Kew Primary School, Victoria
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| Kew Primary School | ||||||
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| School type | co-educational primary school | |||||
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| Established | November 1, 1870 | |||||
| Grades | Prep - Year 6 | |||||
| Principal | Graham R. Pratt | |||||
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| Website | [1] | |||||
Kew Primary School is a co-ed school in Melbourne, Australia with about 500 students form Prep to Year 6. It was established on 1 November 1870 and is the oldest school in the suburb of Kew, Victoria. The school is known for its "linguistic, cultural, occupational and economic diversity of its community". Its current Principal is Graham Pratt. The school’s current enrolment comprises more than thirty diverse national and ethnic origins. It is located on Peel Street, Kew
Its four sporting houses are a permanent token of, and tribute to, the Wurundjeri aboriginal people. The houses are:
- Allunga (Yellow)
- Jannali (Blue)
- Kalban (Red)
- Turaku (Green)
[edit] History
The school was established by Nicholas Fenwick on 1 November 1870 on part of 122 acres he had purchased. The land on which the school is situated is traceable to the Wurundjeri people who lived there harmoniously for hundreds of years. Only archaeological and ethnographic records have been found for their existence. On 1 July 1859 the Independent Church of England founded its own school on the same land through the help of a government grant. With a growing enrolment, and under the guidance of the third Head Teacher, John Gladstone, School No.356 bought land, which created a fraction of the current site of Kew Primary School.
[edit] Education
The school has many teachers from prep-year 6. Students also participate in specialists once a week such as Physical education, performing arts, ICT and Art.
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