The Risk Public School

The Risk Public School provides an attractive and stimulating learning environment for local community families. The school currently supports the learning of 28 students with 2 fulltime teachers. The school is located 20km from Kyogle in a peaceful rural setting surrounded by farmland. The school's facilities include two well-resourced classrooms, a library, an administration area, a tennis court, a large, flat, well-grassed playground with plenty of shade, a sandpit and climbing equipment. The school was on the PSP program until the end of 2012. There has been no targeted funding in 2013-14. There are over 20 networked computers available for student use which allows for daily access to modern teaching and learning tools. The school has an interactive whiteboard in each classroom and video conferencing facilities to enhance the delivery of teaching and learning programs. Parents and staff work together to enhance the learning experiences of all students. There is a family atmosphere at the school with regular parent and community involvement. The school P & C are regular contributors to learning programs and facilities. There is an emphasis on literacy, numeracy and quality teaching at The Risk. An integrated learning support program is in place with a part time Learning and Support Teacher (LaST), a school learning support officer and an itinerant vision teacher who supports a vision impaired student in the stage 1 classroom. The LaST identifies students with additional learning needs through collaboration and assessment tasks. Individual Learning Programs are devised and carried out to support these students. Academic achievement and good citizenship are encouraged and recognised. Students are also provided with a variety of opportunities to achieve in sport. The school has a strong history of producing excellent athletes in the annual PSSA Athletics program with regular representation at state level in recent years.