Weld Square Primary School, in Morley
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| CONTEXT (LOCATION) Weld square Primary School is located in the City of Bayswater with our immediate neighbouring schools being Morley, Hampton Park, Embleton and Noranda Primary Schools.SCHOOL ENROLMENT PROFILE The school has a total enrolment of 225 (K-7) students. The suburb of Morley is an established one with the school serving the community for over 25 years, delivering quality education. The student population is multicultural consisting of a range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Counselling programs conducted at classroom level and administrative levels supported by the Psychologist address particular needs of any children. A clear and consistent Behaviour Management and Discipline policy aims to build the self esteem of these students.STAFFING PROFILE The average length of service by staff is 10 years with minimal staff turnover. Two promotional positions exist (Principal and one Deputy). There are currently 11 permanent and 3 fixed term teachers on staff. An Arts Specialist conducts a fully-rounded programme consisting of Drama, Music and Dance and a LOTE (Italian) specialist takes children from Years 1-7 for one hour a week. In 2008, the school commenced the Getting it Right (Numeracy) strategy with the introduction of a Specialist teacher (2 days per week) to work with the teachers across the year groups. 2008 saw the introduction of a School Chaplain (2 days per week) to work across the entire school community.SPECIAL FEATURES A large hall, capable of seating the whole school with a purpose built Music Room and Art Room is situated in the middle cluster. These facilities are ideal for our strong Arts Programme that has been offered for a number of years. The rest of the building is allocated to a dedicated room for LOTE and to PEAC which has been a boost for the school and has resulted in more of PEAC children accessing the programs availble. The school hosts an Out of School Care facility for the community before and after school hours. A computer laboratory consisting of 20 PC's on one LAN is available for all students with 2 file servers that allow access through the LAN to the Internet. Every class has a minimum of two computers as well as access to two minilabs, with 6-8 computers in each cluster. An extensive environmental programme runs across the school that consists of recycling cans, ringtops to build wheelchairs, worm farms and many other efforts to raise environmental awareness. This extends to the care of the bush area surrounding the school and a programme that gives children the skills to grow native plants. A society called 'The Friends of Weld Square Bush', which has several community representatives, is active in the area. Support and approval from the Council ensures that it is active throughout the year. The school has also implemented an extensive 'Peer Mediator' program to build self-management and resiliency in the students. This program compliments our Values/Virtues program that has been running for several years. | ||||
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| 2009-01-16 23:02:48 Added by Anonymous Report abuse
| Weld Square have loyal and excellant teachers. The environmental programs are first class : recycling/reusing and a bushland to manage. | Inadequate funding from the State government for building maintenance and facilities. | A great school that could be made better if the government provided the appropriate resources!! | ||
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