Our school builds its culture around the four Whole School values of Resilience, Respect, Responsibility and Doing Your Best.
We are a proud Independent Public School with a rich 47-year history of providing successful education. We currently cater to 380 Kindergarten to Year 6 students taught by well-qualified, experienced and dedicated teachers working in partnership with parents to ensure the needs of every child are met.
We take pride in the care we take for our students, our quality learning opportunities and our openness to new ideas and new people. Explicit teaching is a core requirement of teaching practice at West Greenwood Primary School. Teachers use explicit teaching as an instructional strategy to meet the needs of their students and engage them in unambiguous, clearly articulated teaching. Teachers plan for explicit teaching to make clear connections to curriculum content, through a concise focus on the gradual and progressive steps that lead to a student's development and independent application of knowledge, understanding and skills. Teachers use consistent formative assessment to inform ongoing instruction.
Our school offers specialist teaching programs in Music, Japanese, Science and Physical Education. Our students have access to a range of technologies, inclusive of desktop computers, laptops, iPads and robotics/coding equipment. Our staff are committed to providing relevant and engaging learning experiences and all teaching staff belong to one of four committees responsible for driving literacy, numeracy, Aboriginal Perspectives and Sustainability and Student Health and Wellbeing.
Support staff - including education assistants, a chaplain and a school psychologist - work to ensure all students' needs are met. In addition to this, the school has forged strong partnerships with Edith Cowan University, which provides speech pathology students to work at the school, the School of Educational Needs - Disability and the West Coast Language Development Centre.
Our school features a friendly and dedicated Parent and Citizens' Association (P&C) which meets twice a term. P&C projects continue to support the school's funding and planning by providing extra playground facilities, managing the canteen, promoting and running the school uniform shop, providing additional funding for various learning areas.
Our School Board is well informed on current teaching practices, student achievement and supports the work of teaching and support staff. The board monitors the school's business plan and assists in reviewing and updating school policies.
Strong external partnerships exist at the school, with an Out of School Care facility operating five days a week and school holiday periods, an after school Young Engineering Club operating once a week, multiple sporting clinics operating before and after school and Greenwood College providing multiple transition activities for students in Years 5 and 6.
We invite you to discover more about West Greenwood Primary School: WestGreenwood.PS@education.wa.edu.au.
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