Welcome to Somerville Primary School
It is a wonderful pleasure to be the Principal of Somerville Primary School and lead our school. Our school thrives on its high quality teaching, personalised learning, wellbeing and connections. We pride ourselves on having a strong balance with learning essential skills whilst interacting and learning with others.
Our mission is to provide a high quality, supportive and engaging learning program, which builds the academic, social and emotional capacity of every student. We aim to develop lifelong learners who care for themselves, others and the community around them, and actively contribute to a more sustainable and peaceful world. This is reflected in our mission statement ‘Inspiring Excellence in Education…Every Student Every Time’.
At Somerville Primary School we have a strong focus on building positive and supportive relationships between all members of our school community. Our caring and committed staff provide a warm and challenging educational experience for your child with a focus on personalised student learning through inquiry, critical thinking and creativity. Our children learn in modern, flexible learning spaces, purpose-built for collaborative learning and teaching.
Our school culture has been built over many years (135 years) and is very important to us. As a strong values-based school, our core values of Courage, Honesty, Respect, Responsibility and Trust guide how we teach, learn and interact around our school every day.
Our teachers are dedicated and talented professionals, who provide an outstanding teaching and learning program. Somerville Primary School is a thriving Professional Learning Community (PLC) and our staff work closely in highly effective teams with a strong focus on student learning growth; as well as using research and evidence based explicit teaching programs. This approach ensures that we cater for the needs of all of our students.
We value the assistance of parents and carers, who in partnership with staff, provide quality learning experiences that maximise student learning outcomes. Our intention is to stimulate and challenge students to enable them to reach their full potential as individuals, members of the Somerville community and as citizens of the world.
Regards,
Jamie Sharp
Principal