Here at Gordon Primary School, as with every ACT school, We go through what is called Validation. Validation is what allows us as a school to demonstrate what we do well and how to improve our school.Here you will find the Validation Reports completed by the school review team.

Click here to view the Validation Report   (149kb)

Click here to view the 2008 School Board Report  (591kb)

2009 Enrolment Information
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School Dates 2009

Day 1     Monday 2nd February  is the first day for Kindergarten. Other new enrolments can look around and become familiar with the school environment.
Day 2    Tuesday 3rd February is for all students to attend.
Day 4    Thursday 5th February- Collect Book Packs from the Hall

Day 4

Public Holidays 2009

 Thursday 1 January - New Years Day 

 Monday 26 January - Australia Day 

 Monday 9 March - Canberra Day 

 Friday 10 April - Good Friday 

 Saturday 11 April - Easter Saturday 

 Monday 13 April - Easter Monday 

 Monday 27 April - Anzac Day 

 Monday 8 June - Queen’s Birthday 

 Monday 5 October - Labour Day 

 Tuesday 3 November - Family & Community Day 

 Friday 25 December - Christmas Day 

 Monday 28 December - Boxing Day

Gordon Primary's Philosophy

Gordon Primary School is an educational community made up of students, parents, staff and members of the wider community who meet together in an atmosphere of mutual respect and co-operation. The school context provides many of our students with first encounters of the world outside their immediate family and neighbourhood. Our common goals are managing change, understanding our multicultural school environment and meeting the needs of individuals and groups.

We aim to promote responsibility, knowledge of self and tolerance of others within a caring environment. This will foster confidence and positive attitudes allowing children to reach their potential while taking control and responsibility for their own actions. We provide a happy and safe place to learn, recognising the importance of our environment both local and global.

A challenging, balanced education program addresses the eight key learning areas of Mathematics, English Language, the Arts, Health and Physical Education, Technology, Studies of Society and the Environment, Science and our Language Other Than English, Japanese. It also addresses the full range of across curriculum perspectives including Social Justice and Equity.

The school community believes these early experiences will form the basis for a broad and balanced education that looks to the future by promoting the concept of life-long learning with understanding and confidence.

The learner's personal best will be valued and achieved.

Coming Events

Tuesday 2nd December- Big Splsh

School Hours:

8.55 am - Warning bell
 
9:00 am - Morning teaching session begins
 
11:00-11:10 am -Supervised lunch eating in class groups

11:10-11:50 am Lunch playtime

11:50- Middle teaching session begins

1:20-1:50 pm - Recess  
 
1:50 pm - Afternoon teaching session begins
 
3:00 pm - Students dismissed from class

NOTE: Students will not be released before 3:00 pm and they will not be asked to remain after 3:00 pm unless prior arrangements have been made with parents (E.g. bus, parents picking up etc.).

Other Lanyon Cluster Schools:

Lanyon High

Bonython Primary

Charles Conder Primary

School Based Management Review

The Department of Education and Training is seeking feedback from the public to help evaluate and improve the effectiveness of School Based Management (SBM).

School Based Management is designed to provide public schools with more flexibility in how they use resources to address priorities determined at the school level. 

The Allen Consulting Company has been appointed to undertake the review. For further information or to provide feedback please visit www.allenconsult.com.au/sbmreview