Thomastown Meadows Primary School opened in 1980 and is in a well-established area. Our school has 17.5 equivalent full time staff, 2 Principal class and 10 Education Support staff. A very high proportion of students are from diverse backgrounds where English is not spoken at home. The purpose of the school is to provide a safe and challenging environment that engages and stimulates students to become life long learners with the academic, social and personal skills needed to become productive members of a dynamic, global society. The school values are: Cooperation - Getting Along, Respect, Resilience and Confidence. The school utilises a Rights and Responsibilites approach to behaviour management supported by the You Can Do It Program. The focus of the school is on ensuring that every student is supported to reach their full potential. The teaching teams within the school plan together to deliver comprehensive programs in Literacy, Maths and Integrated Curriculum. Literacy and Maths sessions are implemented using small group instruction. AiZ strategies are supported by two Learning Leaders who each work one day a week in classrooms, building teacher capacity in Literacy teaching. Specialist programs are run in Physical Education, Visual Arts and Computing. National Partnerships funding has been used to build teacher capacity. There are support programs in Oral Language, Maths Intervention and Reading Intervention.