Kariong Public School

Kariong Public School was established in 1988 and has a current enrolment of 572 students, including 30 Aboriginal students and 73 students who have a language Background other than English (LBOTE). The school is situated west of Gosford on the Central Coast Highway and is a proud member of the Kariong Mountains Learning Community. Kariong is an excellent school, which strives every day to provide its students with "A View to the Future". Kariong Public School has a mix of experienced staff and early career teachers and is welcoming, friendly and focused on maintaining strong partnerships between staff, parents and students. The school caters for a diverse community and is well supported by an active Parents and Citizens’ Association. A strong focus on improving literacy and numeracy outcomes and integrating technology into teaching and learning are major aspects of future school planning. The school implements Language, Learning and Literacy (L3) across Early Stage 1 and Year 1 and the Targeted Early Numeracy (TEN) program across Early Stage 1 and Stage 1. The school is a Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) school. We are establishing strong partnerships with our Aboriginal community and the local Cooinda AECG valuing the consultative partnerships that exist. We received additional School Based Allocation Resource (SBAR) funding to support Aboriginal and EAL/D students and low level adjustments for students with a disability. In Term 3 2016, our school was selected to be part of the state-wide Bump it Up strategy to improve student performance in reading and numeracy. Kariong Public School provides a variety of educational and extra-curricular experiences including a full range of PSSA teams, dance, choir, musical instruments, writing, art, public speaking, the Premier's Reading Challenge and Digital Technologies, Science, English and Mathematics competitions.

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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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Schools Renewal

The $240 million Schools Renewal Program aims to accelerate projects that will improve the amenity of schools and kick start local jobs for local communities. This is a co-funded program, with each school contributing up to 50 per cent of the project cost.

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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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