Second Term is rapidly drawing to a close, with our last day of Term on Friday 26th June. We dismiss early on this day, at 2.30pm. Our School Assembly will be held from 2.15pm, and there will be no Assembly on the Monday of this week.Enrolment of Year Prep students for 2010 close at the end of June. Please return enrolment forms, or let us know that you will return them following the holidays. Enrolment forms are available from student enrolment form.
Yesterday, Wednesday 17th June, was Refugee Day and we were pleased to join with students from Blackburn English Language School in a morning of games to celebrate this day.
Our school has identified ;creativity' as the paramount 21st Century skill. we have been influenced by the thinking of Sir Ken Robinson, who is currently visiting Australia. Enjoy a presentation by him on Youtube.
the Bush Telegraph
For more info, please read our latest 'Bush Telegraph'.
Welcome to Croydon West Primary School, Victoria, Australia: where learners are at the centre of everything we do
Croydon West
Primary School is
child-centred, characterised by a clear understanding that the core
business of the school is learning; learning to think, learning to be
good citizens, learning to value beauty and kindness, learning to be
literate and numerate, learning to respect and be respected. more...
Developmental [Play-based] Learning
In our Early Years classrooms, Project-based Learning takes the form of 'Exploring Time' a developmental or play-based program. Our Level 1 and 2 [Years Prep, 1 and 2] children imagine, create, explore, speak, listen, interact socially, and think deeply during these sessions which are programmed for the first 100 minutes of the day, Tuesday to Friday.
Explore 'Exploring Time' at Croydon West - CD Version Exploring Time September, 2008. More about our school's curriculum reform - the cone of silence.
Our Out of School Hours Care program [OSHCare] operates on Monday, Thursday and Friday afternoons from 3.30 until 5.30. Healthy food, engaging activities and conscientious care by our coordinator Tracey are features of this program. Ring 0422 811 012 for bookings or more info.
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Our school is organised around six homegroups and adopts the naming practice of
Levels associated with the Essential Learning curriculum. Six large 'learning studios' have been formed by re-configuring the traditional classroom spaces, often incorporating former corridor spaces. These spaces are filled with natural light, healthy chat, and sometimes even laughter! Our Level One and Two children are accommodated in a large studio designed for up to 80 children but currently housing 65 eager students, together with their experienced teachers, assistants, and, on most mornings, oodles of enthusiastic parents.
Our Level Three and Four students are comfortably accommodated in three self-contained studios with lots of learning spaces and comfy chairs and sometimes even laughter! These homegroups regularly work with each others' teacher, and teachers share responsibility for each of these children.
Our multiage structure is mindfully and deliberately designed. We acknowledge that families work like this, as do workplaces. We know of no workplace in which all of the 25 year olds work in one office, with the 30 years olds in another office and the 60 year olds ....... We also know that in families the younger children learn from the eldest child and the eldest child is pretty-much expected to work out stuff for themselves [which probably explains eldest children :)]
We think that 'straight grades' reflect an outmoded factory-style approach to schooling, whereas multiage homegroups encourage the educational program to be focussed on the individual social, emotional and intellectual needs of each child.
Our Level Three and Four students are comfortably accommodated in three self-contained studios with lots of learning spaces and comfy chairs and sometimes even laughter! These homegroups regularly work with each others' teacher, and teachers share responsibility for each of these children.
Our multiage structure is mindfully and deliberately designed. We acknowledge that families work like this, as do workplaces. We know of no workplace in which all of the 25 year olds work in one office, with the 30 years olds in another office and the 60 year olds ....... We also know that in families the younger children learn from the eldest child and the eldest child is pretty-much expected to work out stuff for themselves [which probably explains eldest children :)]
We think that 'straight grades' reflect an outmoded factory-style approach to schooling, whereas multiage homegroups encourage the educational program to be focussed on the individual social, emotional and intellectual needs of each child.
