A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
The A-Z of Information about Palmerston
Welcome to Palmerston District Primary School. We have provided an A-Z of information to assist in a smooth transition to Palmerston Primary School. If you have any further questions, please call the front office on 02 6142 1440 and they will endeavor to assist you.
Gifted Education at Palmerston
Students are identified as gifted through comprehensive assessment procedures. These procedures include a comprehensive assessment of achievement data, ability data, and parent and teacher nominations. If a child is accelerated, he/she will have an Individual Learning Plan.
Learning programs are academically rigorous, intellectually stimulating and sufficiently flexible to meet the specific educational, social and emotional needs of all students.
Graduate Profile
At PDPS we cultivate a dynamic learning culture that enriches intellectual curiosity, personal growth and social responsibility. After graduation and throughout each child's formal years of school, every student at PDPS will embody the following attributes;
Yindumare (Respect)
Ginninderra (Sparkling Light)
Naraganawali (Coming Together, Alive, Wellbeing)
Birrigai (to Laugh)
Manamanji (Industrious)
Mura (Pathways)
Gungahlin Cluster
Palmerston District Primary School is part of the Gungahlin Cluster of schools that also includes Amaroo School, Gold Creek (both Junior and Senior sites), Harrison School, Margaret Hendry School, Ngunnawal Primary, Neville Bonner Primary, Throsby School, Franklin School, Shirley Smith High School and Gungahlin College. Working as a cluster ensures that students have continuity in their educational program and resources can best be utilised, organised and shared to meet the needs of our educational community. Palmerston is in the wider North Gungahlin Network of schools including Gungahlin cluster schools.