Canterbury South Public School is a small K-6 school set in an attractive and pleasant parkland environment.

Canterbury South provides a harmonious learning environment where all students are encouraged to become independent, self-motivated learners and citizens.

Students are encouraged and supported to do their best in all areas, including academic, social, emotional, cultural and sporting endeavours.

Our supportive and encouraging environment is summed up in our motto `Think of Others’.

At Canterbury South Public School we celebrate purposeful lifelong learning!

We believe that each child will succeed through experiencing:

- A broad, challenging and rich curriculum which caters for individual needs.

- A stimulating and innovative learning environment that is caring and nurturing.

- Quality teaching and learning, refined and evaluated using current data and sound research.

- Learning resources which are relevant, varied and up to date.

- Strong partnerships between home, school and the community, and an ethos of responsibility, support, challenge and encouragement which fosters success and personal best standards in all areas: academic, social, emotional, cultural and sporting.

Awards and Recognition

We have high expectations of academic performance as well as behaviour. When students strive to achieve, they are given recognition through our highly effective system of class and school awards. These awards are presented at regular, whole school assemblies and students may progress through levels of awards and become recipients of our special bronze, silver, gold and diamond certificates.

Our school gives opportunities for all students to be recognised for their achievements as well as their efforts.

1. Achievement Levels

Bronze: For achieving 5 awards

Silver: For achieving 10 awards

Gold: For achieving 15 awards

Diamond: For achieving 20 awards.

2. Artists of the Month:

The development of students’ creativity is promoted by this school. We help foster the talent of our students through development of creative skills and the presentation of the award ‘Artist of the Month’. Each month a student in each class is recognised for artistic achievement.

3. Citizen of the Month:

We give citizenship certificates to those students who exhibit exemplary behaviour and who make a contribution to the well-being of others.

4. Super Star Awards

Super Star awards go into a fortnightly lucky draw and students may be the winner of a valuable book prize. These awards are given to students for positive behaviour including:

Kindness

Cooperation

Citizenship

Punctuality

Students also have their achievements recognised in school newsletters, at public events and in the local media.

Parents who enrol their children in our school become members of our school community. Our students are cared for and taught by staff dedicated to delivering quality education with an emphasis on pastoral care.

The school is staff by:

Principal

Assistant Principals (2)

Classroom teachers (8)

Teacher Librarian (1)

Reading Recovery Teacher (1)

English as a Second Language Teacher (1)

Support teacher Learning Assistance (1)

Teachers Aides Special (3)

School Counsellor (1)

School Assistants (2)