Karonga School in Epping, New South Wales | School

Karonga School

Locality: Epping, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9868 1920

Address: Karonga Cl 2121 Epping, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.karonga-s.schools.nsw.edu.au

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25.01.2022 We hope everyone has an enjoyable holiday break. Students will return Tuesday 21st July 2020.

25.01.2022 August 24th to 28th is School Administrative and Support Staff (SASS) Recognition Week. Today, we start by celebrating our wonderful office staff, who are often the first introduction a family will have to our school. THANK YOU!

24.01.2022 Our school photos are this Friday (31.07.2020). Please come in full school uniform, and with a big smile! (Look at this lovely individual photo from 2019!)

24.01.2022 Today is Show Us Your Colours Day! For a gold coin donation, our students are encouraged to wear their favourite sports jersey or a colourful mufti outfit. Our students have raised over $100 for children with cancer.... Well done, Karonga students!

24.01.2022 Happy Crazy Socks Day! We are proud to celebrate people with Down Syndrome.

24.01.2022 Tomorrow is Crazy Socks Day at Karonga. Wear your best crazy socks to help celebrate World Down Syndrome Day!

24.01.2022 Last week our signing choir performed at The Epping Club for their annual Seniors Morning Tea. Our students were excellently behaved and performed beautifully. All donations from the morning tea have been donated to Karonga, and Judy Nunn, the actor and author, also donated her speaker's fee to our school.

24.01.2022 Happy Easter! We hope everyone enjoys chocolate as much as our students do! Enjoy the school holidays and we will see everyone in two weeks.

23.01.2022 Please enjoy a video of our wonderful students from our Celebration of Learning Assembly 2020. https://youtu.be/X41gorH6QEc

23.01.2022 Ramadan Mubarak!

22.01.2022 We look forward to seeing lots of parents and community members tonight at the P&C's Annual General Meeting (AGM). 7:00pm Tour of the school with our principal, Ruth. 7:20pm Start of the AGM.... Being a part of the P&C helps our school enormously and you don't need to do any fundraising!

22.01.2022 Our students' love of music still flows strongly through Karonga.

22.01.2022 We hope everyone had a very happy Easter!

22.01.2022 A lovely memory of our science incursion from earlier this year. Our students just loved being engaged with all different science activities!

21.01.2022 To help reduce any potential illness, Karonga will continue having no external therapists for the remainder of Term 2. We thank everyone for their understanding at this time.

21.01.2022 Welcome back to all our students and staff! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday break. What changes will you notice around our school?

21.01.2022 After the fire comes regrowth. See how Grafton Public School welcomed Baryulgil and Nymboida Public Schools, providing a safe haven for students from fire-affected communities so everyone could learn together and recover. #EdWeek20 *Posted by the NSW Department of Education*

21.01.2022 During these challenging times, we are encouraging our Karonga family to take care of themselves. Be kind to yourself, eat healthy foods, exercise, and take time for some self-care. Here is a video of yoga for children that promotes both exercise and self-care.... https://youtu.be/xlg052EKMtk

21.01.2022 One of the wonderful classroom displays, created by our students. The class is learning about the savannah biome.

20.01.2022 Karonga is fortunate to regularly collaborate with Prarthna, an occupational therapist. Prarthna has created some videos to assist our students during this challenging time. We will be posting more videos over the coming days.

20.01.2022 After a very long COVID-related break, our students are so happy to be doing music therapy again! A big welcome to the lovely Jack who is working with our students and their musical talents.

20.01.2022 Yesterday our students enjoyed an incursion for NAIDOC Week. Our students carefully listened to Aboriginal stories, inspected artefacts, and even threw a form of spear! What a wonderful way for our students to learn more about Aboriginal culture.

20.01.2022 Deskwork, using Google maps, helping with chores, and a little bit of car washing fun. What excellent learning from home our students are doing!

20.01.2022 Thank you to all who supported our staff member, Mel, in The World’s Greatest Shave. She’s all bald and feeling amazing!

