Save Edith Creek Primary

Due to State Government budget cuts, 20 small Tasmanian schools have been earmarked for closure. Edith Creek Primary is one of them. It currently has approx 60 students and if closed, rural children will have to travel over an hour each way by bus to the nearest school.

Circular Head is an agricultural community and many of the students attending Edith Creek Primary come from a rural background. Edith Creek Primary has its own farm which not only helps to fund projects for the school but is utilized by the staff and students, teaching students about farming. No other school in Circular Head offers this to their students.

Edith Creek Primary students have access to a wider range of curriculum than the school in which Education Minister Nick McKim expects parents to send their children if Edith Creek Primary closes.

•P.E. lessons each week delivered by a specialist (fully qualified) teacher.
•Language lessons (Mandarin Chinese) each week delivered by a specialist (fully qualified) teacher.
•Music lessons each week delivered by a specialist (fully qualified) teacher.
•We have an enduring artist in residence that works with each class each week in the area of Visual Arts
•Teachers and students have access to the school farm as an educational resource.

The Federal Government has recently spent over $250 000 in tax payers’ money on the school. The school has also utilized money be way of grants by the government which was used for further upgrades including covered walkway, canteen refurbishment and new play equipment.

The community of Smithton do not want to see Edith Creek Primary School close.