♦ Separate play and eating areas.

♦ Mini-mate program to support new

Kindergartens.

♦ Staggered leaving time and

supervision of gates in the afternoon.

♦ Orientation and transition program.

♦ Transition for special needs.

♦ Buddy classes.

♦ Specific sports program.

♦ Information Literacy Program.

♦ Gifted and Talented student

Identification.

♦ A safe and caring learning

environment for your child.

♦ An excellent on-site Before and After

School Care Centre. Phone 9520 9497.

♦ An open door approach fostering

‘Parents as Partners in Education’.

Quality Education in a Stimulating

Environment

What we offer to Kindergarten.

4 Buckle Avenue

Engadine NSW 2233

Tel: (02) 9520 8134

Fax: (02) 9520 5314

www.engadinew-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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What we offer to Parents.

♦ A comprehensive and coordinated Student

Reporting system including ongoing Parent

Interviews.

♦ Regular and informative School Newsletters

which are also available online.

♦ Convenient Uniform Shop with Second Hand

Clothing Pool.

♦ Extensive Community involvement whereby

parents are invited to assist as Parent Tutors.

♦ Use of school facilities by the community.

At Engadine West Public School the following

programs are implemented to meet the

individual needs and talents of our students.

♦ Junior and Senior Choirs.

♦ Training and Performing Bands.

♦ Dance and Recorder Groups.

♦ Individualised Learning Support and Special

Needs programs.

♦ A comprehensive Gifted and Talented

Program (WESTGATE).

♦ Public Speaking Competitions.

♦ Strong involvement in Interschool Sports

Competition.

♦ Regular K-2 and 3-6 Assemblies featuring

student performances.

♦ Extensive Gross Motor and PE programs.

♦ School discos.

♦ Special events such as Garrawarra Day and

Stewart House Bazaar.

♦ School excursions and camps.

♦ Social Skills program.

Additional School Programs.

ENGADINE WEST PUBLIC

SCHOOL

OUR CORE VALUES

Engadine West Public School recognises and

promotes the following core values:

Integrity, Excellence, Respect,

Responsibility, Cooperation, Participation,

Care, Fairness, Democracy,

Self-Confidence, Courtesy and

Consideration.

♦ A large school which maximises student

learning opportunities and social

development. We also promote a safe

and caring learning environment with

highly skilled and dedicated staff.

♦ A strong Student Welfare program which

fosters the well-being of all students

through:

MISSION STATEMENT

The Engadine West School Community seeks

to work together to provide educational

programs which will allow its students to live

happily and work successfully in the 21st

Century.

� An active Student Representative Council which promotes student leadership and decision

making.

� An effective Learning Support Team which

monitors and supports students learning needs.

� An effective in-school Gifted and Talented program (WESTGATE) that extends students

academically through a differentiated

curriculum.

� Extensive support programs for reading

including:

i) Reading Recovery

ii) In school Intensive Reading scheme

♦ A positively focused student award system

recognising individual student achievement.

♦ Whole school anti-bullying and Restorative

Justice programs.

♦ Quality educational programs based on the six

mandatory Key Learning Areas:

� English

� Mathematics � Science and Technology � Human Society and Its Environment

� Health, PE and Personal Development

� Creative and Practical Arts

♦ Two modern computer laboratories

equipped with the latest educational tech-

nology.

♦ Leaders in Training program supporting

younger students.

♦ Well-equipped Library linked to the Internet.

♦ Fully equipped Band studio.

♦ Computers in each classroom.

♦ Large grassed grounds.

♦ Healthy Kids School Canteen.

♦ Strong links with the local High Schools.

♦ Student published newspaper.

♦ Opportunities to participate in State and

National testing programs.

♦ Student centred environmental activities.

What we offer to Students.