It is our pleasure to welcome you to Applethorpe State School, where the overall development of your child is our chief priority.
Renowned as "the coolest school in Queensland", ours is a highly progressive and advanced school.
Our staff are entirely committed to providing the best support and learning environment for every child and we strive passionately to help every child to excel and achieve their potential. We take pride in our ability to provide quality learning programmes in an inclusive environment and firmly believe in establishing a solid foundation of literacy and numeracy skills to promote a successful education in the future.
Our school is an integral part of the community and we regard education as a three way process involving teacher, parent and child. We value the constructive and positive partnerships fostered between parents and teachers at our school and believe our children's development and learning is maximised as a result.
As a small school, we are afforded the ability to get to know each and every child and cater to their individual learning needs. We encourage the use of good manners and have developed a caring culture within our school based on demonstrating respect for others. Our students and staff always strive to consistently adhere to our school's principles of positive behaviour, the "Applethorpe APPS": good manners, accept responsibility, respect for others, pride in our work and pride in our school.
Hand in hand with the fundamentals, we provide our students with a wide variety of educational resources, including state of the art technologies. The school has installed electronic interactive whiteboards, wireless laptops, data projectors and other technologies into our classrooms. We already have a large bank of new computers, which are networked and connected to a server. All machines have access to the internet and email.
Our students also enjoy modern learning spaces, spacious modern playgrounds, multi-function courts and sporting ovals for a range of outdoor sports.
We are a part of a wonderful community here on the Granite Belt and enthusiastically participate in community events as well as inter-school sports and competitions. Applethorpe State School has a strong sporting culture, frequently having teams successfully making it to the finals of district competitions and having children represent the Granite Belt in regional competitions.
A playgroup is also offered at our school, taking place on Thursday mornings from 9.30am until 11am, with one of our classroom teachers Mrs Carmel Butler. This is a wonderful opportunity for parents and their younger children to take part in some fun filled educational activities, meet new friends and explore our exciting school environment.
The children, families and staff are all proud of Applethorpe State School and believe it to be an outstanding school.