Department of Education - Victoria

Toongabbie Primary School is a small rural township, 20km north of Traralgon in the Latrobe Valley.  Our beautiful school was established in 1866 during the Walhalla gold rush days with just twelve students and a temporary building.  The school has a friendly and family atmosphere where the students can learn and grow enjoying all the benefits a small rural school offers, including an excellent sports court, an extensive library, and a multi-purpose tech room. New families are always welcome to the township and our school is the heart of the community.

At Toongabbie Primary School, addressing the needs of students and enabling them to achieve their best is what motivates us in the work we do every day.  As teachers, we are privileged to educate the future leaders, creators, and citizens of our community and as such it is our belief that we must treat them with the respect, care, and attention that we wish them to exercise in their adult lives.

Our students are considered as individuals where our staff team craft the best approach to teaching and learning. As a result, our students are developing as self-motivated and thoughtful learners who meet challenges with resilience and a positive mindset. Our team approach also ensures that no student gets left behind, each child is closely monitored, and parents are actively encouraged to be involved in their progress.

Our Teaching and Education Support staff work collaboratively to provide and deliver a teaching and learning programme that ensures all students thrive and can achieve success. We all work closely to ensure that evidence of learning is strategically used to continually direct the future learning needs of all students. As a school we continually work to build our capacity to provide the best possible education for our students, through participation in ongoing professional development.

At Toongabbie Primary School we offer specialist programmes to our students including German, Art, Physical Education along with a focus on building leadership skills through various programmes and opportunities.

Current enrolments sit at 53 students and vary slightly each year. Toongabbie Primary School has links with local sporting clubs and the Lions Club and provides many opportunities for parents to be informed and involved in their child's educational experience. The building of these relationships is having a positive impact on the outcomes of our students.

Our senior students usually transition onto the local Secondary Colleges, Grammar, or Catholic schools in Traralgon. Our smaller school provides successful transition into a secondary setting due to focus on personal strength and resilience work with our students in the senior years

 

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.