St Lawrence of Brindisi Catholic Primary School, Weir Views VIC
Gender
Co-Ed
Years
Foundation - 6
Established: 2022
Principal: Mr Bill Hill
Address: 31 Waterway Boulevard, Weir Views 3338
Key Information
Staff
N/A
Fees
See Website (Primary)
Languages
AUSLAN
About our school
Our school is situated in Australia’s fastest-growing growth corridor and currently supports families from the suburb of Weir Views along with the neighbouring suburbs of Cobblebank, Eynesbury, Fieldstone, Mount Atkinson, Mount Cottrell, Pawan, Strathtulloh and Thornhill Park.
Over the last three years, we have been one of the fastest-growing Catholic schools in Victoria, and it is likely our school will continue to grow over the next few years. We have built a strong reputation within the local community, and it is clear that we are the school of choice for many local families, who recognise the outstanding educational culture we have developed and the high level of care and support we provide our students.
Our school opened with Stage One of our Master Plan in January 2022. This consisted of a main building with a large collaborative learning space surrounded by eight classrooms and a multipurpose learning area (which was initially used as a staff room and administration area). Stage One also included a smaller multipurpose learning space (currently used as both our Visual Arts space and our Out-of-School-Hours Care and Vacation Care space), an outdoor, tiered, shade-sail covered classroom, a large oval, synthetic multi-use all-weather soccer pitch, a playground and a large shade-sail covered sand pit.
Stage Two was completed in March 2023. This consisted of a further building with another, larger collaborative space surrounded by nine classrooms. Stage Two also included the construction of a dedicated student drop-off/collection area (what we call our ‘Kiss n’ Go’) and two competition-grade basketball courts.
Our Stage Three building was completed in February 2025. This consists of a large double-storey facility. Downstairs, this consists of a large staffroom and boardroom, office spaces, a dedicated first-aid room and administration space and a meeting room. The first floor has six classrooms surrounding a smaller collaborative space, an archive room and a meeting space for teachers.
Stage Five of our Master Plan is currently under construction and is due for completion by December 2025. This will see the construction of a dedicated three and four-year-old Kindergarten and Out of School Hours Care facility, which will be run by MACS Early Years Education (MACS EYE).
Stage Four of our Master Plan, the construction of an indoor gymnasium/performing arts space and community area, is due to begin construction before the end of 2025/early 2026, with the completion date of January 2027.
St Lawrence of Brindisi is a highly multicultural community. More than 90% of our children come from families with a language background other than English. Our community supports families from more than fifty different countries with more than seventy languages. This makes our school community diverse, dynamic and vibrant, and is an aspect of our school we celebrate. It demonstrates that our school is a place of welcome.
Our school has a dedicated staff team who have worked hard to embed a culture of educational excellence. Our school is organised into five learning communities, which are named after the developmental stages for children:
Exploration Learning Community: Our Foundation/Prep children who are learning to explore the world and continue the first steps of their educational journey from their time in Kindergarten
Discovery Learning Community: Our Grade One and Grade Two children, who are discovering more about themselves, the world and how they learn.
Curiosity Learning Community: Our Grade Three and Grade Four students, who are building their educational knowledge and are supported to become curious about the world through their learning.
Challenge Learning Community: Our Grade Five and Grade Six students, who are challenging themselves in their learning, and are supported to become problem-solvers and critical thinkers.
We also have a specialist learning community which provides specific subject area learning to our students:
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
Visual Arts
Performing Arts
Sport/Physical Education
A big part of our school culture is our use of Auslan. Auslan is taught daily with our teachers learning alongside our students in a model called ‘teachers as co-learners’. We have a staff member who is profoundly deaf, Zoe, who supports our staff and children to use Auslan as a functional language that is used in all aspects of school life. Our children will sing our school song in Auslan, recite the Welcome to Country and common Catholic prayers in Auslan.
St Lawrence of Brindisi is focused on actively engaging with our families, recognising that they have a central place in the life of our school. Our school is a place of nurture, a culture guided by our vision statement, our motto, ‘A light to the mind and a fire to the will’, and our three foundational pillars: a community called to learn, a community called to serve, a community called to love.
Principal's Message
Welcome to St Lawrence of Brindisi Catholic Primary School, our fabulous new Catholic Primary School in Weir Views.
I am truly blessed. Every day, I have the privilege of working with happy, funny, inspiring children, a dedicated, nurturing and highly skilled staff and supportive, engaged parents and guardians. St Lawrence of Brindisi Catholic Primary School is committed to creating a dynamic learning environment for every child in our school.
Our school has been founded on embedding a culture guided by our Catholic faith. Our values of respect, compassion and justice are visible in everything we do. We have built our school on strong partnerships, within our staff team, with parents and guardians, and, most importantly, with our students.
We strive to create a learning culture that fosters a love of learning and empowers every child to be successful. Every child is a gift from God, each blessed with their own identity and a blend of interests, talents and life experiences that make them unique. The learning in our school encourages our children to wonder, explore, and be creative. We celebrate the role of parents and guardians in their children’s educational journey because we understand that a strong partnership between the home and school provides the ingredients that enable learning to flourish.
We are passionate about ensuring our school is an environment where children feel safe, valued and heard. This is visible in the relationships our staff build with our students; the way in which they speak to them and nurture and support them while they are at school.
We understand that children learn best when they are actively engaged in their learning and when they see themselves as successful learners. Our learning culture is founded on our belief that every child can learn and succeed. This is what we seek for every child – that they have a positive experience during their time at St Lawrence of Brindisi. When we achieve this, we provide our students the opportunity to live enriched, fulfilled lives, shaped by faith, where they can make a positive contribution to our world.
Principal – Bill Hill
