2025 Foundation Enrolments
Please complete the ‘2025 Foundation Pre-Enrolment Enquiry Form’ above if you would like to express interest in enrolling your child in Foundation for 2025.
Foundation enrolments are moving to a new online system for 2025. Parents who have completed this form will be directed to the VicStudents Portal to create an account and submit a Placement Request with supporting evidence (i.e. birth certificate, immunisation record & proof of address). Following completion of the Placement Request form in the VicStudents Portal, placement offers will be sent out from Monday 29th July. Please use VicStudents Portal Link below to complete a placement request.
The Department of Education has released an updated statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline for the 2025 school year.
The timeline advises families when and how to enrol their child into Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school, including Pakenham Hills Primary School.
All government primary schools will follow the timeline in 2024 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2025 school year.
You can find information and resources about the timeline, including factsheets and a poster at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep). You can also download the ‘Foundation (Prep) Enrolment Information Pack for Parents and Carers’ from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available from 15 April 2024).
You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2025 at Pakenham Hills Primary School from 15 April 2024.
What you need to do:
- Contact our school Pakenham Hills Primary School to book a school tour or to learn more about our school and the enrolment application process.
Please note that available school tour dates are posted on our School Tour page with a link to book. - Download the Foundation (Prep) enrolment information pack from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available from 15 April 2024). This pack includes an application form, which you can also request from our school.
- Submit an enrolment application for Foundation (Prep) by Friday 26 July 2024.
- You will be notified of the outcome of your application between Monday 29 July and Friday 9 August 2024. If you receive an enrolment offer, you should contact our school to accept the offer by Friday 23 August 2024.
- Take part in enrolment information and transition sessions during Term 4, 2024.
- Prepare your child to start Foundation (Prep) from Wednesday 29 January 2025.
Enrolment applications submitted after 26 July 2024 will be processed by our school as they are received, in accordance with the department’s Placement Policy.
Dates to Remember
| DATES | TIME | EVENT |
| Thursday 7th November | TBC | Teddy Bears Picnic |
| Thursday 28th November | 5:30pm – 6:30pm | Foundation Information Night |
| Tuesday 10th December | TBC | State Wide Transition Day |
Register attendance for the Foundation Information Night here: Foundation Information Night
SEALS
Pakky SEALS – Social Emotional and Academic Learning Skills Development Program
Our Program allows children to develop and practise some of the pre-learning skills necessary for success at school. Oral language, fine motor skills, pre-literacy and pre-numeracy readiness are a focus of the program.
Children will participate in directed activities which will extend their learning skills. These skills, along with strategies and behaviours will have them well prepared to begin formal schooling at the beginning of their Prep year.
Recent studies suggest that children’s adjustment to their first year of school is strongly influenced with the school setting . We aim to have your child feeling safe and secure in the school environment to ensure they have a positive start at school.
We aim to engage our students by planning meaningful and enriching learning experiences so students can experience success. We have used our school values to determine three expected behaviours. These behaviours underpin everything that we do at Pakenham Hills Primary School.
- Be a Learner
- Be Respectful
- Be Safe
Pakky SEALS sessions will run throughout Term 4 in 2024. These sessions are only available to families who have completed the enrolment process.