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# Blue Gum Community School

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- [Main](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/) - Blue Gum Community School is a small community-based, secular independent school offering education programs for 0-16 year olds. Opened in 1998 and located in Canberra, Australia.
- [Preschool](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/pre-school/) - Preschool (3-5 year olds) ‘Hands-on’ learning environment, in a beautiful outdoor setting, designed to invite students’ joyful exploration, as they research how the world works. Highly-qualified team of educators prepare ‘provocations’ to stimulate students’ questions, deep thinking, collaborative problem-solving and shared understandings. High educators-to-students ratio of 3:25. ‘Image of the child/student’ as competent, capable, creative,
- [Register your child on the Waiting List](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/waiting-list/) - Blue Gum is a small school by design, so that our educators can make school a place of joy, deep learning and rich relationship. If you are interested in visiting Blue Gum Community School or Enrolling, the steps below outline the pathway to enrolment. Step 1Register your expression of interest by adding your child to
- [2026 Fees Structure](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/2026-fees-structure/) - 1. PLAYGROUP (birth-2 years) 2026 Fees: $1,520pa ($380 per school term) 2. PRESCHOOL (3-5 years) 2026 Deposit: $1,800 (5-day place); $1,100 (2 or 3-day place) 2026 Fees: $17.50/hr or part: 9-3 $105; 8:00-6:00 $175; 8:00-5 (Wed only) $157.50 2026 School Hols (optional): $122.50 per day 8:30-3:30 3. PRIMARY School (K to Year 5) 2026 Deposit:
- [Playgroup](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/playgroup/) - About Our Playgroup is a creative nature-based community for children with parents/carers, exploring Blue Gum’s philosophical approach to lifelong learning, and ways to support relationships – child:child, child:adult and adult:adult. Playgroup provides opportunities for children to investigate the natural world, and research a wide variety of materials to discover their properties and possibilities; and to
- [Enrolment Policy](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/enrolment-policy/) - BLUE GUM’S 2024 ENROLMENT POLICY As an inclusive, secular, co-educational school, and as a school committed to social justice, Blue Gum Community School is open to all students, with or without religious affiliation, students with disabilities, indigenous students etc. Places are offered giving preference to the following priorities: Continuing families committed to Blue Gum’s unique
- [Current Employment Opportunities](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/current-employment-opportunities/) - Blue Gum Community School
- [2026 Term Dates](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/2024-term-dates/) - Term 1: Monday 2 February – Thursday 2 April (Friday 3 April is a public holiday) Term 2: Monday 20 April – Friday 3 July Term 3: Primary/Secondary School: Monday 20 July - Friday 18 September NB: Blue Gum’s Primary/Secondary students have a pupil-free Week 10 (to support teachers’ intensive report-writing & Professional Learning). Preschool
- [Blue Gum 25th Album](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/blue-gum-25th-album/) - Blue Gum's Top Ten hits (well, there is technically 11 hits) from our 2023 Concert. Click on the song title hyperlink to hear your classes song, and download the words so you can sing along. Blue Gum Preschool Play song - Welcome to the Garden Preschool-Welcome-to-the-garden-Lyrics-1Download Spottedbark Play song - Worm World Spottedbark - Worm
- [Annual Report](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/annual-report/) - Download the Blue Gum Community School 2021 annual report: AnnualReportBGCS_2021.pdf
- [Family & Friends of Blue Gum](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/family-and-friends-of-blue-gum/) - Families & Friends of Blue Gum (FFBG) is the collective body of parents and carers at Blue Gum Community School (in other school communities, this is often called the P&C). If your child is enrolled at Blue Gum Community School, then you are automatically a member of FFBG. We: Hold 4 meetings a year open to
- [Employment](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/jobs/) - Blue Gum is always on the lookout for outstanding passionate educators (EC/Primary/Secondary – teachers & learning assistants) who share our vision for education. So, if looking at our website stirs the embers and strikes a chord with you (nothing like mixing metaphors!), please make contact via email as a starting point: Simply send an email
- [Contact Us](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/contact-us/) - Blue Gum Community School 114 Maitland Street Hackett ACT 2602 Australia School Office (8:30am–3:30pm, during School Terms) & Main Campus Primary/Middle/High Schools (for 5-16 year olds) Preschool (for 3-5 year olds) Playgroups (for 0-2 year olds) Blue Gum’s PRESCHOOL Campus (for 3-5 year olds) 49 Stockdale Street Dickson ACT 2602 Australia Please direct all Preschool
- [What is Blue Gum?](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/what-is-blue-gum/) - Blue Gum Community School (Blue Gum) is a small community-based, secular independent school offering education programs for 0-16 year olds. Opened in 1998 and located in Canberra, Australia, Blue Gum is ‘Australian-made’ and named after a robust Australian native eucalypt tree. Our school values our Australian context, environment and inheritance, but connects globally – sharing with,
- [Influential Reference Points](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/influential-reference-points/) - How does Blue Gum Community School differ from other schools? (our most frequently-asked question!) The answer is multi-faceted; different people will highlight different aspects, such as – our high expectations and view of each student as competent, capable, creative, responsible, resourceful & resilient… our tantalizing physical learning environments… the extraordinary passion and dedication of our
