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Principal’s Welcome

It is with great pride that I welcome you to Bell Park North Primary School.

We are excited to introduce you and your families to our school of which we are extremely proud. The academic rigour, excellence and the positive, safe and caring environment keeps us succeeding at the high level we are accustomed to. Furthermore, this success is driven by a strong commitment in ensuring best practice in teaching and learning occurs in every classroom to enable each child to achieve the best possible learning outcomes.
Our teaching and learning philosophy is aligned to the individual needs of each student using multi-disciplinary approaches and preferred learning styles which are reflective of current educational and technological trends and research. This includes whole school developed and consistent instructional models which strongly emphasize high expectations whilst delivering learning experiences at an exemplary level. All students are encouraged and guided to be active participants in their learning by working with their teachers to set personal learning goals and identifying strategies to achieve these.
We have a strong vision of continuously staying abreast of technological advancement to maintain a whole school focus on the integration of Digital Technologies across the school to aid children’s learning. This has included the continuation of: A one-to-one iPad program; Robotics program and participation in the Geelong School’s Robo Cup competition; developing our students as safe and responsible digital citizens and progressive reporting through the COMPASS platform.
An innovative STEM specialist program allows children across the whole school to focus on activities within the curriculum areas of Science, Technology, English, Maths, Health & Physical, Arts and Humanities. This program is highly beneficial in developing student engagement, innovation, problem solving and inquiry.
Our students at Bell Park North Primary School are highly engaged in their learning and feel safe within their learning environment. This is strongly reflected in our continuously high Attitudes to School Survey results.
A strong focus on student voice and agency and rich educational programs provide children with a vast array of learning and leadership opportunities which in turn assist them in developing as resilient, engaged and effective team members who are confident to integrate and deal with others and all situations. Such programs include: The ARTS, Physical Education, LOTE-Japanese, Intervention and High Abilities Programs.
We are proud to be officially recognised for our strong support of the mental and physical health and wellbeing of every member of our school community. We manage this through our own locally developed Social Emotional Awareness Learning (SEAL) program which encompasses programs/frameworks such as Be You, Respectful Relationships, Peer Support, Buddies, Bounce Back, Berry Street, the Resilience Project and a Psych In Schools program. All of these programs support our work around our school values:
Friendship
Respect
Integrity
Equality
Never Give Up
Do Your Best
Safety
A Community Hub runs in our school which provides many opportunities to our immediate school families and local community members such as Play Group, English Lessons and Parent Support Sessions around all topics and areas of need. Our school has always had a significant multi-cultural component and our families represent a vast array of different nationalities adding to it’s cultural richness.

Our Staff and I pride ourselves on being a school that continuously develops and welcomes a strong and positive home / school partnership and thus we look forward to welcoming you to our school and working with you to provide an educational program which enables your children to develop to their full potential as “Together We Achieve.”
I invite and encourage you to browse our website content at https://www.bpnps.vic.edu.au/ and I hope by doing so you will gain a strong sense of our school community. Please do not hesitate to contact our school administration office or me directly if you are interested in visiting our school or if you have any queries.

Anthea Lagadinos
Principal