Sebastopol Primary School is located on the outskirts of the major provincial town of Ballarat and was built in 1978 with an unusual open plan design. The recent refurbishment using our BER money for carpet ,painting and interactive whiteboards has created a warm, inviting up to date environment. The school has eight full time teaching staff, nine Education Support staff and one Principal class member . Sebastopol Primary School aims to equip students with the skills and enthusiasm to confront the challenges of the 21st century. We provide an environment of co-operative endeavours, where there are high standards for social interactions and high expectations for academic achievement. The focus is on effective teaching and learning aimed at providing successful student outcomes with a strong emphasis on literacy and numeracy. We provide specialist programs in Art, ICT and Physical Education. In addition, a range of high quality intervention programs are provided, including Reading Recovery. The curriculum caters for individual needs so that all students are challenged and extended. Our curriculum is enhanced by a variety of extra-curriculur activities including Active After School Sport Programs, the Sebastopol Primary School Choir who sing with Sing Australia , school performances and special event days. We also provide , a breakfast program , free fruit Friday and an indoor/outdoor lunchtime play program. Our students are central to all that happens in our school community.