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         Regency Park Primary School  

 

Regency Park Primary School is situated in Wantirna, which is about thirty kilometres east of the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. The school was 24 years old in 2001. It accommodates 400 students in fifteen classes from Prep (5 y.o.) to Grade 6 (12 y.o.). It also has specialist teachers who take classes in Art, Library, Music, Physical Education and Spanish language. The school is in a single-storey building surrounded by attractive gardens, basketball courts and grassy playing fields.
Regency Park Primary School is an innovative school that plans well for its students and caters proficiently for their active involvement and participation in learning programs. It is well established with excellent resources including a well-equipped art/craft room, library, music room, Computer Lab, General Purpose Room and extensive grounds. The school offers a traditional curriculum with an emphasis on English, Mathematics, Music, Art, Science, Technology and Spanish as a second language.
Regency Park Primary School loves to welcome ISSE visitors in March, when the autumn days are fine and the evenings are long and warm. We prefer to send delegations overseas in May, whenever possible. Regency Park Primary School has been involved with the ISSE program since 1991 and has had wonderful exchanges with schools in the United States of America, India, Mexico and Japan. We usually prefer to receive and send up to eight students with one or two staff. Parents, teachers and children are delighted to be a part of ISSE International and welcome all visitors and enquiries from around the world.

  



  • Address: Amesbury Avenue.
    Wantirna, 3152,
    Victoria, AUSTRALIA
  • Phone: (61 3) 9801 3614 (Regency Park’s Phone Number)
    (61 3) 9808 5943 (Ms Ivanoff’s Phone Number)
  • Fax: (61 3) 9887 3589 (Regency Park’s Fax Number)
  • Principal Ms Debra Cartledge
  • Contact: Ms Georgina Ivanoff (I.S.S.E. Co-ordinator)
  • E-mail: ivanoff.georgina.g@edumail.vic.gov.au
    regency.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
           
         Cockatoo Primary School  

 

Cockatoo Primary School is located in the Dandenong Ranges,46 kms east of Melbourne. The 375 students, aged 5-12 years, are drawn from both urban and rural properties. The school has a positive, friendly atmosphere, a strong focus on student welfare and maintains links with other community groups
The school provides a comprehensive curriculum to meet the needs of all students. Learning at Cockatoo emphasises literacy, numeracy, equal opportunity, citizenship and cultural awareness. We also have an exchange program with Ramingining, our aboriginal sister school in the Northern Territory.
The school provides a large number of support programs that complement the core curriculum including extension activities for gifted students, Japanese, Perceptual Motor Program, Information Technology, Peer Support and Buddy Programs, Equestrian Program and recycling program.
We prefer to visit in September and host in March.

 



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        Selby Primary School  

 

The township of Selby lies 45 kilometres east of Melbourne in the Dandenong Ranges. The school is located on the edge of Sherbrooke Forest and the Puffing Billy Tourist Railway runs beside it. Selby is a semi-rural area with a bush setting.
Selby Primary School is a co-educational State Government primary school with 266 pupils from Prep (age 5) to Grade 6 (age 12) and has a staff of 20 teachers. It offers specialist programs in Art/Craft, Music, Physical Education, Japanese Language, and Library. The school is fortunate in providing very modern facilities as well as a hall/gymnasium, a sports oval and basketball/netball courts.
Selby Primary School has been a member of I.S.S.E. since 1989. The I.S.S.E. program provides an important focus for multicultural and peace education at the school. The entire school community is encouraged to become involved in the exchange program.
Selby prefers to host in March and to travel in May, but is happy to negotiate dates to suit its partner schools.

  


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  Ferny Creek Primary School

 

Our school was established in 1895 and today continues to serve a residential community on Melbourne's outer-suburban fringe in the environmentally sensitive Dandenong Ranges. The school provides a focal point for its community, and enjoys a high level of parent participation in classroom programs and school activities. As a small to medium sized school with a current enrolment of 156 students, Ferny Creek Primary School caters comprehensively for individual student needs within a broad curriculum. Specialist programs are offered in Japanese, Physical Education, Music and Art, and a P-6 Integrated Curriculum is implemented from a solid foundational underpinned by a high level of achievement in literacy and numeracy learning.
2. Guiding Principles
Education is highly valued in this community. The school community believes that it is particularly important in a learning community to foster children’s capacities for inquiry, creativity, problem-solving, decision-making and learning how to learn. Sound study skills and habits are developed throughout all levels of the school and to maximise each child's potential, it aims to provide a learning environment which is safe, flexible, positive and challenging
3. Facilities
The school operates within newly designed state of the art facilities, all fully furnished and equipped with modern communication and information learning technologies to provide high level support for quality learning. A new multipurpose centre and administration area are linked to the complex by an outdoor performance and recreation space, the school’s purpose built Art Studio serves as a fire refuge and a Music Centre provides quality space for performance and instrumental tuition.

