Beveridge Primary School is a small school on the Northern Fringe of Melbourne. In 2007 we had under 50 students, in 2010 we had 120, 40% of whom enrolled over the past 24 months. Our staff includes a Principal, 4 Expert teachers, 5 Accomplished teachers, 2 Graduate teachers and 4 education Support Staff. The values which underpin every decision we make are Respect, Integrity, Empathy and Unity and we believe that it is the job of every adult our students meet to model these concepts all day, every day. Our community is committed to nurturing active and caring Australian citizens who support intercultural understanding and can acknowledge and value alternative points of view. The staff, parents and community of Beveridge Primary are committed to developing the social, emotional and academic needs of our students by promoting resilience, persistence and courage. We encourage each child to strive to achieve their full potential and take risks in an environment which is safe, supporting and nurturing. We have strong parental and community involvement throughout the school which facilitates our rich curriculum. As a result our Arts program for example provides music, dance, choir an annual production and a resident artist program. In Semester 2, 2011 our exciting new 21st century Prep to grade 2 learning spaces will be ready to occupy allowing us to achieve even greater outcomes for our students than at any point in our past.