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Prep

WELCOME TO NORTHERN BAY P-12 COLLEGE

Hello Families and Welcome to Northern Bay College,

We are very excited to be sharing the beginning of your child's educational journey with you as you look to transition into one of our wonderful prep classes in 2025.

We are very proud of our entire community here at Northern Bay College and I know that you child is going to have a wonderful time through all of their years of education here at our school.

We look forward to seeing you in person through the school visits that will be part of your child's transition to school next year.

Thank you again for putting you trust in our school to provide for you child's education and best wishes.

Scott Diamond, College Principal

ENROLMENT INFORMATION

2026 Foundation (Prep) enrolments

The Department of Education has released the state-wide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline for the 2026 school year.

The timeline advises families when and how to enrol their child into Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school, including Northern Bay P-12 College.

All government primary schools will follow the timeline in 2025 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2026 school year.

You can find information and resources about the timeline, including factsheets and a poster at: Enrolling in Foundation (Prep).

You will be able to apply to enrol your child in Foundation (Prep) 2026 at Northern Bay P-12 College from 22 April 2025.


What you need to do:

  1. Contact our school Northern Bay P-12 College to book a school tour or to learn more about our school and the enrolment application process.
  2. Download the Foundation (Prep) enrolment information pack from Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) (available by 22 April 2025). This pack includes an application form, which you can also request from our school.
  3. Submit an enrolment application for Foundation (Prep) by Friday 25 July 2025.
  4. You will be notified of the outcome of your application between Monday 28 July and Friday 8 August 2025. If you receive an enrolment offer, you should contact our school to accept the offer by Friday 22 August 2025.
  5. Take part in enrolment information and transition sessions during Term 4, 2025.
  6. Prepare your child to start Foundation (Prep) from Wednesday 28 January 2026.

Enrolment applications submitted after 25 July 2025 will be processed by our school as they are received, in accordance with the department’s Placement Policy.

For direct links to the available documents, please see the links below. If you need any support with these, please don't hesitate to contact your Campus.

Further information that is helpful during your child's enrolment will be sent to you. If you are having trouble locating these, please contact your Campus.

Our Prep Classes


Students participate in these subjects for 1 hour each week with a specialist teacher. Other subject areas such as science, design and technology and humanities are taught through “investigation sessions” by the classroom teacher. An example of a typical day at school for the prep students after the first few weeks of school might be as follows:


A Typical Day for Prep Children

NBC offers a range of engaging specialist learning experiences to all our students. Our specialist subjects for students in Prep to Year 6 are:

  • Performing Arts/Music
  • Social and Emotional Learning
  • Physical Education

Prep Calendar Term 1, 2025

Northern Bay P-12 College has put together a Calendar for our new Prep students, in order to help families prepare for their schooling. This has been sent to families, or you can download a copy HERE.

Developmental Curriculum

Investigations

Northern Bay College believes that students learn best through play based, hands-on experiences in the early years of formal education. Teachers engage students in learning by “tapping in” to their unique interests and make real life and meaningful connections to literacy and numeracy skills that are explicitly taught later in the day.

Investigations Information

Northern Bay P-12 College Attendance Expectations

Attending school everyday is the single most important part of your child's education. Students learn new things at school every day. Attending and participating in school will help your child develop:

  • Important skills and knowledge to help them learn
  • Social and emotional skills such as good communication, resilience and team work

There is no safe number of days for missing school. Each day a student misses puts them behind.

For information about how to improve your child's attendance, click HERE to view our handy resource.