The Sale Primary School No 545 endeavours to create a nurturing, caring learning environment for our students, which seeks to foster a pride and joy in school and in life long learning, and to prepare students as well rounded and valuable contributors to the community in which they live.

'545' supports the principle that children learn best when:

• They are actively involved in their learning and it fulfils their needs, purposes and interests;
• There is clear modelling and application;
• They and others believe they can learn;
• They take responsibility for their own learning;
• They receive positive responses to their attempts;
• They have a positive self image;

  They can reflect on their own thinking processes.
  The Sale Primary School curriculum is provided through both classroom
  and specialist teaching programs. This curriculum is developed, at the school level, around curriculum guidelines known as the
  Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS).
  
  A summary of the VELS structure can be obtained by clicking here.
  
  
  This curriculum structure provides for the curriculum in the 'traditional' areas of English, Mathematics, (Visual Arts and Music),
  Health and Physical Education, Science, Humanities (Social Studies), Languages Other Than English L.OT.E. (Japanese) but also gives
  significant formal direction for schools to include and assess in the
  areas of Information & Communication Technology (ICT), Design,
  Creativity and Technology, Civics and Citizenship, Personal Learning
  and Interpersonal Development.
  
  Go to our Specialist Programs page to find out more about programs conducted by a "specialist" in a particular area.
  
  
  To view or download the details of any of our Curriculum Policies,
  click on a link on the bar to the right.The policies are in
  Portable Document Form (PDF).

  You will need Adobe Reader to open the PDFs; this program is free.
  If you don't have a copy you can download it from Adobe by
  clicking here.