Welcome to Primary School
A Parent’s Guide to Victorian Government Primary Schools
Congratulations on choosing a Victorian government school for your child. Our schools offer opportunity, choice, cultural diversity, life skills and, most importantly, a great education for every child.
Starting school is a major milestone for you and your child and the start of a new phase of life for you both. This handbook has been designed to help you to make your child’s move from kindergarten and other early childhood services to primary school as smooth and enjoyable as possible. There are handy hints and tips about your child’s school journey that are based on suggestions from other families who, like you, want the best for their children. This handbook explains how you can stay informed and become involved in your child’s education.
This handbook explains the elements that combine to make education excellent in Victorian government schools. Innovative programs and activities that are offered in the first years of school aim to make your child’s experience exciting, engaging and successful. You can be confident that high educational standards are maintained, no matter where you live in Victoria. Within this statewide system, single schools can tailor their programs to make sure no child is left behind.
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Please note that Welcome to Primary School is a web-based resource which is only available via download.
Translated copies come in the following languages:
- Arabic (PDF - 570Kb)
- Chinese (Simplified) (PDF - 547Kb)
- Chinese (Traditional) (PDF - 579Kb)
- Turkish (PDF - 494Kb)
- Vietnamese (PDF - 547Kb)
Audio version