Dubbo South Public School
Dubbo South Public School is a large primary school in the Western School Education Area. The school vision is Excellence through quality teaching and parental involvement in a caring environment. The school has excellent facilities, which include well maintained classrooms, a hall, 3 undercover play areas, large play equipment and Outdoor Learning Garden Area. The school has a very proactive P&C which supports the school in many ways and operates a fulltime healthy canteen. Dubbo South has an excellent reputation, based on a vibrant learning environment and an enthusiastic, committed and caring staff who provide a wide choice of academic, social, cultural and sporting activities for approximately 680 students. Special features of our school include the operation of Inquiry Based learning classes across the school, a fully integrated Stemshare learning space where lessons include robotics and coding; the use of interactive smartboards across all classes. The school has a Special Education unit with 4 classes to provide specialist support for students with more complex needs. We are proud of our Aboriginal cultural programs as well as support for our students from a non-English speaking background. Our students are involved in many competitions and participate at many events and competitive levels - sporting, creative arts and academic. We are a Positive Behaviour for Learning school were school expectations of Respect, Care, Responsibility and Cooperation are taught and practised across our school community. We are committed to a learning culture where parents, students and teachers have opportunities to work together collaboratively, in contributing to the schools educational journey.
We recognise the Ongoing Custodians of the lands and waterways where we work and live. We pay respect to Elders past and present as ongoing teachers of knowledge, songlines and stories. We strive to ensure every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learner in NSW achieves their potential through education.