Current programs at the school include a One-to-One Learning Program for all grade three to six students, which involves these students having their own computer to have at school and home and a Green Screen Program for photography and video imagery.

Principal Terry Keilar said most recently the school has had a major addition to their technology program.

"We have purchased a 3D printer through the work of our Junior School Council (JSC) and the Parents and Friends," he said.

"Each year the JSC make a donation to the school from the fundraising they do throughout the year. At the end of last year the JSC combined with the Parents and Friends to buy the school a 3D printer after the students were involved in a demonstration of the equipment."

The 3D printer has had students completely engaged and is impacting on several areas of the curriculum.

Literacy and numeracy development in students is a major focus at Ararat West and adding to that is a strong focus on developing students' creativity, drawing on their passion, interest and innovation.

"It has been amazing to see how quickly the students are able to pick up how to use the 3D printer," Mr Keilar said.

"They have been able to search for programs and Apps on the internet to create 3D images.

"Students are using iPads and Apps to build a 3D object, they then email the image to the computer set up to the 3D printer. They export it to the 3D program on the computer and then print it in 3D."

Some objects that the students have created include name tags, animals and pyramids.

Students are combining creativity with technology to imagine, design, create and produce 3D objects.

The printer has become a valuable tool to assist students to develop their technology skills and to express their creativity.