School – Cambridge PS

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School Profile

OUR VISION
Growth Through Learning

OUR MISSION STATEMENT
Cambridge Primary School strives to equip and empower lifelong learners that contribute collaboratively to build a positive, inclusive and successful school and community.

Cambridge PS is a large modern school with approximately 800 students from over 46 cultural backgrounds. Established in 1992, the school is proud of its commitment to great educational outcomes, the welfare and safety of its students and community.

We pride ourselves on our academic achievements as well as wonderful behaviour that our students are known for. Cambridge PS provides a caring, supportive and challenging environment with a strong and supportive welfare approach to accommodate individual needs of the students and families.

At Cambridge PS we have a strong focus on providing an excellent education to prepare all of our students for globalisation. As many of our students are already bilingual, they will play an important part in the future global world.

The staff here at Cambridge PS are very committed to ongoing professional learning and while we know that a strong focus on teaching and learning is vital we also acknowledge that students need a breadth of experiences to develop all aspects of their personality, talents and skills. Our students are very lucky to have such amazing opportunities for academic and personal growth here at Cambridge PS through the extensive extra-curricular program which allows our students to get involved in music, sport, chess, as well as participate in the camps and excursions program including a cultural camp to South Korea. This is an amazing opportunity for students to develop their intercultural capacity and to learn more about the world and about themselves.

Cambridge PS is a large modern school with approximately 825 students from over 46 cultural backgrounds. Established in 1992, the school is proud of its commitment to great educational outcomes, the welfare and safety of its students and community.

We pride ourselves on our academic achievements as well as wonderful behaviour that our students are known for. Cambridge PS provides a caring, supportive and challenging environment with a strong and supportive welfare approach to accommodate individual needs of the students and families.

At Cambridge PS we have a strong focus on providing an excellent education to prepare all of our students for globalisation. As many of our students are already bilingual, they will play an important part in the future global world.

The staff here at Cambridge PS are very committed to ongoing professional learning and while we know that a strong focus on teaching and learning is vital we also acknowledge that students need a breadth of experiences to develop all aspects of their personality, talents and skills. Our students are very lucky to have such amazing opportunities for academic and personal growth here at Cambridge PS through the extensive extra-curricular program which allows our students to get involved in music, sport, chess, as well as participate in the camps and excursions program including a cultural camp to South Korea. This is an amazing opportunity for students to develop their intercultural capacity and to learn more about the world and about themselves.

Breakfast club runs every Thursday and Friday in the gymnasium foyer. Staff, parents, pre-service teachers, and community members volunteer time to help out at breakfast club each morning. This is a free program and students really enjoyed starting the day with and yummy food and in the company of their friends!

Cambridge PS has straight grades (not composite) at every year level from Prep to Year 6. We have three main learning sessions throughout the day, starting with 2 hours of English, 1-2 hours of Mathematics and an hour after lunch to support the inquiry curriculum. Cambridge PS is highly committed to the provision of quality eLearning facilities that enhance student learning. Cambridge PS has a range of technologies available for students and staff to use. We are a 1-1 Apple iPad (BYOD) school. All students in Years 1-6 have their own device to use across all areas of the curriculum.

We are very proud of the presentation of our school buildings and grounds.

Aside from teaching students ranging from Prep to Grade 6, our staff at Cambridge PS are actively involved in creating an engaging and challenging learning environment for students.

We also have talented specialists providing students the opportunity to shine in many areas of the curriculum including Italian, Physical Education, Science, Performing Arts and Visual Arts.

Cambridge PS has a strong and active student leadership program and each year students attend a “Young Leaders Conference” where they interact with highly successful people who share their personal journeys with the students. This is part of the Leadership Development program at Cambridge PS. Our student leaders have an active voice in the decision making processes at school and represent our school community in community events such as ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day. Our student leaders are passionately involved in various social justice projects throughout the year and fundraise to support these projects as well as supporting school improvement projects and events.

School Strategic Plans

2022-2026 School Strategic Plan

2018-2022 School Strategic Plan

Annual Reports

2023 Annual Implementation Plan

2022 Annual Report to The School Community
2022 Annual Implementation Plan

2021 Annual Report to The School Community
2021 Annual Implementation Plan

2020 Annual Report to The School Community
2020 Annual Implementation Plan

Enrolments

If you wish to enrol your child at Cambridge PS, it is preferable that all enrolment queries for 2023 & 2024 please be emailed to the school Enrolments Officer:

Judy Shaw
E: enrolments@cambridgeps.vic.edu.au
T: 03 9748 9011

Once contact has been made, the school Enrolments Officer can forward all relevant enrolment forms/information to you.

Please also see the Victorian Government ‘Starting School’ webpage, which contains information for families on how to enrol their child in a Victorian government school and outlines the timeframes for submitting Foundation (Prep) enrolment applications for the future school year.

