Naracoorte South Primary is a community school. People matter here. We educate the whole child in partnership with their families and the community, valuing the unique story each child brings to our school. Our values of Responsibility, Pride, Resilience and Opportunity were devised through consultation with children, families and staff and are reflected across the school and through the actions of students and staff every day.

Our school sits on 4.5 hectares and includes ovals, a gymnasium, modern playground and several nature play areas including a mud kitchen, a running creek and an outdoor classroom. Students also utilise the native scrub adjacent to the school for cubby building, exploring and camp fire cook outs.

Our classrooms are designed to be engaging spaces that inspire learning, collaboration and inquiry. Our junior primary teachers use the Walker Learning Approach, a pedagogy that is based on the relationship with the child, and develops critical thinking skills, resilience and problem solving, while providing children with the time and space to explore their own interests and strengths.

Student Leadership

Student voice is valued and constantly sought at NSPS. There are many opportunities for students to show leadership across the school.

Our students have a student council structure called “Kids In Charge” or KIC. All students a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer in Term 1 and then classes elect representatives to the KIC Committee.

KIC is the formal “voice” for students. It has two places on the school Governing Council and places on all school sub committees.

KIC runs many social, charitable and sporting functions and, as part of its role, ensures that students can have “fun” at school. They also run our intention assemblies held every two weeks to set the social learning intention for the whole school.

KIC works with the Deputy Principal.

The EAGS (Environmental Agricultural Group ) is led by SSO Ian Henderson. EAGS consists of 4 senior (year 5/6) leaders who also take part in the YELP (Young Environmental Leaders Program) run by Natural Resources. We also have members from year 5 and 6. EAGS meets with Ian every week to make plans and work on environmental projects around our school. They have been involved with planting, propagating and investigating and making identification signs/posters in our school Nature Park.

Other opportunities for leadership include House Captians and Junior House Captain, Mental Health Ambassodors and STEM Ambassodors.