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2024 Foundation Enrolments
Our school zone
Our school zone is available on findmyschool.vic.gov.au which hosts the most up-to-date information on school zones in Victoria.
Students residing within our school zone are guaranteed a place at our school, which is determined on the basis of your permanent residential address.
Our school manages enrolments using the Placement Policy to ensure that students have access to their designated neighbourhood school and may enrol at another school, if there are available places.
For more information, you can:
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visit School zones for answers to frequently asked questions
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call the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) on 1800 896 950
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email the VSBA at vsba@education.vic.gov.au
2024 Foundation (Prep) enrolments
The Department of Education (DE) has released a new statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline.
The timeline advises families when and how to enrol their child into Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school, including Bendigo Primary School.
The new timeline will apply for children starting Foundation (Prep) in 2024. All government primary schools will follow the new timeline in 2023 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2024 school year.
You can find information and resources about the new timeline, including factsheets, at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep). You can also download the ‘Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents/Carers for the 2024 school year’ from the Starting School webpage (available from 24 April 2023).
You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2024 at Bendigo Primary School from 24 April 2023.
What you need to do:
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Contact our school Principal Carolyn Tavener, to book a school tour or to learn more about our school and the enrolment application process
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Download the Foundation (Prep) enrolment information pack from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available from 24 April 2023)
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Submit an enrolment application for Foundation (Prep) by Friday 28 July 2023
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You will be notified of the outcome of your application by Friday 11 August 2023. If you receive an offer of placement, you should contact our school to accept the offer by Friday 25 August 2023
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Take part in enrolment information and transition sessions during Term 4, 2023
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Your child will start Foundation (Prep) from Tuesday 30 January 2024.
Enrolment applications submitted after 28 July 2023 will be processed by our school as they are received, in accordance with the department’s Placement Policy.
Bendigo Primary School offers a wide range of exceptional educational programs for its students. There is a strong love of community and outdoor spaces here, which provide the children with opportunities they would not find elsewhere.
There is long established cooking and gardening program which promotes sustainability and food awareness. Every student has a weekly session in the garden, with a qualified gardener.
Students explore their individual passions through Investigation Time using the Developmental Curriculum in the early years and an Inquiry Approach in the senior classes.
We have strong Music and Art programs that help form pathways into the Arts, including a choir which regularly performs in the community. We have an extremely beneficial P.E curriculum that instils a love of fun and fitness in the children. Students also learn Mandarin (as LOTE) in all classes.
The school has a strong focus on developing Literacy and Numeracy skills and great range of subjects that allows children to develop their creativity.
‘We give students a balanced curriculum with all subjects, giving students a chance to shine in one or more areas,’ Learning Specialist, Kim Kirkpatrick said.
The school social competencies philosophy is based on Wilson McCaskill’s ‘Play is The Way.’ It is founded on the idea that children learn best through play, one of our main focuses is to develop Empathy in children.
Everyone is encouraged to Be Your Best at Bendigo Primary School.
A Day in the life of a Prep
2024 Foundation Transition
9am School Tour Monday 15 May.
6pm-7pm Tuesday 30 May
Prospective Foundation families information evening.
Child Care provided. Please contact the school to book.
6pm-7pm Tuesday 29 August
Confirmed Foundation families "Getting ready for school" information evening.
Child Care provided. Please contact the school to book.
