Barnawartha Primary school strives to be a learning community in which learners are positive, independent thinkers who are self motivated and have a love of learning. Our school values of being safe, responsible and a good learner underpin all we do at our school. Barnawartha Primary School is a rural school with a diversity of parent occupations from professionals to those currently unemployed and are typified by families with predominantly English speaking backgrounds. The school has recently moved into an it’s new open plan building which affords the fabulous opportunities for individualised learning in an exciting and stimulating new modern 21st Century learning environment. In doing so, our school is endeavouring to provide precise, individualised learning across the school. In 2010 the school was staffed by 1 teaching Principal, 4.0 class teachers, 0.6 Administration/ Clerical staff and a 0.5 Primary Welfare Officer. The curriculum promotes the essential foundations skills of Literacy and Numeracy which are fundamental to the development of active, engaged citizens of the future. Students learn basic skills that will equip them for lifelong learning. These include information and communication skills; thinking and problem-solving skills; and interpersonal and self-directional skills.