California Gully Primary School is situated in Staley Street, California Gully and is geographically between Bendigo and Eaglehawk. The school was opened in 1883 and is known as “Bell Topper Hill”. The suburb of California Gully is part of the Greater City of Bendigo. The school is a member of the Sandhurst Network. The school draws enrolments from the local California Gully area, Maiden Gully, Eaglehawk and Long Gully. The majority of year 6 students transition to Eaglehawk Secondary College. Enrolments have been stable over the past five years, in 2010 there was an enrolment of 191. Teaching staff include the Principal, 8 equivalent classroom teachers, 0.5 Reading Recovery, 0.5 Library, 0.2 Music, 0.4 Science/ Information and Communication Technology. An Instrumental Music teacher was employed for one day a week. A Wellbeing Officer is employed for two days a week. The school also had 4.6 equivalent fulltime ESS staff. The curriculum is designed to give the students a range of learning opportunities which cater for their individual needs, this includes both intervention and extension programs. Literacy and numeracy are teaching and learning priorities. The 2 million dollar building upgrade took place during the 2010 school year and will be completed in late Term 1 of 2011. The new building will consist of 4 new classrooms and large open learning spaces which will enhance the collaborative and flexible learning approaches. It will also offer spaces for creative and investigative learning for all students.