Location Profile Auburn Primary School was established in 1889 and is a vibrant school which prides itself on a strong sense of community, student engagement and parent participation. Our balanced, comprehensive curriculum addresses both academic and social learning. Residing in a pleasant, established, inner suburban residential area in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, our school has a current enrolment of 386 students. The school possesses spacious and well-maintained grounds and garden areas, and the site has a heritage overlay. All learning spaces facilitate team teaching, an expectation at our school, aiming to make practice public, rather than private and to continue our goal of creating communities of learners. We provide a range of curriculum experiences through our classroom and specialist programs Chinese Mandarin, Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Physical Education. Our bi-annual performances are an opportunity for our students to showcase their talents. There are digital display screens in every learning space, and either Apple or Samsung devices in all Foundation-Year 2 classrooms as well as school-managed devices for our senior grades. Our school values and the student code of conduct provide a solid basis on which to develop responsibility in our students. We adopt a multi-age philosophy with students being grouped in the following ways, Foundation, Year 1/2, Year 3/4, Year 5/6. While the development of strong literacy and numeracy skills are core to our programs, we recognise the importance of providing a curriculum that personalises the learning path for each student, and work hard to create an environment that fosters learning through integrated inquiry. In Foundation ¿ Year 2 we apply an investigative play approach, leading into explicit literacy and numeracy teaching via clinic groups. This is based on the Walker Learning model. Clinic group teaching is used to address literacy and numeracy concepts and skills in Years 3-6, taught through an inquiry focus and approach. Across the school, we are strongly focussed on the developmental nature of learning, supporting students to move from `where they're at' to the next step along the learning continuum, but always maintaining high levels of engagement and challenge. Team teaching, a commitment to following the school vision, and a determination to contribute positively and proactively to a community of learners are all strong expectations of staff at Auburn. Having a strong belief that we are all leaders in some aspect of our roles, we consciously foster leadership development opportunities. A mentoring program forms part of this development, and our School Council supports via an annual Future Leaders scholarship for aspiring APS leaders. Other professional learning is fo
