Blacktown North Public School

Working with community to secure success for our students

Telephone02 9622 2968

Emailblacktownn-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Extra curricular activities

Students are engaging in extra-curricular activities from chess, visual arts, dance, music, science experiments, gardening and much more.

Dynamic bees club

Students are enjoying all different activities while participating in the dynamic bees club. It is held every second Wednesday after lunch.

Chess

Mrs Khakh has been running a tournament in the chess club.

Bollywood dance group

Our Bollywood Dance Group consists of students from Kindergarten through to Year 6 who are very talented and enjoy dancing to wonderful Bollywood songs.

Drumming

Students having been enjoying different drums in the drumming group. Students in this group also had the wonderful opportunity to go to Blacktown Girls High School and watch their drums being played.

Dancing

Students in the Hip Hop Dancing group have been taking the pleasure in learning new dance moves and putting a dance together to perform.

Gardening

Students have been planting capsicums, spinach, herbs, silver-beet, fruit trees, olive trees and much more. Parents are welcome to buy any fruit or vegetables they may like by seeing Mrs Johnston in the office, or talking to Mrs Bishop.

Computing

In each year, from Kindergarten to Year 6, students will participate in activities that assist in the development of their ability to:

  • use computer-based technologies to locate, access, evaluate, manipulate, create, store and retrieve information
  • express ideas and communicate with others, using computer-based technologies
  • develop an awareness of the range of applications of computer-based technologies in society
  • discriminate in the choice of computer-based technologies for a given purpose
  • develop the confidence to explore, adapt and shape technological understandings and skills in response to challenges now and in the future.

Our computer teacher is Mrs Brenda McKechnie.

Public speaking and debating

From time to time we hold public speaking and debating classes. Mrs Angela Kerr often puts a team together and assists the team with their debates. 

Gymnastics

Our Kindergarten class also enjoys gymnastics.