I would like to sincerely welcome both the students and parents to Narembeen DHS. We are very committed to the students and believe that we provide programs to ensure that every individual performs at their optimum.

 

We have highly effective, experienced, professional and motivated staff that work hard to provide our students with outstanding educational, social and sporting opportunities. We are very pleased with our school and the achievements of our students. They are our number one priority. Providing for their social and emotional wellbeing, as well as their academic and sporting development, has seen us establish an ethos of high expectations and excellent behaviour across all year levels. With a high standard of behaviour, we can focus on our core business of teaching and learning. We had more success on the sports field in 2023. We won Combined School Overall, Primary and High School Cross Country shields, the Interschool Athletics outright shield, the Swimming Handicap and Outright shields and at Country Week, our netball side played in the A grade competition, making the grand final and our basketballers won the sportsmanship award for their division. Our high school and Year 5/6 mixed netball team won their respective Wheatbelt Cup competitions at Northam, our mixed hockey side won the CSBP Hockey Shield at Narrogin and our primary girls team won the Dockers Shield in football. Not only do our students have sporting ability, but they also value the importance of playing fair.  We are justifiably proud of our results and the effort our students put into their preparation.

 

To continue to be successful and build further on our pursuit of excellence, we need to work in collaboration as a team. Our P&C Association supports our students by ensuring we have additional finances and provides manpower for busy bees. Our School Board, under chair Nat Browning, contributes much to our planning and self-assessment. We welcome and encourage the support and involvement of parents and the wider community in many aspects of our students learning.

 

Once again, I remind you all that Narembeen DHS has had very good results from our NAPLAN testing for many years. Our 2024 results saw our Year 3, 5 & 7 class averages well above the Australian Mean in most areas. Our results in Numeracy continue to be exemplary. We are very proud of the continued excellent results our high school students are getting and the way our primary students are improving and being pushed to do their best in every situation.  Our results are testament to the high calibre of the teaching staff. Please consider us when planning for your child’s future education.

 

We had our first Public School Review in June 2021 and were very happy to receive acknowledgement from the Deputy Director General, Schools, Melesha Sands, of the efforts we put in to optimise the conditions for successful students. The performance of our school, determined through our self-assessment and validated by the review team, was confirmed to be ‘outstanding’. The review document also commends us for many areas, but key to the whole school ethos, is the validation that: ‘Positive and respectful relationships underpin the interactions between staff, students, and families, resulting in genuine partnerships and shared responsibility for student learning.’ Given our great results and Public School Review, we nominated for, and consequently won, the WAEA 2022 award for EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING (PRIMARY). An award that was many years in the making and due to the outstanding work by our staff, students, parents, and community. We are very proud of what we have built together. In 2023, our Director of Schools for the Wheatbelt, nominated us for EXCELLENCE IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, and we were announced as a finalist in this award.

 

Narembeen DHS is a great place to learn, with students who value the efforts of our staff, want to learn and engage positively at all times. We love this school; we hope you do to!