Skye Primary Information

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Skye Primary School's website. We hope you find the information within these pages informative, and that you gain a sense of the wonderful learning community we have at Skye Primary School. At Skye PS, we pride ourselves on providing a safe, supportive and inclusive environment that relies on positive and caring relationships for all. Our dedicated staff are committed to delivering programs that foster academic excellence, student wellbeing and engagement. We work collaboratively to engage in professional learning, continually building on our knowledge and skills to ensure that best practice is evident in every classroom. The School Values - Respect, Responsibility, Resilience and Relationships - underpin who we are as a community. They provide students with a framework to develop core principles that empower them to make positive contributions to both their school and wider communities. A consistent approach to establishing routines and protocols that focus on school wide positive behaviours, assists us in providing calm and orderly learning spaces. Skye PS has been identified as a lead school in the Victorian state-wide rollout of the 'Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships Program'. Our aim is for students to graduate from Skye PS as confident, independent thinkers and problem-solvers who are equipped to succeed in a rapidly changing world. Our academic program incorporates explicit and direct instruction to support the design and delivery of effective lessons in Literacy and Numeracy. We use an Inquiry-based approach across other curriculum areas to enhance the skills and attitudes that assist our students in becoming life-long learners. We offer a wide range of engaging specialist and extra-curricular programs that, while supporting the development of academic knowledge and skills, focus heavily on the wellbeing and general capabilities of our students. 2020 sees the beginning of an exciting building project at Skye PS commencing with the building ...