Parktone Primary School opened in 1961 and is situated in a quiet residential street in Parkdale in the City of Kingston. The school is on a spacious and attractive 2.5-hectare site. Traditional classrooms have been redeveloped into stimulating learning centres incorporating ICT and the re-arrangement of furniture and spaces to cater for a variety of learning needs. The school has 12.8 equivalent full-time staff: 1 Principal class, 9.4 teachers and 2.3 Education Support Staff. There are161 children. Literacy and Numeracy are priority school programs. Specialist programs in Visual and Performing Arts, Physical Education and Italian provide students with outstanding opportunities to discover and develop their interests and skills.Parktone Primary School fosters a strong community spirit. In a stimulating and challenging teaching and learning environment, individual students are supported and encouraged to develop their talents, build resilience and confidence, and have respect for themselves and others. Teachers and children have continuous access to Information and Communication Technology and access a world of knowledge through banks of computers, iPod Touch, netbooks, iPads and SMARTboards. Parents are proactive and positive and contribute readily to support the school’s values and programs. Parktone Primary is one of Melbourne’s most dynamic and rapidly improving schools. Teachers are keen to serve as educators and to share a passion and love for learning. The Parktone school community has a powerful synergy and its spirit is radiant!