Arthurs Creek Primary is a small school located in a semi rural setting on the outskirts of the Melbourne metropolitan area. It has a current enrolment of seventy two students. It sits in attractive grounds which offer a variety of choices for the students including sporting facilities, excellent playground equipment, tranquil area and an extensive undercover play area. ACPS’s core purpose is to provide a quality education that engages, challenges, motivates and inspires students to pursue lifelong learning, and empowers them to become valued members of society. The values seen as fundamental to our school community are: Respect for each other and for our environment; Responsibility; and Life- Long Learning . These values support our school vision: 'The pursuit of excellence, lifelong learning and a sense of self-worth enabling responsible citizenship in society. A culture of high expectation and student responsibility is fundamental to our pedagogy. The parent body demonstrates a high level of ownership and values the delivery of quality education programs, with achievement of high student outcomes being central to all resourcing and planning. Arthurs Creek Primary School has identified improved literacy and numeracy through enhanced use of information and communication technology as its student learning goal. The school has a computer ratio of 1:1.3 students. A large bank of laptops facilitates whole class access to computers. All classrooms are provided with interactive whiteboards which are used extensively in whole class, group and individual teaching and learning activities. The Ultranet is utilised across the whole school. This gives students access to the latest online tools and personalised learning activities within and outside the classroom. It also provides parents with access to up-to-date information about their child, including attendance records, homework, learning goals and teacher feedback. This is effectively further developing the home/school partnership. Using the Ultranet, teachers..