Prep Program

Your child needs a sound start in the first year of schooling where the foundations of positive attitudes, self-esteem, a sense of achievement and a love of learning are established.

Our varied program is designed to cater to the needs of all children so that they are able to proceed at their own pace. The Prep program features:

  • An understanding of the wide range of abilities and maturity with which children start school
  • A focus on individual needs and learning requirements so that:
    • more able children are extended
    • extra help is given to children who are experiencing difficulties
  • A strong emphasis on literacy through a fully implemented ‘Early Years Literacy’ program
  • Strongly encouraged parent involvement
  • The development of key skills such as co-ordination, memory, spatial awareness and confidence through a Perceptual Motor Program (PMP)
  • Music integrated into all subject areas
  • Intensive swimming program
  • German & Mandarin LOTE (Language Other Than English) programs
  • Specialist Art, PE and Library programs
  • A large well-equipped classroom including a piano
  • Early Years Numeracy program
  • Classroom and lab access to multi-media computers
  • Before / After School and Vacation Care program which caters for the early finish at the start of the Prep year

And Then…

Your child will experience the many features of the comprehensive school program at Highvale Primary School, including:

  • Close knit school community with a supportive, caring environment
  • Reputation for high standards of behaviour
  • Cross cultural awareness as part of a multi-national community
  • School musical production every two years involving every child in the school
  • Optional instrumental music program offered during school hours
  • Catering for gifted and talented children
  • School camps
  • Computers with Internet access in every classroom and the library
  • Wide range of sporting activities including year-round inter-school sport, PE, swimming, cross country, sports clinics and access to tennis and other coaching after school
  • Safe, quiet parkland setting with extensive play equipment