Overview

Welcome to Park Orchards Primary School. We are incredibly proud of our school and all it has to offer children and their families.

Our vision is to develop a learning community of curious learners who always do their personal best.

We are committed to upholding the school values of Excellence, Respect, Kindness and Integrity. These values are integral to the school ethos and central to how all community members interact.

Our staff are highly motivated, professional and caring and work together to develop inspired and engaged students who are excited about learning. Our aim is to develop the whole child and provide them with diverse learning opportunities while developing their confidence and resilience. We want students to push themselves to achieve to the best of their ability and to try something new. 

We work closely with our parent community and ensure everyone can contribute to and benefit from our vibrant, stimulating learning environment.

I warmly invite you to visit our school and see that for your child, ‘the future starts here’.

Bronwyn Garrity- Principal

Park Orchards Primary School is committed to providing a safe, secure and stimulating learning environment, where risk of harm is minimised and students feel physically and emotionally secure to reach their full potential. Our school acknowledges that student welfare and student learning outcomes are inextricably linked and that, within our school community, students have a wide range of needs that require additional support.

PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION STRATEGIES THE SCHOOL WILL DEPLOY INCLUDE:

• Defining and teaching school-wide classroom expectations
• Establishing consistent school-wide and classroom expectations
• Establishing school-wide and classroom processes for early identification of students experiencing academic and/or behaviour difficulty
• Providing school-wide and classroom processes for the ongoing collection and use of data for decision-making
• Empowering students by creating multiple opportunities for them to take responsibility and be involved in decision-making
• Providing a physical environment conducive to positive behaviours and effective engagement in learning
• Utilising evidence-based interventions, monitored regularly for those students who face difficulty with learning and/or behavior

Child Safety Statement Commitment

Park Orchards Primary School (POPS) is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This will be the primary focus of our care and decision-making.

• POPS has zero tolerance for child abuse.
• POPS is committed to providing a child safe environment where children are safe and feel safe, and their voices are heard about decisions that affect their lives. Particular attention will be paid to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children and children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, as well as the safety of children with a disability.
• Every person involved in the POPS community has a responsibility to understand the important and specific role he/she plays individually and collectively to ensure that the wellbeing and safety of all children is at the forefront of all they do and every decision they make.

In its planning, decision-making and operations POPS will:

Take a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety;

1. Value and empower children to participate in decisions which affect their lives;
2. Foster a culture of openness that supports all people to safely disclose risks of harm to children;
3. Respect diversity in cultures and child rearing practices while keeping child safety paramount;
4. Provide written guidance on appropriate conduct and behaviour towards children;
5. Engage only suitable people to work with children and have high quality staff and volunteer supervision and professional development;
6. Ensure all children know who to talk with if they are worried or are feeling unsafe, and that they are comfortable and encouraged to raise such issues;
7. Report suspected abuse, neglect or mistreatment promptly to the appropriate authorities;
8. Share information appropriately and lawfully with other organisations where the safety and wellbeing of children is at risk; and
9. Value the input of and communicate regularly with families and carers.

Park Orchards Primary School (POPS) is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This will be the primary focus of our care and decision-making.

POPS has zero tolerance for child abuse.

POPS is committed to providing a child safe environment where children and young people are safe and feel safe, and their voices are heard about decisions that affect their lives. Particular attention will be paid to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children and children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, as well as the safety of children with a disability.

Every person involved in POPS has a responsibility to understand the important and specific role he/she plays individually and collectively to ensure that the well-being and safety of all children and young people are at the forefront of all they do and every decision they make.

Our Learning Community

Park Orchards Primary School is a learning community where students and teachers are actively engaged in high-quality learning and teaching and personal development programs, which develop each person’s ongoing learning and best performance. Teachers, students and parents take responsibility for and work together to achieve the educational and personal development success of all.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

At Park Orchards Primary School, we aspire to develop highly motivated, inspired, engaged and curious students. We strive for high academic student achievement and identify and support the educational and interpersonal needs of all our students. We work in close partnership with all members of our community to support the growth of all students.

OUR VISION

Our aim is to develop a positive learning community of aspirational and curious learners who always do their personal best. We endeavour to empower our students to be inclusive, influential and collaborative citizens who are lifelong learners.

OUR MISSION

• To provide a learning environment where students and teachers are actively engaged in high quality learning and teaching
• To create a community that values and accepts every individual and celebrates diversity
• To promote and develop partnerships between home and school to support the growth of all students


To celebrate over 50 years of education, a publication has been produced titled “A Place of Many Achievements”, this book encapsulates both the story and ethos of the school. The author, Claire Levi, historian and past parent has described the spirit of the school with clarity, empathy and scholarship.

It all began many years ago in 1951 and in 1959 a petition with 71 signatures was presented to the Minister for Education “respectfully requesting the establishment of a Primary School in Park Orchards”. On 14 March 1961 the school doors were opened for the first time on one small block of four classrooms but the official ceremony would not occur for eighteen months.

Park Orchards Primary School continues to be focussed on educational improvement and rigor. These improvements have led to its excellent academic reputation and current high levels of student achievement. Students and teachers continue to be interested in learning and challenging themselves to achieve their utmost.