Strong identity: St Georges Road Primary School celebrates diversity and personal growth.
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This year’s Education Week theme of ‘150 years of public education’ has made the staff at St Georges Road Primary School reflect on the school’s contribution to education in Shepparton and celebrate its achievements.
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“Education is, of course, about providing the foundations of numeracy and literacy but it’s also much more than this,” principal Adam Burbidge said.
“It is about educating the whole child and creating individuals with the confidence and values that ensures they go on to become happy and positive people who can contribute positively to society.
“We are proud of our broad curriculum, which incorporates the specialist programs of visual arts, music, physical education and Italian.”
Mr Burbidge said the specialisation, along with a strong social curriculum program, helped to ensure the students developed into happy, healthy, well-rounded individuals.
St Georges Road Primary School first opened its doors to students in 1953.
Since its establishment the school has, like the city of Shepparton, grown and changed a great deal, developing an identity that would have been unimaginable in the 1950s.
“The school’s identity represents, at its core, the wonderful diversity within our population, with its breadth of language and culture and all this has to offer,” Mr Burbidge said.
“This diversity is what makes St Georges Road Primary School a special place to learn and to work.
“Who would have thought that country Victoria would boast a school of true international representation? A place where everyone belongs.”
Mr Burbidge said seeing former students becoming the best version of themselves in their professional life made the school community proud.
“We are proud, not just by association, but also to think that we have, in some way helped with these achievements”
