Bonbeach Primary School was established in 1958 in the City of Kingston, 35 kilometres south-east of Melbourne.

Bonbeach Primary School and Preschool is unique in the area having a Pre-school on the same site as the school providing 3 and 4 year old programs through to Year 6.

Every year is exciting as new students commence their time with us at the Pre-school or Primary School. Enrolments in the primary school have continued to increase. There are currently 371 students at the Primary School.

Community participation is emphasised and encouraged in all activities at Bonbeach. It is a feature of our school. We have a very active parent group with School Council, Parents and Friends and parent volunteers involved in assisting in the classrooms, running our monthly Farmers’ Market and supporting the school.

The Strategic Plan developed in 2018 identified the following goals for the school:

• To improve student achievement in English and Mathematics
• To establish a whole school approach to maximise student achievement in Literacy and Numeracy.
• To develop a framework for school wide approaches to Student voice, Agency and Leadership.

The school is working to continually improve its outcomes in these areas. A review of our Strategic Plan and directions will occur this year.

The school structure is co-educational and based largely on composite grades with a great deal of co-operative planning and interaction among all grades and sections. Our excellent core curriculum programs focus on developing individual student abilities in Literacy, Mathematics and Social Skills as cornerstones to success in all curriculum areas and society. They remain a strong focus in our curriculum. Other curriculum areas such as Science, Technology and Humanities are covered within our Inquiry learning units and gardening program. Specialist programs are operating in Visual Arts, Indonesian, Performing Arts and Physical Education. Developing student abilities in Information Technology and Thinking Skills is carried out across the curriculum. Studies of Asia are also incorporated in our curriculum.

Bonbeach Primary School offers its students many opportunities to be actively involved in an extensive range of enrichment/co curricula activities such as:-

• Student Representative Council and House System developing student leadership; “I Sea , I Care” promoting environmental awareness of the marine and surrounding environment;
• A school camping program from Years 3 to 6;
• Lunchtime Clubs
• Biannual Junior school and Middle/Senior school productions
• Inter-school competitions in athletics, swimming and Cross Country for selected students in Years 3-6
• Interschool Summer and Winter sports competition for students in Years 5 and 6
• School swimming lessons, 8 day intensive program for students in Year Prep – 4 and a beach water safety day for Year 5 and 6 students.
• Transition programs from (Pre-school – Preparatory including “buddies” from older grades and Year 6 – 7).
• Active encouragement to be involved in Community Projects

In 2020/2021, the Primary School and Pre-School underwent a major upgrade which consisted on demolishing the original LTC building and construction of a  new Pre-School facility, Learning Centre consisting of eight classrooms and an Administration/STEM building. Other permanent facilities include a BER building consisting of four classrooms and teaching kitchen space and the school hall featuring an indoor basketball court, stage, Art room, LOTE room and Library. The school hall once belonged to Bonbeach High School/TAFE College. This now belongs to the primary school and has proved to be an excellent facility. It is used extensively for the delivery of school programs and hired to the broader community.

The community is very proud of its extensive grounds that provide quiet shaded areas, a large oval, basketball and netball courts, a teaching vegetable garden which is also used as an outdoor quiet learning area, an outside stage and senior and junior playgrounds. They remain a feature of the school, particularly in the provision of high quality sporting and recreational areas for the students and local community.