The Victorian Government made a commitment to deliver 100 new schools between 2019 and 2026. This includes the new Keelonith Primary School that will open in 2021.
Keelonith Primary School (pronounced keel-on-ith) was originally known by the interim name of Greenvale North West Primary School while it was being planned and built.
Loren Peavey has been appointed
as the first principal.
Enrolments are now open for Prep to Year 6. For questions about enrolments, please email loren.peavey@education.vic.gov.au .
Further
information on the school, including enrolment, can be found on its official Facebook Page.
Principal Appointment
Loren Peavey has
been appointed as the first principal of Keelonith Primary School. This appointment follows a
thorough Department of Education recruitment process.
In the video presentation below, Loren Peavey answers all your
questions about enrolment, curriculum, wellbeing programs, facilities, uniform,
culture and more.
You can also read more about Loren's plans for the school in
this Frequently Asked Questions document (PDF or WORD)
School Name
Keelonith Primary School (pronounced keel-on-ith) was chosen as the school name following community consultation and discussions with Geographic Names Victoria, with consideration given to factors including public interest, relevance to the local area, and the consideration of local Indigenous languages.
Keelonith is from the Woi-wurrung language, as spoken by the Wurundjeri
people, and means ‘hear and understand’.
We consulted with local communities for three weeks from Wednesday 24 June to Wednesday 15 July 2020. Thank you for your input.
Facilities
Your new school will include:
- two learning neighbourhoods
- an administration building
- outdoor play courts
- a performing arts and physical education building
- a sports field.
Supported Inclusion
Keelonith Primary School. will be a supported inclusion school. This means the school has been designed to support a higher number of students with a disability than a typical mainstream school. Included in the school design are facilities that provide additional support, so that all students have access to the same learning and play spaces.
These additional facilities include:
- sensory/multipurpose spaces for individual or group activities
- small learning/consulting spaces for individual or small group activities
- accessible toilets with showers and additional accessible toilets
- kitchen and laundry facilities
- fixed hoists in first aid room
- an additional fitness room for therapeutic use
- pressure poles.
Kinder
Greenvale West Integrated Community Centre is located next to Keelonith Primary School. This will help local children
make a smooth transition from pre-school and reduce the number of drop-offs
for some parents with kinder and school aged-children.