Welcome to Latham Primary School

Please contact us on 6205 7345 or drop into the school.

O'Loghlen St Latham

Our school is for children aged between 5 and 12 years.  We provide an educational program for students from Kindergarten to Year 6 in mainstream classes and two Learning Support Units (LSU) for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Our school was founded in February 1972 and was named in honour of Sir John Latham.  A full time preschool for 4 year olds is located next to the school and has 2 classes operating.  A Playgroup for 3 Year olds is also located alongside Latham Primary School and operates 2 groups. The YMCA runs an After School Care program on school grounds.

Latham offers a secure environment that caters for the educational and social needs of our community.  As a school community we work in a partnership to nurture, challenge, stimulate and develop the potential of each individual child so they can achieve to the best of their ability.

                 Melissa Travers
                 Principal 

Philosophy

 At Latham Primary education is child centered, promoting the whole development of each child-

We focus on developing tolerant, confident, caring, life-long learners with a passion for life and a love of learning.  Our school motto is:

                 Learning to Live and Living to Learn

Latham Primary School values the involvement of the community in both the organisation and development of the school and in the day-to-day work in classrooms and special activities.  The school provides a flexible and caring environment which recognises and promotes the partnership between home and school.

The school provides high quality learning experiences for all students.  Latham Primary School promotes respect for individual differences and the achievement of personal excellence.  Latham Primary actively promotes the importance of the core learning areas of Literacy and Numeracy.

The School provides planned and responsive learning experiences to enable students to maximize their potential in intellectual, physical, social and emotional development, empowering them as individuals and as contributing members of their local and global community.  We recognise the interrelationship of all elements in the environment and promote a responsible, caring and contributing attitude to the use of natural and manufactured resources.

Click here to download the 2007 the School Board Report  (214 kb)

Click here to download the 2007 School External Validation Report  (282 kb)

School Dates 2008

Term1              Friday 1 February to Friday 11 April

Term 2             Monday 28 April to Friday 4 July

Term 3             Monday 21 July to Friday 26 September

Term 4             Monday 13 October to Friday 19 December

 Kindergarten and new students attend for their first day a school on Monday 6 Feb. 
Resuming students commence on 7 Feb.
Staff commence from the 3 Feb

School Times

9am                            Classes Begin

11am - 11.30am           Recess

1pm -   1.50pm             Lunch (Supervised eating for the first 10 mins)

3pm                             Classes Finish

Students should arrive at school as close to 9am as possible for classes to begin.  If students need assistance, an executive teacher is available.  Teachers are involved in parent and staff meetings and lesson preparation before school commences at 9am.  The play equipment is not in use before school for safety reasons.

Our library and computer lab is open before school from 8.30am for students to access.  The parent community offers a breakfast club on Tuesday morning.