Ardeer South Primary School is situated in West Sunshine and forms part of the South Western Metropolitan Region. First established in 1973 to service the substantial housing development in the area, the school's enrolment quickly increased in the early 1980s. The student numbers have gradually declined due to the changing demographics with 172 students enrolled in 2023.
The school is housed in two main buildings with air-conditioning to all rooms. In addition to classrooms there is a large multipurpose room, fully refurbished library, art/craft room and dedicated wellbeing spaces.
The well maintained grounds have been extensively developed over recent years to include three separate adventure playground areas, three sporting ovals, asphalt surfaced netball, basketball and bat tennis courts, a synthetic grass area and many passive garden settings. School improvements have been designed to provide a safe and stimulating environment for our students.
The student population is drawn from various cultural and socio economic backgrounds. 48% of our students come from families where English is the second language and our community is made up of families representing 20 different languages.
In 2023 Ardeer South Primary School (ASPS) had a staff consisting of 2 Principal class, 1 Learning Specialist, 8 classroom teachers, 0.6 EFT Learning tutor and 3 Specialist teachers (PE, Visual Arts and Italian). A successful integration program is supported by a team of 6 education support staff. Our enthusiastic and dedicated staff are committed to continual professional growth and development to ensure teaching and learning practices are of the highest standard.
Ardeer South Primary School provided a comprehensive curriculum based on the Victorian Curriculum. The curriculum is designed to motivate and challenge students by providing opportunities for students to engage in differentiated learning tasks. The school provides a curriculum with a strong emphasis on English, Mathematics, Social Emotional Learning and an integrated topic based curriculum. The core curriculum is complemented by Specialist Programs in Health and Physical Education, Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Auslan.
ASPS recognises the important links between student wellbeing and student learning outcomes. In 2023, ASPS began our journey as a School Wide Positive Behaviour Supports School. Our school values are: • Respect • Responsibility • Effort • Safety. Our values underpin the SWPBS framework and have been the foundation of our work to develop a positive, safe, supportive learning culture. SWPBS has been implemented with fidelity and allows teachers and students to have more time to focus on relationships and classroom instruction. We teach Social and Emotional Learning through the Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships Program.
A responsive leadership team effectively manages the school resources with program budgeting and whole school planning procedures being well established. The leadership team is extremely proud of the results in school analysis surveys. Students, staff and parents survey data highlights an ongoing improvement in engagement and wellbeing categories. Staff Opinion Survey results demonstrates outstanding feedback in relation to the School Climate, School Leadership and all Teaching and Learning categories. We are confident and assured that these results will have a positive impact on student learning outcomes moving into the future.
