Department of Education - Victoria

Orchard Park Primary School is situated on a 3.5 hectare site at 291 Pink Hill Boulevard, Officer. The school is located in South Eastern Victoria Region. Orchard Park  PS provides for Foundation to Year 6 students and opened at the beginning of 2021. The school has been designed for a long-term enrolment of 525.

 

School Mission, Vision and Critical Commitments

 

MISSION - our compelling purpose

 

It is the mission of Orchard Park Primary School to educate all students with the essential skills and knowledge to become resilient and lifelong learners who are active and positive members of their community.

 

VISION - our optimistic future

Orchard Park Primary School is committed to working collaboratively to ensure high levels of learning for ALL students. This enables each student to be successful in any field they choose. At OPPS, we continuously strive to improve our practice in order to achieve the best outcomes for every student we serve. Strong and positive relationships are fostered with all members of the school community to create a safe, connected and student-centred environment. OPPS is held in high regard within their community and the wider education field.

 

CRITICAL COMMITMENTS - behaviours we have identified and are committed to in order to reach our vision

• We make all decisions based on the best interests of student learning outcomes.
• We are open-minded, honest and vulnerable in our willingness to continually grow and learn.
• We embrace a team environment and collaborate purposefully.
• We recognise and commit to the collective responsibility of the learning of all students.
• We seek to understand before seeking to be understood.
• We will develop and maintain strong and positive relationships with all members to the school community.
• We will respectfully and professionally challenge ideas and behaviours that do not align with our school mission and vision.

Teaching spaces in the Orchard Park Primary School allow for full implementation of a professional learning community approach. Integrated planning and delivery, reflecting on the impact of teaching practice, professional interaction and activation of student voice using evidence-based, high impact teaching strategies are all central to the educational vision. Learning Communities have been designed around modifiable spaces that accommodate multiple learning approaches and can flexibly respond to the requirements of students and teachers, creating a sense of shared ownership, inclusion and everyday learning. Whilst the Learning Communities allow for flexibility in the use of the spaces, staff at Orchard Park Primary School are also committed to some whole school approaches in this area.The school has worked throughout this year in embedding research based, subject specific lesson structures and approaches.

 

SC1    Demonstrated knowledge of the relevant curriculum, including the capacity to incorporate the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills. Demonstrated capacity to respond to student learning needs.

SC2    Demonstrated capacity to implement high impact teaching strategies, guided by how students learn, and evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth. 

SC3    Demonstrated capacity to monitor and assess student learning. Demonstrated capacity to use data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.

SC4    Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills. Demonstrated capacity to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, colleagues and the broader school community to support student learning, wellbeing and engagement.    

SC5    Demonstrated behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values. Demonstrated capacity to reflect upon practice and engage in professional learning to continually improve the quality of teaching.