Woodberry Learning Centre

Woodberry Learning Centre (WLC) is a NSW Department of Education school that was established in 2007. It is a School for Specific Purposes (SSP) meeting the complex educational needs of students in Years 5-8 who have struggled to maintain engagement with their curriculum in a mainstream setting due to challenging behaviours, mental ill health, and / or complex trauma. Our academic program is based strongly around individulaised literacy and numeracy support. Our student wellbeing framework is based on the four pillars of the Berry Street Education Model, Trauma Informed Practice, Choice Theory and the NeuroSequential Model in Education. We have a very strong Aboriginal Education program supported by community and local Elders, and maintain a productive relationship with the Maitland Local AECG. The school has 3 BD (Behaviour Difficulty) classes for students between Years 5-8, and in 2025 will add 2 ED (Emotional Disturbance) classes for students in Years 7 and 8. Students in the BD classes complete a 40 week (one school year) placement before returning to their base school or moving on to another supported setting. Students in the ED classes have an ongoing placement.

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Demountables

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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Completed

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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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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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