Classroom and Student Support

Location Profile

Montpellier Primary School is located in residential Highton, a Geelong suburb which is nestled between the Barrabool Hills and the Barwon River. The school was established in 1969 and has a current enrolment of approximately 560 students.

The priority at Montpellier Primary School is to meet the individual learning needs of all students and to enhance their learning opportunities and achievement. Across Grades Prep to Six, there is a fundamental and strong focus on Literacy and Numeracy and all students demonstrating individual improved learning growth through cycles of goal setting, feedback and reflection. All teachers engage in year level and specific PLCs that focus on improving student outcomes through data analysis and targeted teaching. 

The school has had a strong focus on the key elements of providing an inclusive education. Ensuring individual students are catered for by providing targeted teaching and learning is a priority. More recently, we have prioritised the High Impact Teaching Strategies (HITS) and High Impact Wellbeing strategies, with a strong focus on Differentiated Teaching and Explicit Teaching. There are two Instructional Models that are implemented; GANAG (Goal, Accessing Prior Knowledge, New Information, Applying New Knowledge and Goal Reflection) for English and LES (Launch, Explore, Summarise) for Maths and Science.

Montpellier has implemented the School Wide Positive Behaviours approach with the underlying values that drive our school culture of Aspire, Empathy, Respect and Responsibility. We are also developing a strong sense of s…