Local Schools News

Each year a number of our Year 6 students are elected to hold positions of responsibility within the school. In February all of the children in Years 5 and 6 vote to elect a boy and girl captain and vice captain for each of the four school houses. During the year these sixteen students do a variety of tasks. They are rostered on to set up and help run the Year 3/4 sport activity each week, they organise and assist with the infant sports days and they help to plan and run special Read more >>

Showing that the hose operations was childs play…

We have enjoyed a busy couple of months at Clifton Springs Pre-School. We had a special performance by Anthony Verity and had a ball watching his funny show. We showed our Mums how much we love them with our beautiful singing and yummy biscuit teacups for a Mother’s Day treat, and gave them fantastic drawings on fabric Read more >>

Mums were invited to share lunch and take part in games for a special Mother’s Day event with their pre schoolers. The children presented their mothers with a potted plant, decorated with a heart written with special words. The little event was organised by the staff and was wonderful and very meaningful for all who attended.

ICT @DPS

The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at Drysdale Primary (DPS) is expanding all of the time. All children use ICT in various aspects of their learning. The following are examples of the ICT programs which run throughout the school.

MATHLETICS

All students at Drysdale Primary have been registered through the school Read more >>

A new motto for Clifton Springs Primary School

Following a great deal of debate and weighing up many alternatives, the Clifton Springs Primary School Council has decided on a new motto: Innovate, Engage, Excel. After a school community consultation process in term one, it was decided that after 21 years as a school, Read more >>