Tarneit North Primary School (interim name)

Paul Schwartz has been appointed as principal of the new school.

Paul has been teaching for 20 years in a variety of schools in the western suburbs. Over the past 8 years, he's been the principal of Wedge Park Primary School. Paul has a passion for seeing every child achieve success every day and wants to ensure that all children have the literacy and numeracy skills to achieve anything they want in the future.

When the school opens in Term 1, 2024, it will include:

• an administration and library building
• 2 learning neighbourhoods
• a community hub with indoor multi-use court, canteen and arts/music spaces
• hard courts
• a sports field
• a carpark
• a kindergarten.

Students will have great modern learning areas with air conditioning and heating. Outside, they will have shade sails for sun protection. We have designed the school to be environmentally sustainable and easy to manage.

We have planned for future growth of this school. Those plans include an additional learning neighbourhood and more learning resource spaces.

Across late 2021 and during early-mid 2022, we consulted with local Traditional Owners, represented by the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation to endorse the design of this new school.

We sought feedback and advice on:

• local Indigenous plantings
• cultural stories and histories
• translations of Indigenous words
• design elements that could enhance cultural education and understanding

We're building Tarneit North Primary School Kindergarten (interim name) at the school. Having the kindergarten and school together may help local children make a smooth transition into primary school and can also make drop-off time simpler for some families.