Broadwater Public School
Broadwater Public School is a small school located south of Ballina. The core values of our school are to promote excellence in student achievement, respect and care for each other, cooperation and participation. Our school has a strong focus on every student achieving their potential and enjoying their school experiences. Some features of our school are strong academic and student welfare programs, with students supported and nurtured in a safe, attractive environment with extensive gardens and air-conditioned buildings. Experienced, caring staff, small class sizes and the use of current pedagogy ensure that each student's abilities are met and extended and each student's needs addressed. A supportive, cohesive student body helps ensure all students feel welcome in the school. Broadwater Public School has a proud history of providing many and varied extra-curricular activities to ensure students from our small community are not disadvantaged by its relative isolation. Over the years our school has enjoyed the benefits of a highly-valued Parents and Citizens Association which provides a supportive platform for developing proactive partnerships in the school community.
Flood recovery updates
The NSW Department of Education is coordinating an emergency response effort that is unprecedented in terms of scale and impact. A large number of schools in the Northern Rivers region have damage to either the entire site or some buildings and facilities.
The local School Infrastructure NSW office has inspected all schools in flood-impacted areas and has removed rubbish, cleaned and secured affected sites to ensure they are safe. Teams are repairing and remediating schools that were damaged during the foods and assessing works needed to rebuild the worst affected schools.
Broadwater Public School suffered extensive damage as a result of the flood events with floodwater entering the school and damaging buildings on site.
Regular communication relating to the progress of works at Broadwater Public School will continue to be updated to this page in the ‘Flood Recovery Updates’ section below.
We recognise the Ongoing Custodians of the lands and waterways where we work and live. We pay respect to Elders past and present as ongoing teachers of knowledge, songlines and stories. We strive to ensure every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learner in NSW achieves their potential through education.