Enrolments

How to Enrol

Our school zone

Our school zone is available on findmyschool.vic.gov.au which hosts the most up-to-date information on school zones in Victoria.

Students residing within our school zone are guaranteed a place at our school, which is determined on the basis of your permanent residential address.

Our school manages enrolments using the Placement Policy to ensure that students have access to their designated neighbourhood school and may enrol at another school, if there are available places.

For more information, you can:

 

2024 Foundation (Prep) enrolments

The Department of Education (DE) has released a new statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline.

The timeline advises families when and how to enrol their child into Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school, including Seaholme Primary School.

The new timeline will apply for children starting Foundation (Prep) in 2024. All government primary schools will follow the new timeline in 2023 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2024 school year.

You can find information and resources about the new timeline, including factsheets, at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep). You can also download the ‘Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents/Carers for the 2024 school year’ from the Starting School webpage (available from 24 April 2023).

You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2024 at Seaholme Primary School from 24 April 2023.

What you need to do:

  1. Contact the office to learn more about our school and the enrolment application process
  2. Download the Foundation (Prep) enrolment information pack from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available from 24 April 2023)
  3. Submit an enrolment application for Foundation (Prep) by Friday 28 July 2023
  4. You will be notified of the outcome of your application by Friday 11 August 2023. If you receive an offer of placement, you should contact our school to accept the offer by Friday 25 August 2023
  5. Take part in enrolment information and transition sessions during Term 4, 2023
  6. Your child will start Foundation (Prep) from Tuesday 30 January 2024.

Enrolment applications submitted after 28 July 2023 will be processed by our school as they are received, in accordance with the department’s Placement Policy.

 

General enrolments

If you are interested in enrolling your child at Seaholme Primary School and live within our catchment area, please contact the school office on 03 9398 2806.

You can search for Seaholme Primary School’s catchment area using the following website – findmyschool.vic.gov.au

 Priority order of placement

Eligible children and young persons have the right to be admitted to their designated neighbourhood government school, regardless of capacity.

In circumstances where schools do not have sufficient accommodation to accept all students who apply from outside their school zone, schools must manage enrolment applications in accordance with the following priority order of placement:

  1. students with a sibling at the same permanent address who are attending the school at the same time
  2. all other students in order of closeness of their home to the school.

In exceptional circumstances, a student may be enrolled in a school based on compassionate grounds. This is an overarching consideration and does not form part of the priority order of placement.

Further information is available on the Departments website: Enrolling in school

 

Find My School Zone

2023 Information Booklet

School Tours

Application are now open for enrolments in Foundation (Prep) for 2024 at Seaholme Primary School.

July 2023

Monday             17th July             4:00pm

Wednesday       19th July             9:30am

Wednesday       26th July             4:00pm

Friday                 28th July             9:30am

Tours run for approximately 1 hour.

Foundation Transition

At Seaholme Primary, we want to make sure that all students achieve success and feel that they belong. That is why our transition programs are so important.

The first step is our Foundation Transition Program.  This is a chance for the children to come and spend time in their 2024 classroom with some of the staff who will be teaching them next year.

2024 Foundation Reading Program

Session dates:

Wednesday 9th August – 2:30-3:15pm

Wednesday 16th August – 2:30-3:15pm

Wednesday 23rd August – 2:30-3:15pm

Wednesday 30th August – 2:30-3:15pm

Wednesday 6th September – 2:30-3:15pm

Wednesday 13th September – 2:30-3:15pm 

Please note – Students must have a confirmed enrolment at Seaholme Primary School to attend 2024 Foundation Transition programs.

We look forward to welcoming you and your child into our community.

Year 6 – 7 Transition

Each year the families of children in grade 6 complete forms listing their preferred secondary schools. All secondary schools offer the same core curricula, but a number specialise in specific curriculum areas, some offer accelerated learning classes, some provide the opportunity to work in single sex classes and many schools offer a variety of scholarships. There is no guarantee that students will receive their first choice of school, so it is important to come up with a number of suitable schools. Preference forms are completed in May each year.

Parents should consider which school will best suit the needs and aspirations of their child. We highly recommend that parents visit the secondary schools or attend open days by the end of year 5.

It is important that more than one government school is listed on the preference form.

Students from Seaholme P.S. who do not receive thier preferences will be enrolled at the closest government secondary school which is Altona P-9 College.

It is the role of Seaholme Primary School to pass the transition forms on to the secondary schools who then allocate positions.

To make an informed choice about which school to send your child to it is important that you gather as much information as possible. There are a number of ways to collect this information including:

  • Talking to other parents who have sent their children to the schools you are interested in.
  • Attending open days and information evenings at secondary schools (these are often advertised in local newspapers).
  • Arranging interviews with the assistant principals of the secondary schools.
  • Exploring secondary school websites.

Transition Website

http://www.vrqa.vic.gov.au/

This is a new Victorian Government site that allows you to search for information about all school in Victoria. Click on “search for a provider or a qualification.” You then type in the name of the school, or you can pick the type of school you want (eg secondary). You can specify postcodes or suburbs if you wish, and you also have a choice to choose surroundings suburbs. Once you find the school you want there is a link to their website.

VRQA Transition Website

International Students

Please contact the School Office on 9398 2806 for more information or seaholme.ps@education.vic.gov.au.

Seaholme Primary School is accredited under the Department of Education and Training’s CRICOS registration (CRICOS provider name and code: Department of Education and Training, 00861K). For further information refer to www.study.vic.gov.au.