 



  • Address: School Road,
    FERNY CREEK 3786
    AUSTRALIA
  • Phone: 61-3-9754 2675 (School)
    61-3-9754 5394 (Home - Warren Barry)
  • Fax: 61+3+97552493
  • Contact: ISSE Coordinator: Mr Warren Barry, Principal:
  • E-mail: Email: barry.warren.n@edumail.vic.gov.au
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 Langwarrin Primary School

 

Langwarrin Primary School is a public school located approximately 45 kilometres south east of Melbourne.
Situated on the fringe of the urban development, Langwarrin is the gateway to the beautiful Mornington Peninsula area with bay beaches less than 10 minutes away. The school is set on six acres of well-maintained native gardens with three main brick buildings, connected with undercover walkways. The school has four excellent adventure playground areas, including a basketball court, as well as a school oval, extensive hard courts and shaded outdoor furniture for students to share.
The school has its "Farm" enclosure and shares further farm facilities with Langwarrin Secondary College. With a current enrolment of approximately 400 students from Year Prep (kindergarten) to Year 6, comprising of 16 classrooms, the school is staffed by 26 teachers. In addition to classroom teachers, the children receive specialist lessons in Art/Craft and Technology, Physical Education, Performing Arts, Computer Education and Indonesian.
The school year commences in late January and concludes in the third week of December. The school year is broken up into 4 terms with a 2 week holiday period between each term.
The school day for students operates from 9:00am to 3:30pm, with 1/2 hour for recess and 55 minutes for lunch.
Langwarrin is ideally located to many major attractions, with the Penguin Parade, Puffing Billy train, Healesville Sanctuary, various bay and ocean beaches and central Melbourne all within an hours travelling time.
Being totally committed to the ideals of l.S.S.E., Langwarrin Primary School would prefer to visit in September/October and host in March/April or at other times if mutually convenient between the two participating schools.

  



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 Belgrave South Primary School

 

Belgrave South Primary School is situated 50 kilometres due east of Melbourne. The school is situated in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges that are a major tourist attraction in the state of Victoria. The school is in a semi rural area and is a state government primary school with 580 children and a staff of over 30. It is a co-educational school ranging from Preparatory Grade (5 year olds) to Year 6 (12 Year olds). The school has an integrated curriculum with a strong environmental focus. Extensive parent involvement is a feature of the school. The photo shows that learning is always fun at Belgrave South Primary School

  

 

Address: Hallam Rd, Belgrave South 3160, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
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 Upwey South Primary School

 

Upwey Primary School is located 35 kilometres east of Melbourne. In 2003 we have an enrolment of 160 students and a staff comprising nine teachers and four ancillary staff-members. The school has ten classrooms, a number of special purpose rooms (library, music, art and computer rooms) and an average class size of 23 students. We share our site with Upwey High School which accommodates 1200 secondary school students. Upwey Primary School is situated in the picturesque Dandenong Ranges with many popular tourist attractions close by.
We provide the opportunity for visiting delegations to become involved with the whole school community, and we look forward to having guests who will perform a cultural show, participate in Year 6 classes and provide us with the opportunity to learn about their homes and culture.
In our experience, a visiting delegation of six students is the ideal size and we would expect around the same number to travel and represent our school.

  


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 Rowville Primary School

 

Rowville Primary School is situated about 35 kilometres east of the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia and boasts an enrollment of 650 students from Prep (5 y.o.) to grade 6 (12 y.o.). Our population is very multicultural with students coming from 30 different countries. The school is in a single storey building surrounded by attractive gardens, basketball courts and grassy playing fields.
Rowville is an inovative school that caters well for all students throught their active involvement and participation in learning programs. The school has a large campus that includes about 30 classrooms, a large gymnasium, a music/drama complex, library, LOTE (Italian)room, art room and fully equipped ICT lab. The school is well resourced in all areas. A modern canteen operates daily supplying lunches. A 'core' curriculum based on the Victorian Essential Learning Standards is provided. Rowville has specialist teachers who take classes Art, Music, Physical Education, ICT and Italian language, and many extra subjects are offered. These include art/craft, library, music, physical education, gymnastics, computer education, choir, band, performance group and a highly successful sport program. The ISSEprogram is well established and Rowville was the founding school in Australia of the program. We love to welcome ISSE visitors in April/May, when the autumn days are fine and the evenings are cool and clear. We prefer to send delgations in Sept./Oct., but are open to other dates. We usually prefer to send and receive eight to ten students w/one to two staff. Our school community is delighted to be a part of ISSE International and welcome all visitors and enquiries from around the world.

