Barnawartha Primary School

WELCOME TO BARNAWARTHA
Barnawartha Primary School is located in the town of Barnawartha, Victoria, a quick 18 km/10 minute drive from Wodonga heading south down the Hume Freeway, in the Upper Hume Network of the Indigo Shire. Barnawartha is a quiet, friendly town with strong values of family and community engagement, with new estates offering house and land development now making it the perfect place to raise a family.
The town of Barnawartha offers the best of both worlds, the tranquility and piece of mind of country style living and community values, whilst being a short drive to the cities of Albury and Wodonga and only 296 km from Melbourne. Explore Mount Lady Franklin, unwind and treat yourself at The Joybus Cafe, pamper yourself at the Hairdressers, join our community groups, keep fit and socialise with our sporting clubs at the newly built facilities at our Recreation Reserve and spend time with families and friends at our local Indigo Shire Park or Star Hotel.
The great location of Barnawartha also allows you to take short drives to the other beautiful tourist destinations and Historic Towns within the Indigo Shire of Chiltern, Beechworth, Yackandandah and Bright, and the snowfields of Mount Hotham and Falls Creek. Also close to water facilties of the Murray River and Hume Weir. Barnawartha prides itself on being a town that is in a constant state of progression and improvement, ensuring its place as a sought after and unique destination for education, house and lifestyle, sporting factilities and tourism. It really offers the best of both worlds.

BARNAWARTHA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Our school grounds offer two facilities:

Our Historic Building is the original school house which now provides Maternal and Child Health and Playgroup to the community every Tuesday. Before and After School Care is available everyday throughout the school term, by booking only (from 6:30am till 6pm), for students enrolled at the school.

21st Century Learning Environment

Our new SCHOOL, was built in 2010 as part of the 2009 federally funded, The Nation Building- Economic Stimulus Plan, commonly referred to as the B.E.R project (Building an Education Revolution). The project valuing at $1,270,000 created a large modern, open planned building. The new building has 5 defined classrooms areas and a large multipurpose room all under the one roof, giving our students room to thrive within traditional style classroom structures but also optimises on opportunities within our curriculum to foster strong family values with a variety of multi-age activities and community events. We operate two classrooms. Our JUNIOR ROOM for Foundation to year 2 students and our SENIOR ROOM for Year 3 to Year 6 students. Within our building we are able to provide specialitst subject rooms with our fully equipped Music Band Room, Library and Art room whilst Spanish, Science, Rich Tasks and EQ are taught within our classroom settings . Our large indoor multipurpose space ensure that physical activities will always be provided and not hindered by the extreme elements of the weather. Our 1:1 laptop program and Interactive Whiteboards in every room, ensure that curriculum standards in technology are maintained and embedded throughout our daily programs.
The school fosters close links with parents and the broader school community through its commitment to open and regular communications. We pride ourselves on our family focused atmosphere with Annual Family Excursions, Barnawartha Head in the Hole Family Day, Barnawartha Community Garage Sale as well as our annual FETE, mid term family nights and end of term family dinners. We hold a monthly Sausage Sizzle and Cake Stall on the first Saturday of the month at the local store. We also communicate our newsletter through instant messaging on our school App on Tiqbiz.
Classrooms are supported by both male and female Education Support Staff 5 days per week and our students and families also have access to our Student Engagement Coordinator.
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) underpins the virtues of the Barnawartha Primary School ‘Barny Stars’, where students are taught to be Safe and responsible citizens, Respectful and honest individuals and successful and confident Learners.
EQ skills embed these virtues through the Golden Rule: “To Treat Others The Way You Want to be Treated”. Students who demonstrate high standards in these virtues are acknowledged within the school and community.
See our website for more information at:
barnawarthaprimaryschool.com/