A warm welcome to Pakenham Lakeside Primary School.

Pakenham Lakeside Primary School is located in the outer southeast of Melbourne and commenced operations at the beginning of 2009. Our school is situated on a large area of land within the Lakeside estate with one boundary bordering wetlands. We currently have 730 students enrolled and have 82 staff members.

At Pakenham Lakeside Primary School (PLPS), we are committed to creating a learning environment that reflects our core purpose of assisting our students to become lifelong learners and positive and contributing citizens. This is reflected in our school’s vision statement:

“At PLPS we endeavour to develop students who are curious, have the capacity to work collaboratively and who connect their learning to the real world. Through learning we seek to foster values that contribute to their development as lifelong learners.”

Our school’s five core values of RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, TOLERANCE, INTEGRITY and CO-OPERATION uphold three basic beliefs that underpin school life at PLPS:

• everyone has the right to be treated in a courteous and caring manner
• everyone has the right to be and feel safe at school
• everyone has the right to learn

PLPS provides a caring, stimulating and challenging environment that nurtures resilience and physical and mental well-being in all students. Our school recognises that all students are lifelong learners with a need to be socially adept, environmentally responsible and digitally aware and literate. Students are encouraged to recognise that they are part of a wider global community. We also recognise that students learn effectively in environments in which they feel safe and supported and where teachers have high expectations for their learning and achievements.

Our hard working and dedicated staff are committed to providing an outstanding and engaging educational program and learning experiences whereby learning is purposeful, relevant, fun and connected with students’ experiences. There is a strong emphasis on student well-being and our programs are planned with this in mind. Our priority is to enhance self-discipline and to recognise and acknowledge positive attitudes and behaviours to empower our students to become responsible, confident and compassionate individuals who can develop positive relationships through respect for self and for others. We seek to promote an environment which maximises the opportunities for all students to strive to be their best academically, emotionally, socially and physically.

The core curriculum focuses on achieving high standards in literacy and numeracy throughout all learning programs in the classroom and our specialist programs including Physical Education, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Digital Technologies and Mandarin.

I welcome and invite you to find out more about our school and what we offer our local community.

Kerrie Kingston-Gains

Principal