Principal's Welcome

Parkmore Primary School  dates back to its inaugural year of 1962.  It is located in the City of Whitehorse, in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne.  The school is situated in Forest Hill with most of our students drawn from the local area and surrounding suburbs.  A new purpose-built school was opened in 2012 comprising flexible learning spaces, kitchen/dining area, multipurpose room, visual arts room and library. Read more....

 

 

 

 

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Educator Magazine's Innovative Schools Award 2018

Parkmore Primary School has been celebrated with Educator Magazine's Innovative Schools Award for the third year in a row!

Parkmore is commited to developing its programs to meet the needs of 21st century learners, ensuring that an interest is taken in the 'whole student'. 

Click through to read the article that was published in the Whitehorse Leader. Read More

Finalists - Best School Wellbeing

We are thrilled to announce Parkmore Primary is a finalist in this year's Educator awards for best whole school wellbeing program. The school is in the running with schools from across the country including Geelong Grammar. We are so proud of this great achievement and acknowledge our amazing community for supporting our Positive Education philosophy and its integration across the whole school from academics to play. Winners are announced at a gala event in Sydney on August 17. 

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Parkmore Presents at PESA Conference

Mrs Baucke and Ms Doherty presented a workshop at this year's Positive Education in Schools Association Conference at Geelong Grammar. Following this very successful workshop on integrating Student Voice, Parkmore hosted 30 staff from 8 schools in Hong Kong. 2018 School Captains Mia and Ryker presented a session on our amazing school. Our visitors were so impressed and commented on the enthusiasm and zest of our students and the pride they expressed in their school.

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Parkmore Primary and Forest Hill College-Visible Wellbeing

Parkmore Primary School with Forest Hill College have been selected as Visible Wellbeing (VWB) Partner Schools in 2018. This 2 year partnership combines the science of wellbeing and the science of teaching and learning to make wellbeing visible and tangible across the whole school community. Designed by Professor Lea Waters, the partnership aims to support all members of the school community thrive and sustain a culture of wellbeing. 

 

Principal spreads positive psychology abroad

If scientists tinkering away in the positive psychology field were to adopt a human mascot to champion their findings, Saraid Doherty would be top of the hit-list. Read more

 

Parkmore Teacher on the Educator Magazine's 'Hot List'

Parkmore Primary teacher, Simon McIntosh, has been named by the Educator Magazine as an innovator and leader in education by the Educator Magazine. Simon received the national recognition for his work in fostering growth mindsets in maths. In 2017, Simon has engaged in the work of British academic, Jo Boaler, on valuing creativity and curiosity in the maths curriculum. Simon has developed a whole school maths program at Parkmore Primary which is seeing brilliant results as students are encouraged to persevere and explore the beauty of maths. To read more go to please click here.

 

Bravo Simon!

Parkmore Primary School Santa's Delivering Cheer

Christmas is a time filled with family, friends and festive traditions but for many, the season for celebrations can be lonely, and especially so for seniors. Home Instead Senior Care is leading a very special campaign reaching out to the Australian community to help seniors feel valued, respected, appreciated and cared for.

 

Click on the image below to see Parkmore Primary's fabulous students helping spread the Christmas cheer.