Currambena Primary and Preschool

Imagine…

If your child felt like this about his or her school:

• ‘When you graze your knee or miss your parents and cry about this, people just comfort you with all their love and you just feel really special about this. They don’t tease you.’ (Tessa)
• ‘Hardly anyone at my high school likes school and I find that so surprising because I enjoyed Currambena so, so much. I’m happy to be in high school.’ (Laura)
• ‘I like how we can make friends with our teachers, and they become like one of us in our class. You can build a relationship with your teacher.’ (Allegra)
• ‘The teachers don’t let you take the easy option… but they let you have your own opinion.’ (Mikaela)
• ‘It’s hard to believe that storywriting is work because it is so much fun’ (Luke)
• ‘Basically everything you do at Currambena is fun.’ (Isabel)

It’s about the kids….

Established over 35 years ago, we have long been recognised as a leader in innovative educational thinking. At Currambena we deliver a holistic approach to learning, with the help of a flexible curriculum, which focuses on developing a child’s skills for life as well as high academic standards.

We are a democratic school based on the North Shore of Sydney that offers truly child centered education for both pre and primary school children.

Democracy

At Currambena all decisions that affect the school are made at class, school and council meetings. Each student, parent and staff member has an equal vote and together we share the responsibility for the quality of life at the school, building children’s understanding, pride and ownership of their environment.

Conflict resolution

In a world where bullying in schools is a well documented problem, Currambena has a different approach. We actively teach children the skills, strategies and language to resolve conflict effectively.

Child centredness

Our small class sizes and high teacher to student ratios enable us to work with each student to develop a challenging and inspiring program while providing freedom of choice that builds a deep and lasting love of learning.

“I liked it!! My Mummy and Daddy thought is was great.” Tilly
“I wasn’t nervous at all. I liked it when Lilly practiced her rock dancing and when Lilly Milly and Samantha and Anna had poisened apples” Chloe
“I liked all of the concert. Olivia’s was the funniest” [...]

Next maintenance day on 12th October from 9 - 1pm.
Bring Gloves!!!!
Fun for all the family!!!!

Hello Everyone,WOW!!! What a great concert last night. Congratulations to all performers, producers, stagehands and the teachers who put in hours of preparation with our young stars.
FRIDAY SOCIAL
Please remember we have our end of term social on Friday starting around 6pm.
Can each family bring a dish or two, enough to feed your family and a [...]

Hi Everyone!
Well, the end of the term is nigh and what a term it has been. Student teachers, excursions, visitors and the school concert. The concert seemed to be a huge success last night and the children were fabulous. It endlessly amazes me the extent of their ability to produce a play from start to [...]

We are all in post-performance mode this morning! A bit tired and very pleased with our efforts last night. The whole concert went extremely well, I thought and it was such fun to see the variety of performances and the kids’ enthusiasm and enjoyment. Congratulations to everyone!! And huge thanks to all the parents who [...]

Hello Everyone
The concert was fabulous, with colour, humour, inventive costumes and wonderful stories. Preschool sang “The Rainbow Snake” beautifully and the fairies danced with spontaneity and enjoyment, even if some were a little dazzled by the lights and the size of the hall. Thank you to everyone for the huge amount of hard work, and [...]

TWILIGHT FAIR 2008
ARE YOU CONNECTED????
Does anyone at school possess any celebrity’s, comedians, or just general
big personalities???
We need a couple of people to MC at the Fair. Im sure one of us must know
someone that would love to come along and be a part of our fabulous fair???
Please have a think and contact Karen; [...]

To the Dear Currambena Community,
I want to formally say thank you for your contributions to The Centre for Learning and Children’s Rights Incorporated (CLCR) and the Heartland Children’s Academy (HCA) School project in Nepal for you and your children’s efforts with the stalls held over the last week at Currambena.
In total from the Pre-School and [...]