Delungra Public School is a welcoming school with large grounds that include a tennis court, basketball court, playground equipment and a variety of covered areas to play in the shade on those hot days. The school is well resourced with a high student to resource ratio that includes ipads, ipods, an interactive table television, interactive boards as well as an extensive range of sporting equipment.
The staff at Delungra Public School are experienced, enthusiastic and highly trained. The school has small class sizes that allow the teachers to implement individualised programs based on their deep knowledge of students' personal learning needs. In addition to small class sizes the school offers a range of excellent individualised support programs to either support or extend the talents of their students. These include MultiLit and intensive spelling, reading, writing and mathematics programs.
All students' health and happiness is a high priority of the caring staff at Delungra Public School. To ensure the students of Delungra Public School have the skills they need to be both healthy and happy today and into the future the school has implemented a rigorous well-being program. This program includes yoga, mindfulness, dance, fundamental movement skills, kitchen gardens and the social skills program ‘Growing up with a Bucket Full of Happiness'. The school's kitchen garden is extensive with vegetable gardens, an orchard, chickens and a Kid's Café that prepares and sells the produce from the gardens.
The students of Delungra Public School are provided with learning opportunities to prepare them for a rapidly changing world and the abilities to thrive in future learning and employment. With this as a focus the school's programs are based on the goals of the Melbourne Declaration and evidence based practices. The students are given opportunities to learn with field experts in a wide range of areas including science, writing, music, art, gardening, cooking and well-being. They are also given opportunities to learn with a wide network of students beyond their school through regular inter- school visits and the use of technology.
The experienced staff at Delungra Public School guide, inspire and challenge students to become confident, motivated, reflective and creative learners.
Delungra Public School is a small rural school with strong links to the local community. The school is an integral part of the local community. Staff, students and the community support student learning, encourage and promote social, academic and sporting involvement and endeavours to challenge all students to reach for their potential in all areas.