We are a caring and secure school, striving for each student to reach their academic potential. Our dedicated staff are committed to fostering a climate of tolerance and inclusiveness in the pursuit of excellence.
Bourke Street Public School (BSPS) is an inner city school established in 1880 and located in heritage classified buildings. The school caters for the needs of children from a diverse multicultural community and provides quality education in a safe and happy school environment. Student welfare is an important school priority and the school has a highly effective discipline policy. There is also a strong emphasis on assisting students to acquire competency in literacy, numeracy,computing skills and the creative and performing arts.
BSPS is well-equipped to teach these skills. School resources are supplemented by funding from participation in the Priority Schools Program. BSPS is a small, caring school with a secure environment where students show respect, tolerance and understanding of individual differences and where the academic and cultural potential of each student is fostered in a climate of responsibility and the pursuit of excellence. Further details about the school, its facilities and programs are available on the school's website below. Please do not hesitate to contact the school if you require any further information.
Primary learning includes whole-class, group and individual activities designed to develop an inquiring mind and teach basic learning skills needed for schooling and later life.
Literacy and numeracy are the building blocks of learning and that is why English and mathematics take up half of students' learning time in primary school.
Kindergarten to Year 6 focuses on six key learning areas:
English
mathematics
science and technology
human society and its environment
personal development, health and physical education
creative arts
Primary school in NSW follows a curriculum based on stages of learning. Each stage is approximately equivalent to two school years. For each learning stage there are skills, knowledge and a level of understanding that each student should develop.
Bourke Street Public School has access to two service providers:
1) The Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre (SHNC) operates the After School Care Service at Bourke Street Public School.
The service is available Monday to Friday from 3pm to 6pm.
2) The Girl's and Boy's Brigade operates the After School Care Service from their facility at 409 Riley Street Surry Hills.
The service is available Monday to Friday from 3pm to 6pm. Each afternoon their staff escort the children from Bourke Street Public School to their facility on Riley Street.
