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Integrity Excellence Innovation Set within spacious, landscaped grounds, John Palmer Public School has an enrolment of approximately 800 students from K-6.

Quality teaching and learning experiences provide the foundation for students to cooperate, succeed and grow as learners.

09/11/2026

Year 5 are ready for their camp adventures to begin 🏕️

08/11/2026

4W have been putting their measurement skills into practice! Students worked together to measure and calculate the area of different spaces using square metres. It was a great opportunity to apply their mathematical knowledge in a hands-on way!

08/11/2026

Year 5 are off! Have fun!

05/11/2026

The countdown is on! Do you know how many days 2F has left of Year 2?
Well, they certainly do! Each morning, the countdown is updated as our time as ‘Year Twoers’ slowly dwindles down…
Just 30 days to go before Year 3!

There is so much to look forward to, including moving into the big playground, trialling for PSSA and finally making our way all the way up the stairs!

Amongst all the excitement, there are still plenty of special moments to enjoy. Diwali and Christmas celebrations are just around the corner, and perhaps even a class party to finish the year off! 🤞🎉

04/11/2026

Welcome Pete, our new, friendly crossing supervisor on The Ponds Boulevard. It will be lovely to see someone with a welcoming smile on the crossing each morning and afternoon. You are part of a wonderful school community. Thank you for helping keep our JPPS family safe.

30/10/2026

Students at Buru are back at school and excited for Term 4! We're ready to learn and have fun, with a science focus on movement and exploring measurement in Maths. This term, we're also enjoying dance sessions and practising our pretend cooking skills in a our newly donated play kitchen.
Exploring the new playground equipment has been an absolute favourite as well.
It's shaping up to be a fantastic term of learning and creativity!

30/10/2026

🍎 Happy Teachers' Day! 🍎

To our teachers: the lesson planners, problem solvers, cheerleaders, peacekeepers, question answerers, lost-property detectives, shoelace tiers, lunchbox finders, big dream encouragers and occasional magicians...

Thank you for showing up every day, bringing the energy (even when the coffee hasn't kicked in), celebrating the little wins, navigating the big challenges and making a difference in the lives of our students.

To our families: today is a wonderful opportunity to give a little extra appreciation to the amazing people who help your children learn, grow and flourish.

Teaching is a pretty special job, and we're lucky to have such a dedicated team.

A special thank you to our SASS and Office staff for treating our teachers to a delicious morning tea today, and a BIG shout out to our P&C for fueling our Thursday with a coffee van visit yesterday!

Happy Teachers' Day to all our wonderful teachers! 💛📚

29/10/2026

What a wonderful start to Term 4 in 4G!
We had crazy hair and sock day organised by the SRC. We welcomed our precious grandparents into our classroom and showed them all of our hard work. Between all of that, we have been studying a new English unit with a text by Kirli Saunders called Our Dreaming. The class have wowed Mrs Gambin and Mrs Butler with their skills in using figurative and descriptive language to engage their audience. In Maths, we have grown more confident in using fractions and this week we started revising the importance of collecting data and transferring our information into graphs. Dance in the hall on Tuesdays has been a blast! We have been stepping back in time, and learning moves from the jive era, and this week we were even busting out our best disco moves. Science this term is all about 'how living things move'. We have learnt a whole lot of new vocabulary and this week we did a really cool experiment to discover buoyancy!
Never a dull moment in 4G, there is always so much fun and learning being had each and every day. The class pour their heart and soul into each lesson and Mrs Gambin and Mrs Butler couldn't be prouder of their efforts this year.

27/10/2026

What an awesome start to the term for 1A! Our class has been buzzing with excitement as we learn about pollution and all the ways we can make a difference in the environment.

We’ve also been getting out and being active, showing off our skills in sport and cheering eachother on.

One of our favourite moments so far was celebrating Grandparents Day, where our classroom was filled with laughter, pride and some pretty special guests.

We cannot wait to finish the year off strong, because everyday is a great day when you’re in 1A.

27/10/2026

It was wonderful being able to experience the atmosphere at the National Cricket Championships in Newcastle. Aika and Rishaan are representing JPPS and NSW exceptionally well and loving every moment of this fantastic achievement. They are making memories that will last a lifetime. Best of luck for the remainder of the games. I was also able to share a photo of our house mural with Ricky Ponting.

Address

85 The Ponds Boulevard
The Ponds, NSW
2769

Website

http://www.johnpalmer-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/contact-us

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