Another problem is to maintain numbers in school and other places in the Yara Valley is the tendency of the local residents to be in place, leaving limited housing options for young families who may settle near school and send their children there.
“Our records come from outside Hoddles Creek. They want to be the individual academic team and care as well,” said Timoni.
Easy trips for Hoddles Creek Primary School, as students are suitable for one car.credit: Joe Armao
“We really know our students and what they need. I think employees are really well trained in nervous diversity, ADHD and autism. So this is a little bit of the cloud card as well.”
Students spend a week at the nearby Don Valley Elementary School, which includes 37 students, for socialization and sometimes sports competitions. “We do not want our students to miss anything that may be a large school,” Timoni said.
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The school has a full -time teacher, part -time teacher and integration assistant.
Timoni is comfortable in size. “We don’t want to be too big because we feel that the programs we offer now are because we have a small number,” she said.
“We have been told mainly as long as we have registered we are open.”
At Bealiba Primary School, which has been open since 1856, there are five students, two of whom are currently attending. Student numbers have been broken since 2019, when there were 12 registrations.
Director Lin Nessit said that her school was proud of a different path in a sector that sometimes gives the priority of names on the names.
Nesbit said that the area was known for agriculture, especially wheat and barley, and many young families left. The population of Bealiba, West Bendigo, 213 people (based on a number of 2021) and the average age of 61.
“We had 20 students a few years ago [but] Families have moved away or sold real estate to people without young families.
Students at school in preparatory and grades 2, 5 and 6.
“I am really lucky to be in such a small school because you can take care of students and evaluate them, you know one of what their hobbies are, what they like, and what they do not like. You know exactly what is happening behind the scenes.”
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“It is a strong place to learn. Children can flourish in a smaller school, and their characters shine.”
Being part of a group of five schools means that students can communicate with other school students up to 15 minutes or one hour to participate in sports, sporting carnivals, camps and incursions. Other schools have more than 20 students.
On June 3, there were 11 primary schools that are not working: Panmure, Edi Upper, Stanley, Lake Charm, Gruyere, Nullawil, Devenish, Seasprray, Tooborac, Ultima and Durringile.
The Nerim District Rural Primary School this year has been reopened with 15 new students. It has been impractical since the end of 2019 but was not officially closed.
The Guildford Elementary School was reopened in 2022, after it was impractical since the end of 2017.
School closure operations do not continue unless it is recommended and the school council requests as a result of the lack of current or expected future records, and provided that there is societal support.
According to the Australian curricula and advanced power, the number of public schools in Victoria decreased from 1625 in 2001 to 1568 in 2024. At that time, the number of Catholic schools increased from 491 to 496, and the number of private schools went from 205 to 228.
The Ministry of Education reviews the directions of enrollment, expecting the demand for the population and the ability of schools annually and has a process to ensure that school planning is properly planned.
A spokesman for the department said that every student has the right to attend their local government school.
“We are constantly planning changes in enrollment trends, so that all students can be absorbed in educational spaces suitable for purposes,” the spokesman said.
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