White Gum Valley Primary School is a community of learners striving for excellence in an environment of care, support and co-operation. The school is made up of approximately 190 students from Pre Primary to Year Seven. Nearby is the Hazel Orme Community Kindergarten which caters for students who are turning four. These students feed into our Pre Primary Programme. With its rural look and family feel White Gum Valley PS, established in 1901, is attractively situated in a valley close to the port city of Fremantle. In 2011 it will be celebrating its 110 year Anniversary. The school prides itself in preserving its history and reaching out to the local community. An exciting new initiative to illustrate this is the development of a Playgroup building with Local Council and Education Department funding, catering for the 0 to 3 age group. In recent times the school has developed a focus on the Arts, Environmental awareness initiatives and technology. Physical Education has become a new focus area with the introduction of an after school sport programme along with strategies to develop skills, fitness and game activities. Our current building programme includes new Music and Visual Art rooms along with 2 classrooms, all of which will have access to interactive whiteboards. The school has developed edible and native gardens, water saving initiatives and applied for funding to: extend our solar panels, add a wind turbine, develop water harvesting using water tanks and putting in energy efficient lighting using recommendations from a recent school energy audit. Due to the size of our inclusive school the students have the opportunity to get to know each other and the staff. These students include those who have English as a second language, are of Aboriginal decent or have a range of disabilities. To provide assistance to students experiencing difficulties or requiring extension the school has put in place a variety of strategies including: a support programme for spelling, a numeracy interactive computer programme,..