Waratah West Public School

Waratah West Public School is in the Newcastle area, 10 kilometres from the city centre. The uniqueness of our small, family-oriented environment has created opportunities for attention to be focused on the welfare of each individual student. It has also facilitated the development of supportive relationships between teachers, parents and students within a school community that brings together families from a variety of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. There are 55 families with a total of approximately 80 students enrolled for 2009. School structure consists of K to 6 multi-grade classes with four full time and one casual teacher employed with PSFP funds and a school administration manager. Currently, school-based data shows that 78% of students are achieving Stage outcomes in Literacy and 74% of students are achieving Stage outcomes in Numeracy.

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Demountables

Cooler Classrooms

This school’s Cooler Classrooms project is now complete, and the school is enjoying a healthier learning environment.

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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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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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