19.01.2022 Happy Harmony Day! We are so proud of all the different cultures at our school.

19.01.2022 August 24th to 28th is School Administrative and Support Staff (SASS) Recognition Week. Today, we celebrate another honourary SASS member of Karonga School, Tess. Tess is our ever patient therapy dog and she is extremely adored by our students and staff.... THANK YOU!

18.01.2022 Happy International Women’s Day!

18.01.2022 One of our staff members is proud to share that two of his children are taking the STEPtember challenge. Both Connor and Lucy are walking 10 000 steps every day in September to raise money for children with cerebral palsy. If you are able to donate, it would be greatly appreciated.... https://www.steptember.org.au/fundraisers/LucyGraves https://www.steptember.org.au/fundraisers/connorgraves/au

17.01.2022 Happy Diwali! Here is some clever Diwali artwork made by our students.

17.01.2022 Here are some of our students demonstrating excellent examples of our school rules: kind, safe, and learn.

17.01.2022 Happy Education Week for 2020! We are not able to have our usual on-site tours, so we made a virtual one! Have a look at our amazing school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAVSIa3Jhpo&feature=youtu.be

17.01.2022 Today Karonga School celebrates the life of Matilda Sanson. Matilda was a student at Karonga from 2017 to 2021. She loved coming to school and engaged in all activities with an infectious enthusiasm. Matilda was a very determined young lady who worked hard despite her ever-changing physical disabilities. We will all miss Matilda and her beautiful smile, but know she is with us always.

16.01.2022 Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers, stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and important men in our student’s’ lives. We hope you had a wonderful day.

16.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers, stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and important men in our students lives. We hope you had a wonderful day.

15.01.2022 Happy International Day of People with Disability! Have a look at some of our little (and big!) superheroes!

14.01.2022 The fifth video in the series from occupational therapist, Prarthna.

14.01.2022 There's only three days left for our students so let the Christmas songs begin! Jack Hartmann is a very popular performer with a number of our students. Please enjoy one of his Christmas songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch

13.01.2022 Karonga is experiencing some phone difficulties. We cannot receive any calls. For any emergencies, please call the school mobile on 0476 836 216.

13.01.2022 Things are going swimmingly during the holidays at Karonga...

13.01.2022 It's Monday! Why not practise the days of the week with one of our students' favourite songs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tx0rvuXIRg

13.01.2022 Check out our great artwork submission for the Minister for Education's annual Christmas card competition! The competition is open to kindergarten children and Room 8 has used a farmyard animal theme, which reflects their love of books.

12.01.2022 The eighth video in the series from occupational therapist, Prarthna.

12.01.2022 A HUGE thank you to Carmen Drive Community Pharmacy for their generous donation of surgical (face) masks. Understandably, our staff use a large amount of these masks on a daily basis to keep themselves and our students safe. Your kind donation is extremely appreciated.... Carmen Drive Community Pharmacy

11.01.2022 Vooks is a great library of animated storybooks read-aloud for students in a kid-safe, ad-free environment. They currently have a one month free trial. https://www.vooks.com/

11.01.2022 Happy Chinese New Year! Enjoy celebrating the Year of the Ox.

10.01.2022 We are looking forward to seeing all our students return to full-time on-site learning from this Monday 25th May.

10.01.2022 We are super excited to see our students beginning to return to on-site learning today!

09.01.2022 Green screens and top hats and iPads for students. What is going on?! A Karonga video must be in the making...

09.01.2022 The Department of Education has announced that staff will have two Staff Development Days next week. We look forward to seeing our students return on Wednesday 29th April, 2020.

09.01.2022 Our Karonga Senior Information Evening is tonight! Please check your emails for how to access our virtual information evening via Zoom.

09.01.2022 Well done to our students who are still following our Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) school rules during these tricky times. Be kind, be safe, and learn.

08.01.2022 Happy Mother’s Day to all our wonderful mothers, and to the aunts, grandmothers, and friends who also support our students with their own special form of maternal love.

08.01.2022 Today is R U OK? day. We encourage everyone to take the time to check, are you OK? If you or your student needs further support, please feel free to contact our school.... R U OK Day

08.01.2022 On Wednesday night, our Year 12 students celebrated their Year 12 Graduation. Due to regulations it was a much smaller event, but our students still had a fun night. Congratulations to all our Year 12 students!

