To all our families at Lancefield Primary School, I extend a warm welcome and thank you for your continued support of our wonderful school.
At LPS, we work in partnership with parents and caregivers and acknowledge that the important relationships developed between students, teachers and yourselves is the key to your child reaching their full potential. We encourage an open and respectful partnership between school and home, reinforced by clear and consistent communication that flows in both directions. We welcome parents and caregivers to be active participants in their children’s’ educational experiences. Children will flourish if the most important adults in their lives are working together to support them.

At LPS teachers plan, collaborate and take collective responsibility for all students at our school. We align all our planning and teaching with the Victorian Curriculum. We work to continually improve and reflect on our practice, supporting, extending and challenging all students. We create a happy and safe learning environment that nurtures your child and their particular needs. We focus on developing children’s independence, confidence, initiative and social responsibility.

The development of literacy and numeracy skills and understandings underpins all teaching and learning. We offer a broad range of curriculum including science, history, geography, visual arts, health and physical education, digital technologies, our Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program (SAKG) and Auslan.

We are proud to be a School Wide Positive Behaviours School (SWPBS). SWPBS is an evidence-based wellbeing framework. By implementing SWPBS, teachers and students have more time to focus on relationships and classroom instruction. Both teachers and students benefit from increased, respectful and positive behaviour, improved wellbeing and a predictable learning environment. Children who have caring support and are explicitly taught how to develop, regulate and understand their emotions will be better equipped to learn, have improved concentration and motivation, build and maintain better relationships and be more successful in overcoming difficulties.

In 2022, we were invited to become a pilot school for the Mental Health in Primary School’s (MHiPS) program with a dedicated staff member in the role of MHiPS Co-Ordinator. In partnership with the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne, the Department of Education has been piloting the Mental Health in Primary Schools initiative in Victorian schools since 2020. The MHiPS program allows us to better understand and support individual students, help teachers better identify and support at-risk students, and build relationships and referral pathways to local mental health services.

The new Disability Inclusion program is being rolled out at LPS and over time will replace the Program for Students with a Disability (PSD). This is a process that is designed to help schools and families identify the strengths, needs, and educational adjustments schools can make for individual students.

At LPS, we pride ourselves on the connections and support we have from the wider Lancefield and Macedon Ranges community which includes a variety of organisations such as the Lancefield Neighbourhood House, Op Shop, Men’s Shed and our local RSL branch. We encourage their participation and involvement. These connections and relationships play a vital role in the growth and wellbeing of our whole school community.

Enjoy every moment of your child’s primary education. It is a joyous and exciting time in your life and the life of your child. We look forward to sharing this journey with you.

Kind Regards,

Jo Emond Principal