2. Introductions
Fr John Healy Parish Priest
Parish of Laverton
Chris Walsh Principal
St Martin De Porres Primary School,
Laverton
Anthony Drill Principal
Queen of Peace Parish Primary School,
Altona Meadows
Trish Armstrong Principal
Lumen Christi Primary School, Point
Cook
Stephen Harrison Principal
Stella Maris Primary School Point Cook
West
Leon Colla Principal
3. AGENDA
• Welcome & Introductions Anthony Drill
• Prayer Fr
John Healy
• Parish Profile Fr John
Healy
• School Readiness
•Profile of Schools Principals
• Enrolment Timeline Trish Armstrong
8. Transition from Early Childhood
to School
• Preparation for School
• Second Year Funded Kindergarten Program
9. Preparation for School
• Responsibility
• For themselves, their belongings, the environment, their
friends
• Accountability
• Do their own shoe laces, find their own bag
• Go to the bathroom independently
• Persistence
• Not giving up or looking for a way to fix the problem
• Independent
• Recognise own belongings
• Unwrap a sandwich
10. • Socially
• Give Eye contact
• Comply with Requests
• Wait patiently
• Share activities and take turns
• Play with other children
• Emotionally
• Self Manage behaviours
• Separate from Parents
• Manage unfamiliar environments
• Understanding the needs of others
• Shares, smiles and cooperates with
peers
Preparation for School
Developmentally Ready
11. • Physically
• Dress and undress – shoes, jackets
• Ride a bike (tricycle)
• Skip, catch or kick a ball
• Understand 3 or more instructions
• Independently cuts paper with
scissors
• Cognitively
• Simple Maths concepts
• Follow rules of games and encourage
others
• Initiate and sustain conversations
• Answer How? Who? When?
• Understand Spatial concepts – up/down
• Identify and name animals, objects
Preparation for School
Developmentally Ready
12. Second Funded Year of
Kindergarten
• The Teacher will assess during the year if the child is eligible for a second year of
funded Kindergarten program
• A discussion with parents will take place throughout the year.
• Eligibility includes two or more Developmental Delays or a Diagnosed Disability
For example:
• Global Developmental Delay
• Speech and one other area (ability to speak and/or understand language)
• Self-care (your child’s ability to look after themselves sufficiently)
• Cognitive (intellectual) development
• Social development (how your child interacts with other children)
13. “It’s not the transition to school that
matters, it’s the preparation that counts”
Sharleen Lancaster
Jamieson Way Kindergarten
15. St Martin De Porres
Laverton
Address 13-25 Bellin St Laverton
Population 214 Students & 23 Staff
Brief History First School in the parish opened in 1972.
Situated on a large site in a quiet tree-lined
residential area. Close to public transport and
major roads leading to Williams Landing,
Altona Meadows, Altona, Point
Cook,Truganina and Williamstown.
St Martin de Porres Church on site.
Boundary Princes Hwy from Forsyth Rd to Kororoit Rd
Laverton. Old Geelong Rd to Palmers Rd to
Wetlands Bvld and all the area from
Waterways Bvld through to the RAAF Base.
Special Features Spacious air-conditioned flexible learning
areas. Personalised learning. Walker Learning
Approach. High priority on Literacy &
Numeracy along with Social -emotional
learning
16.
17. Queen of Peace
Altona Meadows
Address: 62 Everingham Rd Altona Meadows
Current Population: 516 children & 60 staff
Brief History: • Second school in the Parish. Established in 1982 and
began with 121 students.
• Originally called Altona Bay Catholic Primary School.
• The school’s population peaked in 1999 with 654
students.
• From 1982 – 1992 was the school was used as a Mass
Centre.
• The multipurpose hall we are sitting in was built as part
of the Building the Education Revolution (BER) 2010 –
2011.
18. Queen of Peace
Altona Meadows
Special Features • A welcoming, friendly atmosphere
• A Gospel based approach to all that we do
• Learning Communities based around a personalised
learning environment
• A caring and happy school, where all children are treated
with respect
• The chance for children to perform to the best of their
ability
20. Lumen Christi
Point Cook
Address: 260-278 Point Cook Rd
Point Cook, 3030
Current Population: 788 students & 73 staff
Brief History: Lumen Christi opened in January 2000 with 78 students.
We have a strong focus on building relationship between
home and school.
Lumen Christi aims at all times to provide a safe, stimulating and
nurturing learning environment which sustains and strengthens a
rigorous, stimulating and dynamic learning culture that promotes
high personal achievement, maximises learning for all and which
encourages students to assume responsibility for their learning.
We adhere to the Victorian Curriculum
22. Stella Maris
Point Cook
• Address: 54 - 72 Innisfail Dr. Point Cook
• Current Population:
–Stella Maris began 2006 with 83 students. In March 2017 we have 581 students. We
have 350 families in our community.
• Features:
–Our open learning spaces were designed for contemporary pedagogy that meets the
needs of 21st Century learners.
–Multiculturalism is an important aspect of our community. Seventy-five of our
students were born in countries outside Australia and forty different languages are
spoken and understood in our community.
We aim to create High Quality Teaching and Learning environment through our design
principles of:
–Shared understandings of what matters
–Shared Leadership
–Expert teachers
–Students at the core
–Personalised Learning
–Community engagement
24. St Mary of the Cross
Point Cook
Address: 70 Carrick Street,
Saltwater Coast Estate
Current Population: 351 students & 28 staff
Brief History: Started on the current site in 2014.
We have built in two stages and a third stage to be
built in 2018.
Features:
A friendly and welcoming environment
Community cafe
Open Plan architecture
Point of Need instruction
Kitchen Garden program
Use the Victorian Curriculum
28. TERM TWO
Week One
Friday, 21st April
Enrolment Applications close
Week Seven
Friday, 2nd June
Notification of Allocated school for interview
29. TERM THREE
Week Six
Friday, 25th August
Interviews completed
Week Eight
Friday, 8th September
Enrolment Offers posted
Weeks Nine – Ten
Thursday, 21st September
Enrolment Acceptances completed and payment
processed
32. The criteria
First intake:
• Baptised Catholic children resident in the designated zone/ catchment area of the
Laverton Parish
• Brothers and sisters of currently enrolled students in the school
Second intake:
• Baptised Catholic children resident in other parishes (special circumstances only)
Third intake:
• Baptised children from Christian religions which share a special relationship with the
history and traditions of the Catholic Church.
Fourth intake:
• Non-Catholic children (providing acceptance of enrolment is consistent with the limits
approved by the Archbishop of Melbourne. CEOM Policy 2.3. Clauses 3.4, 3.6)
34. Enrolment Pack
• Parish of Laverton Enrolment Form
• Appendix (Supporting materials)
• Parish of Laverton Enrolment Policy
• Please complete the Request Form and hand it to the School
Secretaries
• They will hand you an enrolment pack
