Forbes Primary School is located on Thomas Street, South Plympton diagonally opposite the Forbes Shopping Centre on Marion Road. The site has been providing quality public education since 1952. Our school has over four hectares of land with an oval, two soccer pitches, netball and basketball courts, Forbes forest, and several playground areas. The spacious grounds are a legacy of the large student numbers in its founding days. In fact it still holds the record as the largest primary school in the State’s history, peaking at 1800 students in the late 1950s. A number of the current population are third generation students of Forbes. Our school community is diverse, drawing from a range of families who come from various socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. The community is justly proud of its diversity, its commitment to meeting the current and future needs of students, and to participatory decision-making where staff, students and parents work together to meet our goals. The Forbes Children’s Centre on the same site was officially opened in 2010. Our education and care services have been extended providing health and parenting courses, child care, preschool and out of school hours care as well as schooling from Reception-Year 7. It is now a ‘one-stop shop’ for quality care and education for children/students aged from three months up to 13 years. The school and the Children’s Centre work together to maintain high quality services, care and education for children in the community. Forbes Primary School is a community learning to know, learning to do and learning to live together based on the core values of respect, responsibility, optimism, honesty and understanding. Our goal is to facilitate the development of responsible and capable learners, and socially confident children and young people. Our curriculum aligns with the Australian Curriculum in science, mathematics, English, health and physical education, the Arts, studies of society and environment, and a language other than English (Spanish)...