Chewton Primary School is a small school consisting of 29 students across Prep to Grade 6. It is in a rural setting surrounded by natural bushland but is still only ten minutes away from Castlemaine. There is a strong focus on sustainability and programs have been put in place to provide students with experiences in gardening, cooking and caring for farm animals. We have registered the kitchen with the local council as a food preparation premises so that we can prepare food and sell it at local farmers markets. We participated in the State Schools Garden Awards and was awarded winner for Category 1. Chewton celebrated its 140th birthday in 2010 with many past students returning for celebrations. Of our student population one quarter are funded for disability or behaviour. We have increased rigour around planning, assessment and accountability, developing a Scope and Sequence, drawing upon the Literacy and Numeracy 6 - 18 month strategy for assessment and ensuring it is completed, setting up a data wall, providing staff with opportunities for planning support and moderating work and establishing a staff conference for PD. Literacy and Numeracy teaching is modelled by expert teachers on a weekly basis and there is a focus on differentiated learning with students being encouraged to develop greater responsibility for deciding what they need help learning next. A new website has been established and newsletters are available there each week. Our staffing consists of 3.3 teaching staff and 1.7 ES staff including Primary Welfare Officer, Business Manager and integration aides