Principal’s Message
Aim High
At Bellaire Primary School we ‘Aim High’ to provide a secure, collaborative and challenging environment that supports all students in maximising their achievements by being active participants in driving their learning in preparation for life long success as proactive, global citizens.
AT OUR SCHOOL WE VALUE:
happy and confident people who display compassion, perseverance and resilience,
developing a local and global view of the world where people have an understanding of and empathy for other cultures,
effective communication and reflection when engaging with a range of audiences,
initiative in taking action to make a positive difference to self and others,
interpersonal skills that support us in working collaboratively in a positive way,
critical and creative thinking,
safe and respectful behaviours in online and offline environments.
These values are displayed throughout the whole school by our ‘Behaviours We Value’ trees. The trees are used to guide feedback for students, inclusive of student behaviour awards for modelling the behaviours we value.
SCHOOL SETTING
Bellaire Primary School is located in the suburb of Highton in Geelong and students are drawn from both Highton and surrounding areas. In 2020 there were 27 home groups across 4 learning communities that work as four sub schools on the one campus. We have a leadership team that consists of our Principal, two Assistant Principals (Curriculum and Well-being) and two Leading Teachers working as instructional coaches in the learning communities, that includes on-going individual coaching for every teacher.
LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Bellaire Primary School is located in the suburb of Highton in Geelong and students are drawn from both Highton and surrounding areas. In 2020 there were 27 home groups across 4 learning communities that work as four sub schools on the one campus. We have a leadership team that consists of our Principal, two Assistant Principals (Curriculum and Well-being) and two Leading Teachers working as instructional coaches in the learning communities, that includes on-going individual coaching for every teacher.
Our communities existed of 5 Prep home groups, 9 Junior home groups working across two pods, 7 Middle home groups working across two pods and 6 Senior home groups working across two pods. The school also has a specialist precinct, existing of The Arts (Visual and Drama/Music), Physical Education, French, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, The Arts and Mathematics) and a well-resourced library. The school has experienced a steady enrolment over the past few years and had 627 students in 2019 with an equal gender balance of male and female students. The school also has a strong wellbeing focus offering a range of student’s wellbeing programs across all year levels, supported by a part time school funded Student Wellbeing worker.
INNOVATION LEADERS
Bellaire Primary School is a leading school in the innovation of education with an ‘Aim High’ approach. The development of learning spaces to facilitate personalised learning, engagement of students and the creation of learning communities has been a major focus. Established is our Whole School Learning Strategy focused on assessment, planning and teaching while involving students as active participants in their learning via goal setting and reflection. The school has also implemented a digital overlay in each learning community and specialist areas, developing professional knowledge and providing resources in a suite of technologies. This is inclusive of The One to the World (BYOD apple) program in Middles and Seniors, integration of media studios and theatrettes and access to a range of visual screen devices, a Google space etc. across the communities.
Suzanne Prendergast
Principal
TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR
Due to current restrictions, we are not allowed to conduct school tours. We asked our School Captains to create a Virtual Tour. They planned, filmed and edited the whole tour.