Green Hill Public School

Green Hill Public School is a small school on the outskirts of Kempsey, a large country town on the mid north coast of NSW. The school has a special connection to the local Aboriginal community, who have historically embraced the school as the nurturing environment they prefer for the transition of their children from home to school. 98% of the school enrolment is Aboriginal and we incorporate a strong framework of culturally rich learning experiences into our classroom programs. The school uses Accelerated Literacy, a program developed for Aboriginal children, which enables access to literate contexts to guide students' understandings in literacy. Count Me in Too Indigenous, Dunghutti Language program, Block 'n' Blow, Munch 'n' Crunch and other health and welfare programs are all high focus areas in the school. Recently, the school was involved in developing, implementing, writing, illustrating and publishing a program aimed at Aboriginal children in Child Protection. This initiative won the NSW Baxter Award 2009. The school works in close collaboration with the local Dunghutti people to enhance opportunities for their children to work towards a new era of success in terms of educational outcomes and reconciliation.

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Demountables

LED Upgrade

The $157.8 million LED Lighting Upgrade Program will install new LED lights in up to 1,000 public schools across NSW. This means reduced operating costs for schools and improved learning environments and outcomes for our students.

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Program

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Completed

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Maintenance

To ensure the safety, reliability and longevity of our schools, every school across NSW receives maintenance. The Department undertakes preventative and routine maintenance every year, and repairs as needed. The Department also reviews the planned maintenance program for each school every year and reviews those items that are predicted to require work to help prolong the life of the school buildings and facilities.

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Program

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School Upgrade Fund

The Federal Government’s Schools Upgrade Fund supports schools with the greatest need with grants for large-scale projects, such as building or upgrading art, music, technical studies, and sports facilities; enhancing playgrounds and outdoor learning areas; and new classrooms.

Project work:

New learning and wellbeing hub

Status:

In planning

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Demountables

Demountables have been part of the NSW education system for many decades and will continue to be used across the state. Demountable classrooms are modern, air-conditioned rooms that provide students and teaching staff with excellent quality facilities. The learning spaces have the same range of technology that is available in permanent spaces. We review school accommodation needs each year, looking at changing enrolment patterns and other factors to prepare for the upcoming school year. This helps to identify schools that need new demountables and schools where they can removed. Most demountable movement takes place between October and February and we report our annual demountable statistics each April. Additional demountable installations can occur outside this window to support capital works and maintenance projects in schools or emergency responses to natural disasters.

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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.

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