Empire Vale Public School
Our school is a small rural school located on the Far North Coast of NSW. Our aim is to provide a safe, friendly and stimulating environment for our students that maximises their learning and personal development outcomes. Our small size is one of our special attributes and we ensure our students are provided with a wide and varied range of educational experiences in all learning areas. The school is an important focal point of the community and it enjoys excellent support from parents and members of the community for all school activities whether they be cultural, sporting or academic events. Our students also have the advantage of a greater peer network through the school's participation in the Southern Cross Community of Small Schools Learning Community which provides an extended range of opportunities and activities such as debating, spelling bees, public speaking and science initiatives. For a small school we get great results. Examples of this include a student chosen to attend the World Leaders Forum in USA, Family Magazine Kids Page Editor, winners of the National Picasso Cow competition and national recognition for our students' photography.
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.
Empire Vale 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 Empire Vale 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.