Department of Education - Victoria

Guthridge Primary School is located in Sale, Gippsland, and is approximately 220 km east of Melbourne.  
Enrolments in 2026 will be approximately 280 with a Student Family Occupation and Education (SFOE) index of 0.5070. 

Our school has high expectations of all its students and aims to provide an opportunity for each of them to develop as learners, now and in the future. 

 

Guthridge has a Foundation-support class specifically designed to support the transition from kindergarten to school for children who need a settling year of school, after a year at kindergarten.

 

We have superior facilities to support all students in all domains.  Our purpose built Fitness Centre accommodates all forms of ball and racquet sports.  Our Swimming Program operates in our own enclosed, heated swimming pool with qualified instructors. Our sporting facilities also include a synthetic sports field, complete with four lane running track and long jump pit. We have a football field and outdoor basketball, netball and down-ball courts for all ages. Our students participate in a variety of Specialist Classes such as Art, Performing Arts, Physical Education and Science. 

 

At Guthridge, we promote positive and purposeful play to build healthy bodies and healthy brains. There are numerous research studies linking active play and academic success.  We offer a variety of play choices and activities for students at recess and lunch times. Students need to learn how to `play' just like they need to learn how to `learn'.

 

At Guthridge Primary School, we believe:

 

• Play allows children to develop their oral and functional language skills as well as expand their imagination and creativity.

• Play helps children develop social skills, including conflict resolution skills and self-advocacy skills

• Play also helps children develop patience, a sense of belonging and essential communication skills.

Guthridge Primary School has a well-established Program for Students with Disabilities. We use our Equity funding to provide additional supports and intervention to identified students with a philosophy of full inclusion in the classroom.  Further to this, we have a well-established wellbeing team consisting of a Student Wellbeing Officer providing additional support to students and families five days a week, as well as highly experienced Education Support Staff providing Integration Aiding to identified students. 

Additionally, the Department of Defence provide our school with funding to employ a Defence School Mentor to provide assistance and support to the children of Australian Defence Force members at our school. 

Our Core Values are embedded in the language of our school and are very much the basis of our aspirations as life-long learners - Show Respect.  Have a Go. Keep Trying.  Bounce Back and Work as a Team.  Ultimately we aim collectively to 'Be Our Best'.  As part of our school-wide positive support approach to managing behaviour, we have also developed three expectations - Be Respectful, Be Safe and Be Responsible; these make clear the behaviour choices and boundaries for students at Guthridge Primary School.

Guthridge Primary School is committed to promoting the safety, participation and empowerment of all children, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, vulnerable children and children with a disability.

 

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.