Welcome Mr McClare

WE WELCOME MR SHAUN McCLARE, OUR NEW PRINCIPAL!

Mr Shaun McClare joins Kalinda Primary School as Substantive (permanent) Principal this term from Marlborough Primary School.
We are looking forward to a long and successful relationship with Mr McClare, who shares our values of 
We are Kind, We are Resilient, We are Respectful.

Welcome to Kalinda Primary School's Website

WE ARE KIND, WE ARE RESILIENT
WE ARE RESPECTFUL

Kalinda is a learning community of students, teachers and parents founded upon quality relationships characterised by our values. At Kalinda we are committed to fostering a "lifelong love of learning".

We actively engage students in a range of meaningful learning experiences. Through these experiences our children will construct those understandings and acquire the competencies needed for further education, the workplace and the achievement of a quality lifestyle in a constantly changing society.

Our school culture is based upon our values and a sense of community. We respect and care for each other at all times. We begin each year with our Quality Beginning program, designed by our teachers. During these first two weeks we review our Values, learn how we think and learn and how we can improve, set goals for the year, learn about our school and community and, most importantly, get to know each other. Strong relationships, based on respect for each other as an individual, are developed between students, staff and community.

Our excellent programs, in all Key Learning Areas, are complemented by our extra-curricula learning experiences in all curriculum areas. We believe in providing challenges and opportunities to extend children's learning, build self esteem and foster an awareness of community responsibility.

We invite you to ring for a personal tour of the school where we will proudly show you around the school and you can tell us about the individual needs of your child and ask questions about us.

2020 Foundation

Enrolments for 2020

We will be offering school tours for 2020 enrolments from the beginning of Term 2, April 2019. Tours are run during school hours and are individual. Please contact the office on 9876 3289 if you would like to arrange a tour.

Enrolment packs are available at any time from the office. We will running an information night for 2020 enrolments on Monday 13 May 2019.

 
Our Foundation Transition Sessions start in early November, and finish with a meet the Teacher morning on Tuesday December 10th .
We have a Foundation Parent Information Evening on Monday December 9th

We welcome all families interested to contact us.

Please contact us on 9876 3289 if you have any questions.

Kalinda featured on ACARA website

Kalinda now features on the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority's (ACARA's) website as an illustration of a 'Highly Effective School' in relation to the management of the implementation of the Australian Curriculum. Only 20 schools across Australia were chosen for this project, with Kalinda being the very first. The following video was shot by an ACARA team that flew down from Sydney to interview our staff. The video is designed to be used as a professional learning tool for other school management teams across Australia. You can watch it here.

Kalinda Online - never be 'out of the loop' again!

Student homepage: connecting school & home

1:1 iPad Program Website

This is a link to the website that contains all the infomation about our 1:1 iPad Program for Year 5 and 6 this year. Find out details about pricing, covers, required apps, and why we believe the program is important in the first place.

https://sites.google.com/a/kalinda.vic.edu.au/ipadinfo/home