to and use of information technology, the multi-media centre houses 30 networked computers, with internet access, in an adjoining laboratory.

The permanent core design and the location of additional classrooms lend itself to the cluster arrangement at year levels, promoting close planning and teaching amongst staff. All facilities have an abundance of natural light integrated within the overall design.

The grounds are spacious and consist of grass playing areas, two full size basketball/netball courts; with a full shade structure over one, three sets of playground equipment and a sand

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