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Loch Primary School is a small, rural school set in the beautiful rolling hills of South Gippsland with enrolment of 140 students. The school has 1 Principal Class, 1 Learning Specialist, 13 Teachers and 12 Educational Support Staff.

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, 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. All literacy teaching follows a highly structured and sequential scope and sequence, beginning with simple phonemes and ending with high level morphology. 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.

The well resourced specialist programs of Digital Technology, Physical Education, Science, Visual Art, LOTE and Performing Arts are provided for all students each week and these specialist teachers provide a range of opportunities for students to use …