Spanish speaking/front office

Location Profile School Profile Newlands Primary School's motto is 'Through relationships we build success'. The school provides a caring and challenging learning environment for all students. The school values of Care, Curiosity, Creativity & Responsibility are central to our whole school learning culture. Our students are drawn from a wide catchment within the Preston and Moreland areas. The Student Family Occupation (SFO) index for 2024 was classified as `High. This index reflects the general parent educational level and their occupational status. Newlands Primary School is in the residential area of Preston West in the City of Darebin and is directly opposite the new housing development 'Coburg Hill'. The school is located on a large allotment comprising two open grassed areas and landscaped garden areas for passive student activities, reading or games. After the completion of our brand-new build the school has 2 learning worlds containing 6 new classrooms to support our bilingual approach as well as our main school building which contains 10 hexagonal-shaped classrooms. The school also has two DET portables on site to support our growing numbers. There are additional buildings to house the Music, Visual Art, STEAM, library and Inquiry specialist rooms. The re-development of Newlands has allowed the school to have a brand new gymnasium, an administration complex and an upgraded staff room. The school enrolments for 2025 is expected to be around 442 students. In 2020, the school became officially recognised by the Department of Education and Training as a Spanish bilingual school. Our current grade structure are 4 x Foundation grades [2 x Spanish & 2 x English], 6 x 1/2 grades [3 x Spanish & 3 x English] and 6 x 3/4 grades [3 x Spanish & 3 x English] and 4 x 5/6 grades [2 x English & 2 x Spanish]. Our Specialist Programs include: 1 x Music (Spanish), 1 x Visual Arts (Spanish), 1 x Physical Education (Spanish), 1 x P.E (Spanish) and 1 x STEAM (English). Our administration team comprises a 1 x full time Business Manager, 1 x full time Senior Office Manager and 1 x full-time office administration. Our dedicated and diverse teaching staff, plan and teach collaboratively in teams, sharing strategies, resources and expertise. While the school does have limited access to resources staff are fully committed to providing the best possible programs for their students. The school enjoys the support of its community; parents regularly assist in the classrooms as helpers supporting the learning of all children. As well as assisting in the classroom, our parent community share their talents and skills to support the creative aspects of learning, music, visual arts, gardening and cooking. Parents are encouraged to participate in the school's School Council, Parents and Friends Association (PFA) or join any of our sub-committees of school council.