Designated Neighbourhood School

Cambridge PS is a Designated Neighbourhood School. Enrolment is open to families whose permanent residential address (at the time of seeking enrolment) resides within the area of the designated neighbourhood school (referred to as a ‘school zone’) boundary as shown on the map below. If your child lives at multiple addresses, their permanent residential address is the address at which they spend most of their weekdays.

To check if your permanent residential address falls within the Cambridge PS school zone:

Visit the following website: www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au
Type in your residential address
Select the year the student will be enrolling
Select the correct school type

Enrolment Process

Enrolment applications are open year round. To be eligible to enrol for Prep, children must have turned 5 years of age by April 30th in the year of enrolment/commencement at the school.

To allow for planning and preparation for the following academic year, parents/carers are asked to submit enrolment applications by the 30th September. This is especially important for parents enrolling their child into Prep, as it will allow teachers to liaise with kindergarten teachers or childcare staff.
We understand that it may not be possible to submit an enrolment application prior to the end of September and wish to reassure parents that enrolments will remain open after this date. However, children who are enrolled later in the year may miss out on attending some or all our planned transition program sessions depending on how late the application is submitted to the school.

Parents/Carers living within the Cambridge PS school zone who wish to enrol their child will be asked to complete a 100-point residential address check. Documents should show the same parent/carer name and residential address as recorded on the enrolment form to verify your child’s permanent residential address.

100-POINT RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DOCUMENTS

1. One of the following (40 points):

Council rates notice OR
Lease agreement through a registered real estate agent of rental board bond receipt OR
Exchanged contract of sale

2. Any of the following (20 points each):

Centrelink payment statement showing residential address
Electoral roll statement

3. Any of the following (15 points each):

Electricity or gas bill showing the service address*
Water bill showing the service address*
Telephone or internet bill showing the service address*
Driver’s license or government issued ID showing current residential address*
Home building or home contents insurance showing the service address
Motor vehicle registration or compulsory third party insurance policy showing home address

* up to 3 months old

Transition Program

PREP
Cambridge PS holds a transition program during November and December each year for Prep students commencing at the school in the following calendar year. Parents/carers of enrolling Prep students will be invited to attend several sessions and we strongly encourage parents/carers to bring their child along to each session.
Sessions run for approximately 90 minutes, and during this time children will be able to meet the Prep teachers and other Prep students enrolling at the school, spending some time in the classroom engaging in fun activities.
Starting primary school can be a very daunting experience, and children who attend Prep transition tend to settle into school more easily.

YEAR 1-6
Students enrolling into years 1-6 in the following calendar year will be invited to attend the State-wide Transition Day, usually held in early December each year.

School Tours

Cambridge PS are currently opening places for 2024 Prep enrolment tours. Please use the following link to secure a place: https://forms.gle/LNSHGKBgZRDZkFV77

Tours will be taking place on the dates below:
Wednesday, 10th May at 4:00pm
Wednesday, 24th May at 6:00pm
Wednesday, 7th June at 4:00pm

Please note that all tours will contain the same information, so there is no requirement to attend more than one.

The ‘Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents/Carers for the 2024 school year’ resource is available to download from the ‘Starting School’ webpage on the Victorian Government website.

Child Safe

Cambridge PS is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This will be the primary focus of our care and decision-making.

Cambridge PS strives to equip and empower life long learning that contribute collaboratively to build a positive, inclusive and successful school and community. Our four values of Respect, Integrity, Self-Resilience, and Excellence are taught explicitly within the classroom and across school settings and guide the decisions and behaviours of all members of our school community, including relation to child safety:

Respect – show care and concern for others
Integrity – be safe, honest, true, fair and considerate, take responsibility for your actions
Self-resilience – bouncing back from setback and having a growth mindset
Excellence – aiming high to be the very best we can

Cambridge PS has zero tolerance for child abuse.

We are committed to providing a child safe environment where children and young people are safe and feel safe, and their voices are heard about decisions that affect their lives. Our child safe policies, procedures, strategies and practices will be inclusive of the needs of all children, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, children with disabilities, students in out of home care, LGBTI students and children who are vulnerable.

Every person involved in Cambridge PS has a responsibility to understand the important and specific role they play individually and collectively to ensure that the wellbeing and safety of all children and young people is at the forefront of all they do and every decision they make.

CHILD SAFETY PRINCIPLES

In its planning, decision-making and operations, Cambridge PS will:

Take a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety
Value and empower children to participate in decisions which affect their lives
Foster a culture of openness that supports all persons to safely disclose risks of harm to children
Respect diversity in cultures and child rearing practices while keeping child safety paramount
Provide written guidance on appropriate conduct and behaviour towards children
Engage only the most suitable people to work with children and have high quality staff and volunteer supervision and professional development
Ensure children know who to talk with if they are worried or are feeling unsafe, and that they are comfortable and encouraged to raise such concerns
Report suspected abuse, neglect or mistreatment promptly to the appropriate authorities
Share information appropriately and lawfully with other organisations where the safety and wellbeing of children is at risk
Value the input of and communicate regularly with families and carers