 


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Narre Warren South Primary School

 

Narre Warren South Primary School is located 35 kilometres east of Melbourne. In 2003 we have an enrolment of 160 students and a staff comprising nine teachers and four ancillary staff-members. The school has ten classrooms, a number of special purpose rooms (library, music, art and computer rooms) and an average class size of 23 students. We share our site with which accommodates 1200 secondary school students. Narre Warren South School is situated in the picturesque Dandenong Ranges with many popular tourist attractions close by.
We provide the opportunity for visiting delegations to become involved with the whole school community, and we look forward to having guests who will perform a cultural show, participate in Year 6 classes and provide us with the opportunity to learn about their homes and culture.
In our experience, a visiting delegation of six students is the ideal size and we would expect around the same number to travel and represent our school.

 

  

 
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Mount View

 

Mount View Primary School is situated in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne, approximately 20km from the city centre. The school is about halfway between the city centre and the Dandenong Ranges, with a travelling time of half an hour each way.
The school has a student population of approximately 800. The school buildings are set in attractive grounds and include specialist areas for visual arts, performing arts and physical education. The spacious Library/eLearning Centre contains an extensive stock of relevant reading and resource material and computers. Information technology systems support student learning from Preparatory to Year 6.
Mount View Primary School is acknowledged for high academic achievement, effective support for students with special learning needs and its peaceful, multi-cultural environment. In addition to a curriculum emphasising literacy and numeracy, a strong focus of the school is its Physical Education program. Facilities for this program include an indoor basketball court, a large oval for athletics, soccer and football and further outdoor basketball and netball courts. The school also provides a comprehensive program in visual arts, music, performing arts and musical instrument tuition.
Students, staff and parents are proud to be part of the school community and work together to achieve and succeed. Each student is fully challenged and involved.
We had a private exchange with a school in South Korea in 2002 and have completed our first exchange as part of the ISSE program in 2004. As a new member of ISSE we are now looking forward to having many exciting exchanges with participating schools in other countries so that we may share differences in our cultures and lifestyles. We would prefer to host in March-April and visit in September-October.

 

 

 
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Weeden Heights Primary School

 

Weeden Heights Primary School is situated on approximately six acres of natural garden in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The school offers exemplary programs in the areas of literacy and mathematics. In both these subjects they have achieved outstanding results. Weeden Heights also offers programs for gifted and talented students, and has an extensive music program (seven instrumental music teachers).


The school belongs to the ISSE program (International School to School Experience) and is also a member of the JAPEP program. Weeden Heights was selected to take part in the 'Innovation and Best Practice' project, (a Federally funded project) which allowed the school to fully document and research their outstanding early years literacy program. Weeden Heights is the only eastern region primary school to be selected to be part of this project. The school provides a variety of extra curricular activities including a Chess Club, Chinese School, Taekwondo Classes, a Homework Centre, Before and After School Care programs, Mentoring programs and tennis lessons.

  

 

Address: Weeden Drive, Vermont South 3153, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
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Curtin Primary School - Not currently participating

 

Curtin Primary School is located in the suburb of Curtin within Canberra, Australia’s National Capital (ACT). It was established in 1983 following the amalgamation of North and South Primary Schools. Since this time, the school has been associated with two other reshaping exercises, culminating in the closure of the Curtin North Building and returning to the South Curtin site in Term 1, 1991. Enrolments have increased considerably over the last five years and currently stand at 395. Due to reductions in K to Year 3 class sizes we will have a reduced enrolment of 375 in 2004.
The philosophy and goals of the school were developed in consultation with parents, teachers and students. At Curtin, emphasis is placed on creating a learning environment that is rich academically and socially. We are committed to quality, and endeavour to allocate resources to meet a wide range of changing needs in education. We are very proud of our successes in outside competitions such as the ACT Science Fair and the University of NSW Maths, Science and Computer Competitions. Much attention has been given to ICT recently. All classrooms have networked and stand?alone computers with CD ROM capacity connected to the Internet. We have established an excellent computer lab. We have also installed two smartboards and intend to install more in coming years.
Curtin Primary School prides itself on catering for the special needs of students. Each year we review the wide range of educational needs students have and provide opportunities to meet these needs. Catering for gifted and talented students is a feature of Curtin Primary School. In 1997 classes K/6 were established to cater for these student needs. The Pathways for Accelerated Leamers (PALS) Program provides opportunities for individuals as well as those in the specialised classes. Curtin is an area school for Special Education. Students are supported professionally by a Special Education teacher and a teacher’s assistant. Our integrated resource model has worked well with significant outcomes for those in the program.
A sense of belonging to a school community is considered important for all who are associated with the school. Parent participation is welcomed in many ways at Curtin. Educating children is the responsibility of parents and teachers and is best achieved through open communication and a working partnership.

 



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