Arncliffe Public School

Programs

Our school provides quality educational programs, where excellence is encouraged and effort rewarded.

We have developed an innovative curriculum, which emphasises Literacy, Numeracy and Oracy. We aim to meet the needs of individual children through:

• Gifted and talented programs
• ESL (English as a Second Language)Kindergarten to Year 6
• Reading Recovery
• Development of an individual education plan for children with learning  difficulties
• Debating
• Public Speaking
• Choir
• Drama
• Representative sport
• Daily fitness program
• Swimming
• Dance
• Performing Arts
• Gymnastics
• A coordinated excursion policy which culminates in overnight excursions for  Years 5 and 6
• Opportunity for all students to learn a language other than English.
• Liaison with high schools to ensure a smooth transition to secondary school

The focus of our Student Welfare Policy is to develop caring, self-disciplined, responsible students.

We aim to achieve this through:

• Fair and firm discipline which includes a sporting code of conduct
• Peer Mediation
• Playmakers
• Peer Support Program
• Student Representative Council
• Prefects Awards System
• Life Education Program
• Growth and Development Program
• Learning Support Team

Our Kindergarten Program is designed to ensure a positive and successful start to school.

Our children are made to feel safe, secure and happy through:

• Transition to School Program
• Kindergarten Orientation
• Early Intervention
• Peer Support and Buddy Programs
• Spacious Kindergarten classrooms

Kindergarten classes that are as small as possible so each child receives more individual attention.