Department of Education Victoria - Sale VIC

3d ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria

Guthridge Primary School is located in Sale, Gippsland, and is approximately 220 km east of Melbourne. Enrolments for 2027 will be approximately 280 with a Student Family Occupation and Education (SFOE) index of 0.5070.

Our school has high expectations of all its students and aims to provide an chance for each of them to develop as learners, now and in the future.

Guthridge has a Foundation-support class specifically designed to support the transition from kindergarten to school for children who need a settling year of school, after a year at kindergarten.

We have superior facilities to support all students in all domains. Our purpose built Fitness Centre accommodates all forms of ball and racquet sports. Our Swimming Program operates in our own enclosed, heated swimming pool with qualified instructors. Our sporting facilities also include a synthetic sports field, complete with four lane running track and long jump pit. We have a football field and outdoor basketball, netball and down-ball courts for all ages. Our students participate in a variety of Specialist Classes such as Art, Performing Arts, Physical Education and Science.

At Guthridge, we promote positive and purposeful play to build healthy bodies and healthy brains. There are numerous research studies linking active play and academic success. We offer a variety of play choices and activities for students at recess and lunch times. Students need to learn how to play just like they need to learn how to learn.

At Guthridge Primary School, we believe:

Play allows children to develop their oral and functional language skills as well as expand their imagination and creativity.





Play helps children develop social skills, including conflict resolution skills and self-advocacy skills

Play also helps children develop patience, a sense of belonging and essential communication skills.

Guthridge Primary School has a well-established Program for Students with Disabilities. We use our Equity funding to provide additional supports and intervention to identified students with a philosophy of full inclusion in the classroom. Further to this, we have a well-established wellbeing team consisting of a Student Wellbeing Officer providing additional support to students and families five days a week, as well as highly experienced Education Support Staff providing Integration Aiding to identified students.

Additionally, the Department of Defence provide our school with funding to employ a Defence School Mentor to provide assistance and support to the children of Australian Defence Force members at our school.

Our Core Values are embedded in the language of our school and are very much the basis of our aspirations as life-long learners Show Respect. Have a Go.Keep Trying. Bounce Back and Work as a Team. Ultimately we aim collectively to Be Our Best. As part of our school-wide positive support approach to managing behaviour, we have also developed three expectations Be Respectful,



Be Safe and Be Responsible; these make clear the behaviour choices and boundaries for students at Guthridge Primary School.

Guthridge Primary School is committed to promoting the safety, participation and empowerment of all children, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, vulnerable children and children with a disability.

Role

The assistant principal reports directly to the principal.

Assistant principals have a primary responsibility for the management of significant areas or functions within the school to ensure the effective development, provision and evaluation of the school's education program. In exercising the responsibility, assistant principals will have the authority to make all significant decisions relating to the program, budget and staff relating to their area of designated responsibility within the framework of the school's strategic plan, policies and budget. Assistant principals will contribute to the overall management of the school through involvement in policy formulation and decision making.

The management of significant school programme or functional areas in schools involve assistant principals in the analysis of the needs of students and the translation of state educational policy and frameworks into appropriate education programs to meet the needs of all students.

Typically assistant principals will be responsible for the effective use of the teaching staff and program budget of a defined area of the school's operation and for the oversight and leadership of the educational programs provided utilising these resources.

Responsibilities

Typical, assistant principals perform one or more of the following functions:

- superv

📌 Assistant Principal (Sale)
🏢 Department of Education Victoria
📍 Sale