Thalgarrah Environmental Education Centre

Thalgarrah Environmental Education Centre offers fieldwork experiences for school students from Kindergarten to Year 12. The centre also provides support to teachers and schools in Environmental Education and Education for Sustainability. Class or school groups can visit for a single day or stay for extended periods. The centre has excellent accommodation facilities. Thalgarrah serves a large area in northern NSW, stretching from the upper Hunter to the Queensland border and from the coast to as far west as Bourke. The centre is located in the New England heartland 18 kms from the university city of Armidale. Established in 1976, it occupies the site of a former small school. Access to the Swallowfield Wildlife Refuge and other properties and sites provides a range of venues in which students can complete many different field and environmental programs. The centre's programs cover elements of the environment of both natural and cultural (Aboriginal and European) significance. The centre's location is ideally positioned to take advantage of some of the State's most spectacular national parks. These include Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, New England National Park and many other parks.

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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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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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Program

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Completed

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Water Quality Assurance Program

The Water Quality Assurance Program (QAP) ensures schools with tank water supplies across NSW have safe, reliable, and compliant drinking water, supporting student and staff wellbeing through proactive monitoring and risk management

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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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