FEATURES OF WARRENHEIP PRIMARY SCHOOL

Warrenheip Primary School is a happy school, promoting and encouraging high standards and the welfare of the individual student. The school possesses a high degree of community spirit, interaction and participation. The 'family atmosphere' is a positive feature of the school's learning environment. Warrenheip Primary School is proud of its tradition and is highly regarded in the wider community. The school offers:

  • A secure and stimulating learning environment
  • An attractive and safe physical environment.
  • Recently upgraded, well maintained and functional buildings.
  • A supportive student welfare and discipline policy.
  • Effective and open lines of communication to the home.
  • The opportunity for parents to be closely involved in their children's education
  • Effective pupil assessment and reporting procedures.  
  • A commitment to information technology and a high computer to student ratio.
  • An involved and supportive school community committed to the policies of the school.

Our school's mission is to excel in education. Our philosophy of teaching, based on the belief that all students have the ability to learn, is clearly documented.The school offers a broad, balanced and well resourced curriculum using an integrated approach to learning in the eight key learning areas of Mathematics, English, The Arts, Science, Technology, Languages Other Than English (French), Studies ofSociety and the Environment, and Health and Physical Education. The school gives prominence to the Literacy and Mathematics curriculum areas in the belief that they provide basic essential skills.The Early Years literacy strategy and Reading Recovery have been implemented in the school. The eight key learning areas are supported and enriched by active camp and excursion programs and generous classroom based computer facilities. The school’s curriculum programs are designed to encourage active learning and cater for individual student differences. Our programs encourage the development of cooperative student work practices, student independence and self-discipline. An active Junior School Council operates in the school and a ‘buddy’ system supports the younger students whilst providing the opportunity for older students to shoulder responsibility Warrenheip Primary School has a caring and professional teaching staff who are readily accessible to both parents and students. The school's charter outlines clear goals and priorities and builds upon an ethos that supports community ownership and involvement and seeks to enhance and develop the provision of English Language during the period of this charter.