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Small school with a big resources
Providing a picturesque peaceful environment, Ardmona Primary School is a haven for children to learn.
The school has exceptional resources, with a Kids Kitchen including work benches and abundance of cooking facilities; a dining and multi-purpose performing arts room; sporting facilities such as a covered synthetic basketball court; shade sails; sensory garden spaces including outdoor musical and play instruments; outdoor learning spaces aesthetically appealing with cultural and environmental murals; and outdoor workspace tables on the school’s vast decking area.
Classes are well set up, with interactive systems for online learning accommodated with large screens, laptops and iPads — the school’s technology equipment supporting student learning and programs and instruction.
Within its context the school has a high ratio of sta beyond its generalist classroom teachers, including Student Wellbeing and Sports, Learning Tutor, Art and Library specialists and Education Support Sta .
A continuum of student learning at the school goes beyond each
Principal Jean Varty | Foundation to Year 6 | 13 students
580 Turnbull Rd, Ardmona | 5829 0273 ardmonaps.vic.edu.au | ardmona.ps@education.vic.gov.au school day during its outside school hours care (OSHC) service, which is available from 3.30pm to 6pm daily, with the addition of before school care to start at the beginning of Term 2.
Ardmona Primary School has recently linked with Bluearth and My Future Academy who run and facilitate sports sessions every fortnight with the approach to active living that goes beyond traditional sport and education models.
Recent parent endorsement of the school is of high satisfaction, reflected in 2022 review period a rmation of the school’s partnerships and success as an educational hub.
Accomplishments in individual student high ability programs are steered in the school’s literacy and numeracy programs with significant impact.