Yarraville West Primary School, located in a quiet residential area near the city of Melbourne, has served the local community for over 110 years. The current enrolment of 531 students represents a 4% increase in enrolments over the past 5 years, therefore a limit on enrolments has been in place for the past 3 years. Our school building was opened in 1985 and includes a well resourced Library and Art Room. We received 'Building the Educational Revolution' funds and look forward to a new Multi-Purpose centre being available for use in early 2011. We share a boundary with Yarraville Oval so our students access this additional playing space. While we constantly strive to improve and extend the academic achievements of our students, we also recognise the importance of social skills, problem solving skills and a strong focus on overall student wellbeing. Many of our extra-curricular offerings focus on perfomance and community involvement, with a view to enhancing student self-esteem. Whilst we maintain a student population from a diverse range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, the demographic profile of the surrounding area has gentrified in recent times. This school has 35 equivalent full time staff: 2 principal class, 33 teachers and 6.9 education support officers.