Our school motto is ‘Learning For Living’. We provide our students with a nurturing and supportive learning environment.
We look forward to welcoming you into our learning community.
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We are now accepting enrolments for next year. Enrolments are being accepted for both 3 and 4 year old Kindergarten and also for years F-6.
PLEASE CONTACT THE CENTRE ON 02 6024 1188 TO BOOK A PERSONALISED TOUR OF OUR FACILITIES AND TO LEARN ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS.
Principals Report
It is my pleasure to welcome you to Wodonga West Primary School (as part of Wodonga West Children’s Centre) and to thank you for considering our school for your child/children.
Wodonga West Primary School is centrally located in Wodonga, being close to major residential areas, shopping and sporting facilities.
The school has a large grounds which caters for an enrolment of 300 students and has a proud history in the provision of quality education in Wodonga.
With a vibrant, caring and friendly child-centered learning environment our school strives to ensure that all children will become successful, self-motivated and lifelong learners, hence our school vision ‘Learning for Living’. Our school expectations of Be Safe; Be Respectful; and Be a Learner underpin all we strive for at Wodonga West Primary School.
The modern learning environment features high expectations and clear learning goals where:
- Everyone has an ongoing love of learning
- There are positive relationships
- Everyone is learning to potential
- Everyone is happy and confident
- Everyone is striving to make the world a better place
Wodonga West Primary School prides itself on giving students the best possible school education. There is a strong focus on Literacy and Numeracy which provides a solid foundation for success in later years. We are proudly a Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden school which promotes lifelong healthier earing habits. By encouraging growing, harvesting, preparing and sharing delicious, healthy food at school and provides an authentic learning experience for real life numeracy and literacy.
We are also a certified Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) school where our teachers are trained in systems and strategies to organise and support learning. Many of our teachers are also accredited Bluearth instructors – a holistic physical and emotional wellbeing program.
At the beginning of 2017 we opened Wodonga West Children’s Centre in beautiful new buildings. This encompasses Wodonga West Primary School, Before and After School Care and a 3 and 4 year old Kindergarten program. WWCC exists to develop cohesion, belonging, trust and respect and develop a sense of personal competence in your child. This is our philosophy and our promise to you.
The school operates on the premise that learning occurs all the time and close links need to be maintained with families to ensure optimum social and academic development. To help achieve this, we have introduced ‘Compass’ and Class Dojo, as a way to communicate via a web and phone-app based platform, minimizing paper consumption. Student learning is the key to objective of the school and we are always looking for ways to best enhance learning and our teaching practice.
Our students and staff are looking forward to sharing our success with you today and into the future.
Jocelyn Owen
Principal
Our Facilities
In term 4 of 2016 our school proudly moved into new buildings. These contemporary, award winning architect designed facilities incorporate sound educational design and the ideas of our whole school community. Students love the connection with nature and each learning centre has access to an undercover area for outside learning. There are indoor toilets and bubblers, wet areas and fabulous acoustics. A variety of new furnishings are in use in our three new learning centres as well as Learning Centre 4 (which opened in 2011) where our year 3/4 and 5/6 classes are working.
As part of the rebuild our gymnasium was repainted and now has toilets and bubblers. A double portable was developed as an Arts Space with an adjoining classroom as part of our Performing and Visual Arts Precinct and landscaping in this area is soon to include an innovative Maths Concept Garden.
The new Administration and Reception area is adjacent to our Early Learning Centre which offers three and four year old kinder sessions. This Centre is totally operated by Wodonga West Primary School as we value strong and seamless transitions from kinder to school. Our Allied Health space offers a range of family and child services. Such as Play Therapy, Speech Therapy and occupational therapy. Wodonga Toy Library also operates from our site and is open on Tuesdays and Saturdays to the wider community.
We also have a large Resource Centre which houses books and other IT resources important to 21st century learning. All our facilities are set amongst beautifully landscaped and extensive grounds where children can pursue both active and passive activities. There are also extensive sun protection areas and student art work is featured throughout our buildings and grounds.