Russell Lea Public School

Russell Lea Public School is located 6km from the Sydney CBD and one street away from the upper reaches of Sydney Harbour. The school rests on the traditional land of the Wangal clan of the Eora Nation. The community has high expectations for student educational success and involvement in school operations. RLPS became a K-6 school in 2019 and moved into in totally rebuilt facilities at the same time. The new building has the potential to accommodate up to 600 students giving the current enrolment of 413 students plenty of space and the ideal platform for a rich and future focussed curriculum. RLPS has a strong reputation in the local community for quality literacy and numeracy programs, innovation and positive wellbeing outcomes. Learning potential is increased through the use of Visible Learning and Positive Psychology. Most students achieve results in the top two bands of NAPLAN for each aspect and average results are well above the state average. All staff are committed to professional development and student success. Our professional learning model intends to make it as easy as possible to be a better teacher. Given this we use Teaching Sprints and Walkthrus to efficiently make incremental improvements. This model of professional learning has been shared widely amongst school in our network and beyond. The parent community are strong advocates for the school and significantly enhance the ability of the school to deliver quality programs and broad educational opportunity. After adopting the new English Syllabus early we are now focused on the implementation of the new mathematics syllabus and explicit teaching. Stage leaders are committed to instructional coaching as they build capacity and student achievement incrementally and through collective effort. Our school community expects best practice and our work is to build understanding about what best practice is and why it works.