Our school was the first school in Horsham. It is an open planned school set in four hectares of spacious grounds next to the Sunnyside Oval. We have approximately 420 students in 18 classes.

Horsham 298 Primary School is a double brick, air conditioned building originally comprising four open planned units. These units have their own withdrawal and wet areas. Several relocatable rooms are attached to the school. It boasts a modern Office and Uniform store and Lunch orders are available on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Horsham 298 Primary School aims to encourage positive self concept, a sense of belonging, purpose and self discipline through a commitment by all to the objectives of the school.

Horsham 298 Primary School is highly regarded in the wider community and is recognised as having:

• clear educational goals with high expectations of student performance
• a caring and secure environment
• an open and friendly rapport amongst staff and the wider community
• high parental interest and participation in all aspects of school operations
• an extensive reporting program
• highly skilled professional staff committed to enhancing student outcomes
• staff who share their skills to cover a variety of curriculum areas
• an expectation that students show respect for others and their property
• special needs programs for a variety of learning abilities

The school curriculum is based on the revised curriculum framework of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards. It is based on three core interwoven pillars of student learning.

"The essence of the new VELS is not just that all three components are required to prepare students for the future but that their interaction matters as well. It is the integrated focus on knowledge, skills and behaviours in the process of physical, personal and social growth, in the disciplines and across the curriculum that develops deep understanding in learners which can be transferred to new and different circumstances."

Physical, Personal and Social Learning Domains:

Knowledge, skills and behaviours in:

• Health and Physical Education
• Interpersonal Development
• Personal Learning
• Civics and Citizenship

Discipline Based Learning Domains

Knowledge, skills and behaviours in:

• The Arts
• English and Languages Other Than English
• Mathematics
• Science
• The Humanities

Interdisciplinary Learning Domains

Knowledge, skills and behaviours in:

• Communication
• Design, Creativity and Technology
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Thinking

Specialist subjects include:

• Science and Technology
• Music
• Physical Education
• LOTE (Language Other Than English - Italian Years Four to Six and Auslan Sign Language Years Prep - Three)
• Reading Recovery and
• Special Needs.

 Specialist areas:

• Science/Technology Room
• Multi-purpose Room
• New Library Resource Centre
• Modern Resource Centre including, Computer Laboratory, Call out Room with interactive whiteboard and audio visual media equipment trolley
• Music Room
• Reading Recovery Area
• Notebook computers on trolleys to use in our classrooms,  plus computer pods in classrooms

Support services based at the school include:

• Regional Deaf facility and teacher
• Regional speech therapists
• Regional Special Needs teacher
• Mobile Area Resource Centre of books and equipment for remote rural schools

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