Tirranna Public School [1869 - 2024]

150 years of Public Education - 1869 to 2019

On 16 November 2019 we will celebrate 150 years of Public Education. The celebrations will be held at Tirranna Public School from 10.00am to 3.00pm. There will be morning tea, an Official Welcome, BBQ lunch, memorabilia and student art display.

If you would like to email your photos and stories prior to the day, we will print and display these for our memorabilia wall.

We intend to add to our paved walkway displaying the names of past and present students, families, teachers and principals. The engraved pavers provide a long-lasting record of your connection to Tirranna Public School.

Parents in tears as Tirranna Public School faces uncertain future
[John Thistleton. 6 December 2024 ]

Parents of children attending Tirranna Public School 13 km south of Goulburn are hoping more parents step forward and enrol their children at the bush school for 2025.
Five years after celebrating its 150th anniversary, Tirranna Public School south of Goulburn faces the prospect of closing.

Parents were told on Monday morning (2 December) that unless more pupils enrolled for next year the school would be put into recess. According to the Department of Education, the seven students enrolled at the school include six that are out-of-area enrolments.
Tirranna Parents and Citizens Association spokeswoman Sybil Lucas said the announcement left parents in shock, in tears and frustrated.......The announcement has left parents scrambling to find an alternative school for next year......

The five families with children attending Tirranna Public had worked hard to make the school the best it could be, holding working bees throughout the year to create play areas and spaces to enhance the pupils' learning. They also met for morning tea for Mother's Day and Father's Day. ''Our major fundraiser for the year is manning the gates at the Goulburn Rodeo; we all band together for that," she said.

Sybil has two children at the school, a daughter to go into Year Three in 2025, another daughter going into Year One and her third daughter starting in kindergarten in 2025.
"It's quite a personal thing for me as well," she said, recounting her days at Tirranna Public School. Her brother, and before that her father and uncle were students at Tirranna.
"I have been in contact with another school threatened with closing down, Avoca Primary School near Moss Vale," Sybil said. "They were also told at the beginning of the week that they were being closed down."

Parents were trying to combine their efforts with other parents from 28 other schools throughout NSW that face a similar fate and together "make a noise".
The Department of Education said community consultation in term four was about the potential of placing the school in recess, not closing the school.
"Placing a school in recess means that, while the school grounds and facilities are maintained, there will be no staff or students attending the school," the department's statement said. "Should prospective enrolments rise substantially, the decision to put a school into recess can be reversed, at which point the school can become fully operational again."

Source: aboutregional.com.au/parents-in-tears-as-tirranna-public-school-faces-uncertain-future/466710/ [downloaded 6 December 2024]

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