Department of Education - Victoria

Altona Green Primary School is proud to have served the families of Altona Meadows since it was built in 1990. The student population of approximately 400 consists of children from a diverse range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Our school belongs to the Hobsons Bay network of schools with whom we work collaboratively, to provide the best education for the students across our local area.

Altona Green Primary School sets high expectations for all students and has a clear vision of the knowledge skills and dispositions that we strive for all students to develop whilst they are part of our school community.

Our school is a learning community where we are proud to offer our students a rich, varied and engaging curriculum from Prep to Year 6. Along with our excellent literacy and numeracy programs, students are engaged in diverse learning experiences in the Arts, Physical Education, STEM and Italian. Digital Technologies are also an integral part of the classroom program and are supported by our 1:1 BYOD iPad program for all students. We are also proud to offer our students in Years 1-6, involvement in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program which is well established in our school.

Our teachers are highly skilled and knowledgable and are committed to delivering our curriculum through an explicit, structured and systematic approach where all students are challenged and provided with the opportunity to succeed.

We strive to create a friendly and safe environment for our students and welcome and encourage the support of both our local community and our parents. Our school uses the School Wide Positive Behaviour Support program with our motto being - `Be like KEFAR - Be Safe, Be Responsible and Be a Learner' and have partnered with The Reslience Project which focuses on gratitude, empathy and mindfulness.

All students have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of extra curricular activities including intensive swimming programs, camps and excursions, running club, choir and lunch time interest-based clubs.

SC1    Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the capacity to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated capacity to respond to student learning needs.

SC2    Demonstrated capacity to implement high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth. 

SC3    Demonstrated capacity to monitor and assess student learning. Demonstrated capacity to use data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.

SC4    Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated capacity to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to support student learning, wellbeing and engagement.    

SC5    Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated capacity to reflect upon practice and engage in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.