Enrolments, Transition, and FAQs

Enrolments - Foundation/Prep
2025 Foundation (Prep) Enrolments  

Selecting a school for your child should be an exciting time, and we strongly encourage a School Tour, where you can meet existing students, experience the educative environment, and pose as many questions as possible.

​Our school is using an online system for new Foundation (Prep) enrolments to Victorian government schools, called VicStudents.

​The timeline advises families when and how to enrol their child into Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school, including Hughesdale Primary School.

All government primary schools will follow the new timeline in 2024 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2025 school year.

You can find information and resources about the new timeline, including factsheets, at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep). You can also download the ‘Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents/Carers for the 2025 school year’ from the Starting School webpage.

​To get started:

​The Department of Education has created a Quick Reference Guide to help you get started. The guide is attached via this link: Foundation Digital Enrolment Parent Guide.

  • ​We will then review the information submitted and be in contact with you by Friday 9 August 2024.
  • ​You should accept one enrolment offer by Friday 23 August 2024. When accepting an offer, you will be required to provide additional personal and health information that will be shared with the school.

Is VicStudents secure?

VicStudents has been assessed by the Department of Education to a high degree of security in line with the Victorian Protective Data Security Standards and is compliant with ISO 27001, the leading international standard for information security.

Enrolments

2024 Year 1 to Year 6 Enrolments

Selecting a school for your child should be an exciting time, and we strongly encourage a School Tour, where you can meet existing students, experience the educative environment, and pose as many questions as possible.

Enrolment of Students from Year 1 to Year 6 are available anytime.

What you need to do:

​Please contact our school on (03) 9570-4808 to learn more about our school and the enrolment application process. Enrolment Form

​School Zone 

Our school zone is available on findmyschool.vic.gov.au which hosts the most up-to-date information on school zones in Victoria.

​Students residing within our school zone are guaranteed a place at our school, which is determined on the basis of your permanent residential address.

​Our school manages enrolments using the Placement Policy to ensure that students have access to their designated neighbourhood school and may enrol at another school, if there are available places.

​For more information, you can:

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School Tours

School Tours 2024

A selection of Open Mornings and On-site Tours are available to book in 2024.
Bookings are essential and can be made via TryBooking.

https://www.trybooking.com/CPEPK

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Morning Afternoon
Thursday 1 August at 9:30am Thursday 22 August at 4:00pm
Thursday 24 October at 9:30am Thursday 14 November at 4:00pm

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School Zones

Our school zone is available on findmyschool.vic.gov.au which hosts the most up-to-date information on school zones in Victoria.

​Students residing within our school zone are guaranteed a place at our school, which is determined on the basis of your permanent residential address.

​Our school manages enrolments using the Placement Policy to ensure that students have access to their designated neighbourhood school and may enrol at another school, if there are available places.

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For more information, you can:

Transition

Foundation (Prep) Transition

Friday 25th October 2024 9.30am to 10.30am Introduction to Foundation space
Friday 8th November 2024 9.30am to 10.30am Activity Time
Friday 22nd November 2024 9.30am to 10.30am Introduction to the Playground
Wednesday 27th November 2024 6pm to 7pm Parent Information evening on-site
Tuesday 10th December 2024 9.30am to  11.00am Meet your teacher

Level 6 – Level 7 Transition

Students in Level 6 are involved in a supportive and effective program that enables their transition from Primary School to Secondary College to be as stress-free as possible. The transition program, supported by the ‘Hit the Ground Running’ program, includes:

  • ​Numerous visits to different secondary colleges

  • Level 7 student visits and talks to the students

​Feedback from past students has indicated that this transition program has been extremely helpful in allowing students to settle at Secondary School quicker and easier.

Helpful Link-  Good Schools Guide: www.goodschools.com.au

​Whole School Transition

Hughesdale Primary School has a whole school transition program to ensure smooth pathways for students when they progress through the school.

This involves a transition day in December where they will move to their new year level in new classrooms.

They will meet with their teacher for the following year and build relationships with each other during the day.

There are also opportunities for students to have Q&A sessions with older students, giving them a chance to get advice straight from the students themselves.

How does the school perform academically?

Statewide NAPLAN Tests (Levels 3 & 5) indicate that Hughesdale Primary School performs impressively when compared to other schools in the State and also against schools with similar demographics (commonly called Like Schools).

The NAPLAN Tests assess students in Reading, Writing, Spelling, Numeracy and Measurement.

Trend data over recent years indicates that in most cases, Hughesdale Primary School out performs both the State and Like Schools in these key curriculum areas.

How does the school address student safety?

During recess breaks there are always three teachers supervising the yard. Although the student enrolment doesn’t require three teachers to be on yard duty, the size of the playground does. Students are instructed not to play near boundaries or blind spots.

Yard duty teachers are to question any unknown person in the yard who is not wearing an official visitor’s badge.

Yard duty teachers wear brightly coloured fluorescent vests for easy visibility.

During teaching time all external doors apart from the main door (Brine St.) are locked. This requires visitors to enter by the main door, which is directly in front of the General Office and Principal’s Office. All visitors are required to sign in on arrival. For more information, please see Student and Staff Safety Policy.

How does the school handle the issues of discipline and bullying?

The school has worked hard in these areas in recent years with excellent results.

We have high standards for student behaviour and all classes follow the ‘Assertive Discipline’ approach.

This approach basically sets out why we need rules, what they are and what happens if you break them.

This management approach applies to both inside and outside the classroom.

Consequences are graded in severity, with emphasis on students being accountable and learning to take responsibility for their behaviour.

The school has an effective Anti-Bullying Policy in place and a copy can be made available to you on request. This policy has proved to be a very effective in terms of giving all students strategies in order to deal with a range of bully-type situations and in identifying bullies and modifying their behaviour.

The bottom line of the Student Management Policy is that all students at Hughesdale come to school to learn in a happy and safe environment, free from all forms of intimidation, bullying or harassment.

A school with 'Parental Approval'

As Principal, I always encourage parents to tour a number of schools in their area and to talk personally with the Principal about what their school can offer to meet the needs of their child. I also believe it is important to talk to the clients – in this case the parents who currently have their children at our school. I’m sure our parents will give you an accurate and honest assessment of what Hughesdale Primary School can offer your child and your family.

Nothing sells like a satisfied parent
Word of mouth is the school’s most effective marketing tool.
Would you like to talk to some parents who currently have their children at the school?
Why did they choose Hughesdale Primary School and are they satisfied?

Sometimes talking to another parent can fill that gap of uncertainty and provide reassurance. Many of our parents are more than happy to talk to you about what the school has to offer. The following parents would be more than happy to talk to you:

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Junior School (Foundation to Level 3)

Jacqui Corben – Ph. 0488 303 002

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Middle School (Levels 4-5)

Kirsten Williams – Ph. 0474 263 896

 

Senior School (Level 6)

Alexandria Muyemba – Ph. 0498 657 656