Chiltern Primary School

Our school values are: Respect Responsibility Care and Compassion Honesty and Fairness These core values are clearly defined and lived by all members of our school, including students, staff and parents. We are extremely proud of the dedicated and compassionate nature of our staff and our school motto of, "School, Family and Community Achieving Tog... ether," highlights our commitment to the students and the Chiltern community. Our school purpose is to provide an encouraging, stimulating, supportive and engaging environment that fosters learning and enables students to develop the emotional, social, physical and academic skills required to adapt to and contribute to an ever changing world. Chiltern Primary also seeks to ensure that all students, regardless of their ability or style of learning, have the opportunity to reach their full potential in a positive learning environment. We acknowledge that each child has unique interests, needs and abilities and our educational program takes this into account. We care about our students. We have committed teachers who put the needs of the students first. We provide support to students experiencing difficulties with learning through our support programs. We are proud of our welfare program which has a strong emphasis on primary prevention. Our Primary Welfare Officer's role is to promote a whole school approach to health and wellbeing within the school community and to work in collaboration with students and parents, school staff including the Principal, teachers, Education Support Officers, specialist staff, nurses and student support services officers and with broader community agencies. Our school has excellent facilities with modern and attractive buildings. We have a large playground area which includes; two ovals, play equipment, a Creative Play Pod, a large undercover outdoor learning area, basketball/netball court, a vegetable garden and our new student designed library garden. Our computer resources provide our students with the latest learning technologies, ...Read More