Dawson Park Primary School, in Forrestfield
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| LOCALITY School Classification: Level 4 Primary School Dawson Park Primary School is located within the suburb of Forrestfield in the shire of Kalamunda and the Canning Education District.CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY The school is composed of 299 students and 22 teaching and non-teaching staff. The cultural background of the students is predominantly Anglo European. The school is set in an area with low-density housing which is for the most part owner-occupied. The local area is well resourced with recreational community facilities. The school is and integral part of the community. It is well regarded and valued. This is evident by high levels of involvement of parents and the wider community in school programs and activities.COMMUNITY Dawson Park Primary School is situated in an average socio economic area. Most students have a home environment conducive to effective learning and have experienced many of the normal interactions that can be expected to occur in typical social receptive environments. Most homes have adequate resources for incidental learning to take place and for gathering the necessary information for tasks associated with the primary curriculum. The school has established links with: * The School Psychological Services as part of their normal school role and also by utilising the Psychologists services outside normal allocated times to assist in parenting and self esteem programmes. * School Nurse to address problems associated with the circumstances mentioned above. * Disabilities Branch * Speech Therapy Branch * Department of Family and Children's Services through both discussions and referring cases. COMMUNITY - SCHOOL COMMUNICATION Communication between the School and Community has been established using the following. School Based Decision Making Group. Parents and Citizen's Association. Parent Teacher Interview Discussions. Parent Evenings. Newsletters and School Newspapers. Work samples A particular emphasis school is on encouraging parents and students to become more involved with the day to day occurrences at Dawson Park Primary School. This has endeavoured to: (a) enhance the blending of the home and school environment through establishing a common ethos that is acceptable to both the home and school environment. (b) enhance the learning opportunities in the students by increasing the awareness of the parents of what actually happens in the school on a day to day basis. | ||||
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| 2008-11-12 18:35:50 Added by Anonymous Report abuse
| teachers, leadership, choir, numeracy, literacy, science and environtemt | none to report | love it! great little community school with beautiful grounds | ||
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| 2009-01-21 12:52:48 Added by Anonymous Report abuse
| green, treed grounds, environmentally aware | behaviour issues with some kids | a good school working within the constraints of the public system | ||
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