- [Artyology - Art Studio](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/artyology/) - "There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.” ~ Edward de Bono Blue Gum students spend time regularly in a beautiful spacious Art Studio - dubbed “Artyology” by a student who relished immersing
- [Privacy Notice](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/privacy-notice/) - POLICY/PROCEDURES/PROCESSES PRIVACY POLICY BACKGROUND/CONTEXT “Private schools” (i.e. non-government schools) and “child care” services are deemed to be covered by the Privacy Act where personal health information is held by the organisation or the organisation’s turnover exceeds $3 million. This Policy outlines ways in which the enterprises auspiced by Best-Practice Education Group Ltd –
- [Middle School](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/middle-school/) - Middle School (12-14 year olds) A rich integrated curriculum imbedded in real-world research, wherever possible, complemented with targeted core skills workshops. Extended research projects: curriculum negotiated between students and teacher – a mix of mandated outcomes from the Australian Curriculum, group experiences and individual preferences. The Scientific Method (observe -> hypothesis -> predict -> test -> theory)
- [High School](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/high-school/) - High School (14-16 year olds) A rich integrated curriculum in which subject disciplines are imbedded in real-world research, wherever possible, complemented with targeted core skills workshops. Extended research projects: curriculum negotiated between students and teacher – a mix of mandated outcomes from the Australian Curriculum, group experiences and individual preferences. Each student’s personal control over,
- [Primary School](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/primary-school/) - Primary School (5-12 year olds) A rich curriculum imbedded in real challenges, real experiences, real learning and real-life skills; a ‘hands-on’ learning environment filled with enticing opportunities to research as part of a community. Open-ended Class Research Learning Journeys - deep research projects, designed using students’ questions/theories and educators’ knowledge of the Australian Curriculum. Core
- [Guiding Beliefs](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/guiding-beliefs/) - A strong ‘image of the student’* guides the educational approach at Blue Gum Community School. Students are seen as - COMPETENT, CAPABLE, CREATIVE, RESPONSIBLE, RESOURCEFUL & RESILIENT. What follows from this ‘image of the student’? Because educators see students as COMPETENT, they treat them with respect because of what students can do. The language used
- [Outdoor Education](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/outdoor-education/) - Why Outdoor Education is an essential element of Blue Gum’s Philosophy/Curriculum “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” Rachel Carlson Every year, each Class of students and educators at Blue Gum Community School embarks on an extended Outdoor Education adventure. Camps are
- [Strengths-Based Approach](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/strengths-based-approach/) - “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” - W.B. Yeats Yeats’ imagery vividly describes Blue Gum’s approach to education – to ignite students’ passion, creative thinking and initiative; rather than force-feeding facts, figures and ‘the right answer’ into their ‘memory banks’! A Strengths-Based Approach emanates from the evidence-based
- [Scientific Approach](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/scientific-approach/) - The Scientific Method (observe -> hypothesis -> predict -> test -> theory) is valued and integral to all learning areas at Blue Gum. It is not limited to Science subjects, but influences the way Blue Gum educators and students see and approach the world. A Scientific Approach is fundamental at Blue Gum because: It fosters
- [Is Blue Gum the right school for your family?](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/is-blue-gum-the-right-school-for-your-family/) - “Childhood is not preparation for life; childhood IS life. A child isn't getting ready to live; a child is living. No child will miss the zest and joy of living unless these are denied by adults who have convinced themselves that childhood is a period of preparation. How much heartache we would save ourselves if
- [Learning Environments](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/learning-environments/) - The learning environment and the curriculum are inseparable. The thoughtful and intentional organisation of the learning environment is vital for the implementation of the curriculum. Inspiring, functional, aesthetically-pleasing environments empower students to explore, be curious, investigate, strengthen relationships and make meaning of their world. The classroom environment is de-institutionalised to provide welcoming, beautiful spaces, segmented
- [Bullying](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/bullying/) - IS MY CHILD BEING BULLIED? …..or worse, is s/he a bully? These worrying questions cause many parents sleepless nights. So, what can you do about it? People sometimes use the term “bullying” to describe all negative interactions between children; between adults; and between adults and children. But are all negative interactions bullying? What are the essential
- [Media](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/media/)
- [Graduates](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/graduates/)
- [Prospectus](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/prospectus/)
- [Multi-age Classes](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/multi-age-classes/)
- [Uniforms](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/uniforms/)
- [Discipline](https://bluegum.act.edu.au/discipline/)