Department of Education - Victoria

Swan Hill North Primary School is just three and a half hours north-west of Melbourne and five and a half hours from Adelaide, the Swan Hill region is renowned for its Murray River location, fresh local produce, epic landscapes, Australian native wildlife and Aboriginal heritage. The region runs alongside the majestic Murray river for nearly 200 kilometres and features changing landscapes, thriving farms, and historic townships. The original custodians of the lands are the Latji Latji, Wemba Wemba, Barapa Barapa and the Wadi Wadi Nations. 

At Swan Hill North Primary School, students, teachers and parents work together to support all students in building the knowledge and skills needed to achieve personal success and reach their academic and social potential. The school values at a staff, student and community level are: the 3 R's - Respect, Resilience & Responsibility. Staff have identified norms and protocols which detail how staff work together, how they teach and how they maintain high expectations of professional behaviour. 

Swan Hill North Primary School has a dual focus on Personal and Academic development. Wellbeing is underpinned by School Wide Positive Behaviour framework which incorporates the school's values of `Respect, `Resilience and `Responsibility as well as Respectful Relationships. The academic focus of the school is based on what the best available research tells us, much of this is now encompassed in Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0. Swan Hill North Primary School staff have a commitment to their community and families to provide the most 'effective' teaching and learning practices in classrooms, based on research and evidence. 

Swan Hill North Primary School has 193 students in grades Foundation to 6 in 2024, 85 are female and 108 male. 5 percent of students had English as an additional language and 20 percent were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The school has 1.0 principal class and 16 teachers (11.9 EFT) including one Learning Specialist and a Leading Teacher. There are 9 Educational Support Staff, including an Office Manager and Business Manager. The school also has a Chaplain. Specialist teaching staff include Physical Education, AUSLAN, STEM and the Arts. These specialist programs add to a diverse range of core and extra-curricular activities, which support the broader vision of the curriculum and the holistic vision of the school of 'learning for life'.

 

 

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.