Bentleigh West Primary School is a government primary school located in the suburb of Bentleigh in the City of Glen Eira, about out of Melbourne's city centre, in the state of Victoria, Australia.
The school has won a number of environmental awards. the principal is Sarah Asome.
History The school was established in the 1930s and named Bentleigh West, despite the lack of a suburb of that name, as it was considered more fashionable to live on the western side of Bentleigh (west of the Frankston railway line), closer to Brighton East and Brighton than the other side of the line.
Major building works were finished in late 2010.
Staff the principal is Sarah Asome.
Awards Environmental awards
It has been awarded the Australian Sustainable Schools Accreditation 5 Star Award,"Education Programs", Savewater the Water Wise Accreditation, the Water - Learn it! Live it! accreditation,"Water - Learn it! Live it! Schools" , South East Water and was 2005 Regional Winner of the State Gardens Award."Victoria's Top School Gardens Unearthed" , Victoria Ministry of Education, 7 December 2005
The school was one of ten selected for a "greening grant in May 2005" from Greening Australia."Grant to help create a landscape", Moorabbin Glen Eira Leader, 4 May 2005"Schools Win Greening Grant" , Greening Australia
In 2007 the school was recognised for its efforts in the Education Programs category of the Savewater! Awards."Bentleigh West Primary School", Greg Thom, Herald Sun, 24 April 2007
In the 2015 ResourceSmart Education Awards, Bentleigh West won ResourceSmart Water School of the Year, and was a finalist in both the Community Leadership category and overall School of the Year. In addition, Mrs Brown was also nominated as Teacher of the Year.
Faculty awards Leonie Brown, who co-ordinates the school's environmental program, was chosen from 2,400 teachers to win one of the Australian Scholarships Group Community Merit Awards 2005."Passion rewarded", Larissa Ham, Moorabbin Glen Eira Leader, 30 November 2005"ASG Community Merit Awards 2005" , The NEiTA Foundation
Sarah Asome won the Outstanding Primary Teacher Award at the 2015 Victorian Education Excellence Awards, for her work in the area of dyslexia.
Sport Student Theodore Petrakos won one of four 2006 Victorian School Sports Awards."Young athletes set the pace in sports awards", Caulfield Glen Eira/Port Phillip Leader, 8 May 2006
Other school awards
The school was a finalist in the Outstanding Inclusive Education Award for 2015.
The school has also been awarded Performance and Development Culture Accreditation.
Awards offered by the school The Paul Jennings Award is a competition that takes place every year. Grade 5 and 6 students each enter a short story containing a sentence from one of Paul Jennings' books. The award is presented to the best story and the medal is presenting on the last day of term 4.
Notable alumni John Romeril, Australian playwright Paul Jennings, Australian children's author"Author Profile - Paul Jennings" , Jubilee Books, July 2002 Georgie Stone, Australian transgender activist Jeffrey Walker, actor director
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