Admin Assistant - General

Location Profile

Mandama Primary School is located in Grovedale (southern suburban area of Geelong) in an established residential area which has an enrolment of 370 students.  The SFO Index is 0.44 and the SFOE Index at 0.38.  Within our cohort we have 20 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.   The school has 17 classes with 3 classes at Prep level, 5 at 1/2, 4 at 3/4, and 5 at 5/6.  The school has 35 EFT staff, comprising of the Principal, Assistant Principal, 2 Learning Specialists, 17 classroom teachers, 5 specialist teachers - Visual Arts, Performing Arts/Music, Italian, Physical Education and Digital Technologies. The ESSS comprises of 10 classroom support staff, 1 Library staff member, and 2 full time equivalent administration staff. Mandama families also benefit from the care provided by the Student Welfare Officer including strong partnerships with EMU, Drummond St., CASEA and others. The school has Technical Support Staff, an Out of School Hours Coordinator, and a Maintenance/Gardener. 

The staff work hard to provide a teaching pedagogy reflective of 21st century designs including ICT rich environments and personalised learning for every student.  Our curriculum is delivered in a positive, stimulating and challenging environment where every child experiences success and is supported to develop a love of life-long learning, following the Mandama Motto of `Learning for Life¿.  We operate a 1:1 ipad program to support and extend student learning opportunities through years 3-6, and school based devices for our P-2 students. The students explore their world thr…