08.01.2022 One of our parents found this website that supplies shoes with zippers. We have found them excellent for students with AFOs or mobility difficulties. They are available from small children's sizes to adults sizes, and come in a great range of styles and colours. https://billyfootwear.com/

07.01.2022 A big thank you to the NSW Department of Education for sharing what our students CAN do! We are very proud of all our students.

07.01.2022 Karonga School acknowledges and respects that today is National Sorry Day. We also acknowledge and respect tomorrow being the start of National Reconciliation Week.

06.01.2022 August 24th to 28th is School Administrative and Support Staff (SASS) Recognition Week. Yesterday, we celebrated our excellent general assistant, Jim, and his wonderful volunteer, John. Always with their caring smiles, John and Jim'll fix it.... THANK YOU!

06.01.2022 We wish all our students and staff a very happy long weekend. We will see everyone again on Tuesday.

06.01.2022 We have postponed our school photos until Friday 31st July in Term 3.

06.01.2022 We had our final virtual assembly today. Well done to all our students for continuing to celebrate their achievements in a virtual setting.

06.01.2022 The second video in the series from occupational therapist, Prarthna.

06.01.2022 Tomorrow Karonga School is celebrating Harmony Day! Please wear traditional cultural dress or orange clothing to celebrate Australia’s cultural diversity. Tomorrow is about inclusiveness, respect, and a sense of belonging for everyone.

05.01.2022 The Employment Life Skills and Leisure Expo is online this year. Some of our senior students' families and friends may find this a very useful and helpful expo. Go to https://employmentlifeskillsleisureexpo.com.au/ for more information.

05.01.2022 Our street artist, Cam, has done it again! Our pool wall is now looking so bright and beautiful. We have some wonderful new artwork for our students to see when they return next Tuesday 20th April.

05.01.2022 A sneak peak at some of the changes occurring at Karonga during the school holidays.

05.01.2022 A special message from Karonga's teachers.

05.01.2022 Lest We Forget.

05.01.2022 Yesterday was Karonga's first virtual assembly. Each class virtually joined the assembly via their classroom's interactive whiteboard. Our staff have been determined to continue celebrating our students' achievements while still respecting social distancing policies. Well done to all our students who sat so patiently during the assembly.

04.01.2022 On Wednesday, our students virtually participated in National Simultaneous Storytime with thousands of other school students. The book for this year was "Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas" by Lucinda Gifford. Our students loved dressing in fabulous outfits, creating chicken diva artwork, and, of course, reading such a fun book.

04.01.2022 It's that time of year again! Please vote for Karonga in the Focus On Ability Film Festival. 2020 has been a difficult year for everyone, but that hasn't stopped Karonga's students!... See our entry at: https://www.focusonability.com.au/FOA/films/2010.html (You MUST include your email address and verify the email link for your vote to count!)

04.01.2022 Sometimes we are asked, "Why do you bother having assemblies?" THIS is why. Congratulations to all our wonderful students for their achievements throughout such an unusual year.

03.01.2022 In response to the Disability Royal Commission, a case is being developed regarding the closing of all Schools for Specific Purposes (SSP) and support unit classes. If anyone is interested in further information, or to have their say, there is a petition available at: https://www.change.org/p/disability-royal-commission-a-cont.

02.01.2022 Our students are loving our great new playground. For quiet time, active movements, or socialising with peers, our new playground has just what we need!

01.01.2022 Earlier this year, Karonga was awarded a grant from The City of Parramatta's Cycling Schools 2020 Program. We have used this money to purchase a new BERG bike for our students. Many thanks to The City of Parramatta for their support!

01.01.2022 A big THANK YOU to The Epping Club who have so kindly donated brand new equipment for our courtyard. Our students LOVE the great new equipment and we look forward to using it for many years to come. A thank you as well to Moduplay Group for supplying and installing our equipment.

01.01.2022 A shout-out to Technology Core who, in 2019 and 2020, installed interactive whiteboards in all of our classrooms. Our students greatly benefit from this technology and we have seen an increase in engagement since the whiteboards were installed. Many thanks, Technology Core!