Walgett Community College, Primary Campus (P-6) is located 290 kilometres north-west of Dubbo in a remote, rural location near the junctions of the Barwon and Namoi Rivers on Gamilaroi Country that allows learning to occur in unique environments. The Primary campus operates as part of a community college that consists of two campuses (P-6 and 7-12).
Walgett Primary campus offers academic and Cultural programs that values students’ identity and culture, focuses on improving student wellbeing and heightened expectations for teacher/student success.
The school plays a significant role in the local community and is supported by the Walgett Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group and the Walgett Community College Local School Reference Group who work in partnership with the college to ensure better educational outcomes for students.
Walgett Community College has a culture of high expectations where every student learns in a supportive and inclusive environment. Our comprehensive curriculum focuses on each student's academic and social development and well-being. Quality teaching and learning and our community partnerships focus on continual improvement where students are empowered to be confident, responsible, informed citizens and lifelong learners.
Birraleegal Goondi Preschool
At Birraleegal Goondi we value and share the culture of all who enter our preschool. We embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in our program and practices. We acknowledge Indigenous Australians as the Nation’s First People and pay our respect to the Gamilaraay land on which our preschool is located.
At Birraleegal Goondi we recognise that every child is an individual, and possesses exceptional qualities and abilities that need to be encouraged and embraced in order for them to grow, develop and make informed choices and decisions about their learning.
We acknowledge that in the early years, this is most effectively achieved through play. Play-based learning offers a dynamic; multi-faceted and holistic experience, where children organise and make sense of the world, as they actively engage with people, places, objects and representations.
At Birraleegal Goondi, educators use sound early years pedagogy and practice; anecdotal and observational evidence; the Early Years Learning Framework and the National Quality Framework to provide engaging, stimulating and educational experiences, to meet the individual and group learning needs. Through these experiences, children develop a sense of belonging, being and becoming as they engage in long periods of uninterrupted play-based learning.
Our preschool environment is welcoming, interesting and appropriate for these experiences. We invite children to actively explore and investigate their surroundings. Connecting children with the natural learning environment satisfies their urge to be curious and inquisitive.
At Birraleegal Goondi we value the importance of developing trusting, respectful and nurturing relationships with the children and their families. Working in partnerships with children, families and the community is vital and allows all stakeholders to be actively involved in each child’s learning, growth and development.