Key Learning Areas (KLAs)

Narwee Public School has a strong focus on delivering quality programs for learning across the whole school curriculum. The school curriculum consists of Key Learning Areas in English, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Human Society and Its Environment (HSIE), Creative Arts and Personal Development and Physical Education (PDHPE). This includes excursions and in-school presentations from outside agencies.

Ability Grouping

Ability groups exist in all grades to cater for the extension and support of different learning needs. Class ability groups are organised in Mathematics and Literacy programs to ensure each student’s ability is recognised. Students who excel in Mathematics and Literacy are extended, while students with higher needs are supported in classes with smaller teacher to student ratios.

Technology

To allow for effective whole class learning, Narwee Public School has a dedicated computer lab equipped with modern computers, data projector and printer. The students also have internet access through the use of classroom computers. The school library contains 8 computers used for extending computer research skills during library lessons.
Classes visit the computer lab weekly for lessons in EduWeb (school intranet), email, internet research, word processing, power point presentations and the use of software.
Students are provided with quality teaching lessons that use the email system to complete tasks provided by the teacher. This promotes the development of skills such as sending, collecting and attaching data that can be assessed by the teacher at the completion of a lesson. This encourages all Narwee Public School students to keep pace with the cutting edge of technology development in computers.

Sports Program

Narwee school sports program combines healthy living and learning with a full school sports program. Students develop an understanding of balancing a correct diet with essential exercise. The school sport program encompasses four areas – school sport, fitness skills, Primary School Sports Association (PSSA) competition and school carnivals and special gala days.

School sport – Sport is held on Friday afternoons. The sport activities planned by teachers seek to promote enjoyment, develop fitness and encourage the involvement of students in sport for life. Students are placed into one of 4 Houses: Currawong (yellow), Kookaburra (red), Kingfisher (green) and Magpie (blue). Students then compete in their House team at annual swimming, athletics and cross country carnivals. Students earn points for their house both at sport and in the classroom. The winning house is awarded a trophy on Presentation Day.

Daily Fitness Program – All students of Narwee Public school are involved in a fitness / skills program of three 20-minute sessions per week. This is currently held Monday to Wednesday and focuses on the 12 Fundamental Movement Skills of sprinting, hopping, side-gallop, skipping, dodging, leaping, static-balancing, vertical jump, kicking, throwing, catching and two-handed strike.

PSSA Sport – At Narwee Public School all students are given the opportunity to be selected for a PSSA team. Teams travel by bus to compete in the local inter-school competition which offers a variety of sports which change according to the season. Some of the sports offered are soccer, netball, basketball, cricket, softball, tee-ball, Aussie Rules, Oz-tag, and touch football. Through this competition students with above average ability are able to excel in these teams and be considered for representative teams at PSSA selection trials.

Support programs

Reading Recovery

Reading Recovery is an intensive literacy program for students in Year 1. Students who participate in the program are those most in need of support in reading and writing. A teacher trained in Reading Recovery provides daily individual instruction for thirty minutes over a period of 16-20 weeks.

English as a Second Language (ESL)

ESL programs and a specialist ESL teacher are provided at Narwee Public School to support the English language development of students whose first language is not English.

Peer Support / Buddy Program

Peer Support is a scheduled time in the school week when K-6 students meet in blended groups to learn about how to get along with others. The work is led by Year 6 students and supervised in classrooms by teachers. Students are encouraged to work cooperatively in order to solve problems, build friendship groups and establish across class relationships.

Learning Support

Students with learning difficulties are assisted by support teachers (learning support). They provide support for students sho are experiencing difficulty in Literacy and/or Numeracy.

Extra Curricular Activities

Performing Arts

Narwee Public School strives for excellence in the promotion of choir, dance and movement for Years 2-6. Teachers organise groups who practise and perform for school audiences, at district music festivals and other community events.

Public Speaking and Debating

School representation at Public Speaking competitions is highly valued. Finalists compete at an inter-district level with other schools.

Our debating team competes against other schools, either at Narwee or at avenue outside the school. through this experience our students growth in confidence can be seen at each performance.

Chess Club

A hands on creative approach to problem solving is encouraged through an in-school chess competition, utilising a giant playground chess set. Winners are chosen to represent Narwee Public School at inter-school competitions.

Premiers Reading Challenge

Narwee Public School staff fully support and encourage students to discover and extend their love of reading and develop essential learning habits. Literacy activities promote the material and with parent support, Narwee Public School achieves 100% of students meeting the Challenge. Reluctant readers choose accessible picture books, thinner or popular titles and less demanding books especially involving humour, sport and biographies.

Student Representative Council (SRC)

All students have the opportunity to have a say in issues that directly affect them through the Student Representative Council. The Council meets weekly and is run by the School Captains and Prefects.

The students vote to support community awareness and fundraising projects. In the past the SRC have supported: Jeans for Genes Day, the Exodus Foundation and Daffodil Day, just to name a few.

Camp

Each year students in Years 4, 5 and 6 are offered the opportunity to attend the school camp. Camp provides an environment where learning takes place through direct experience. It provides a setting that allows teaching methods that are informative and stimulating to students. Its primary objective is to extend, reinforce and supplement the formal education of students in the general areas of environment, living skills and recreation activities, placing emphasis on peer support and team building.

Narwee Public School takes pride in supporting and participating in Community Events. We celebrate Harmony Day, National Tree Planting Day and regularly participate in events organised by the Local Council and other organisations.

Our Christmas Walk is now a popular and very successful annual event. Take a look at last year's Walk on our Recent Events page.