Riverbend Primary School

The Victorian Government made a commitment to deliver 100 new schools between 2019 and 2026. This includes the new Riverbend Primary School that will open in 2021.

Lisa Conibeer has been appointed as the first principal.
Enrolments are now open for Prep to Year 6. For more enrolment information, please email lisa.conibeer@education.vic.gov.au or contact Riverwalk Primary School: (03) 9742 9700.

Riverbend Primary School was originally known by the interim name of Wollahra Primary School while it was being planned and built.

Further information on the school, including enrolment, can be found on its official Facebook page.

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Principal Appointment

Lisa Conibeer has been appointed as the first principal of Riverbend Primary School. This appointment follows a thorough Department of Education recruitment process.

In the video presentation below, Lisa Conibeer answers all your questions about enrolment, curriculum, wellbeing programs, facilities, uniform, culture, jobs and more.

You can also read more about Lisa's plans for the school in this Frequently Asked Questions document (PDF) (WORD)

School name

Riverbend Primary School was chosen as the school name following community consultation and discussions with Geographic Names Victoria, with consideration given to factors including public interest, relevance to the local area, and the consideration of local Indigenous languages.

The school is named after the nearby Riverbend Historical Park.

We consulted with local communities for three weeks from Wednesday 24 June to Wednesday 15 July 2020. Thank you for your input.

Enrolments

Enrolments are now open for Prep to Year 6.

Findmyschool.vic.gov.au has been updated to show school zones for 2021. This includes the zone for Riverbend Primary School

Policies on enrolment, placement, and admission are available on the Department of Education and Training website.

Facilities

Your new school will include the following facilities:

three learning neighbourhoods
administration building
outdoor play courts
performing arts and physical education building
sports field.

Supported Inclusion

Riverbend Primary School will be a supported inclusion school. This means the school has been designed to support a higher number of students with a disability than a typical mainstream school. Included in the school design are facilities that provide additional support, so that all students have access to the same learning and play spaces.

These additional facilities include:

wider corridors
an additional first aid room in the administration building (where a hoist could be installed if needed)
additional spaces throughout the school that could be used as consultation rooms
an enhanced accessible toilet (where a hoist could be installed if needed)
a project/kitchen space where kids with special eating requirements can be accommodated
an additional fitness room for therapeutic use.

Kinder

Wunggurrwil Dhurrung Centre is located next to Riverbend Primary School.

This will help local children make a smooth transition from pre-school and reduce the number of drop-offs for some parents with kinder and school-aged children.

Contact us

33 St Andrews Place
East Melbourne
VIC 3002

Email: vsba@education.vic.gov.au
Phone: 1800 896 950