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Loch Primary School is a small, rural school set in the beautiful rolling hills of South Gippsland with enrolment of 145 students. The school has 1 Principal Class, 1 Learning Specialist, 13 Teachers and 12 Educational Support Staff. We currently have 6 composite classes.
The school motto ¿Dream Achieve Succeed: Every child known, safe, inspired, challenged and empowered¿, is reinforced with the values of Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Resilient, Be Creative, Be Curious and Be Your Best.  We are a `Play is the Way¿ school and this behaviour education philosophy underpins our social emotional learning at all times. All students participate in Respectful Relationships lessons and are given a `buddy¿ from a different year level to further foster positive relationships within the school.
Loch Primary School places great importance on the use of high-quality evidence based approaches to all teaching and learning. Teachers utilise Explicit Instruction (EI) teaching methods in their teaching of literacy and numeracy. Teachers consistently review previously taught material through a Daily Review that gives students the opportunity to practice and refine their literacy and numeracy skills and understandings. All literacy teaching follows a highly structured and sequential scope and sequence, beginning with simple phonemes and ending with high level morphology. Our school follows current research based on the science of reading and students have access to high quality decodable texts that enhance our reading programs. 
The well resourced specialist programs of Digital…