East Narrogin Primary School is located in the progressive regional centre of Narrogin in the Upper Great Southern region of Western Australia, about 200km south east of Perth. Our school provides primary education for kindergarten to Year 7 students (from aged four to twelve years old), drawn from within the town and outlying communities. In the last few years we have enjoyed a strong growth in enrollments due to innovative whole school programs and our reputation as a friendly, vibrant and forward thinking school community. Recently we welcomed several South African families to our school and this has added a new dimension to the diversity of our student population, which also includes families from the Philippines, Netherlands and India. School priorities in Literacy, Numeracy, Pastoral Care and Developing Community are supported by special programs run by a talented and dedicated team of teachers, education assistants, Aboriginal Education Officers and school support staff. We provide specialist teachers in literacy, numeracy, library, languages (Indonesian), physical education and the arts, to enhance our curriculum delivery. In particular, the successes of our whole school approaches in addressing the particular learning needs of our students have resulted in a National Literacy Award in 2007 and our place as a finalist in the Western Australian Education Awards 2010 for WA Literacy School of the Year. The school is a split-level, linear classroom design with a large undercover area, purpose built art and craft room, computer laboratory and off-site kindergarten, shared with the local Play Group. A recent building program has provided a new purpose built library and early childhood centre, with a significant upgrade of playground areas. Our canteen is managed by the Parents and Citizens Committee and offers healthy lunches each day, while our pastoral care staff ensure that Breakfast Club operates each morning before school. The grounds include native gardens and a large school oval which hosts school and..