Port Broughton Area School Introduction

Port Broughton located 170km from Adelaide, is a seaside town on northern Yorke Peninsula. This picturesque locale is a popular tourist destination. It
supports a flourishing fishing industry (oyster farming, blue swimmer crab, scale fish) and services the broad acre farming community.

Port Broughton provides a gateway to the nearby Flinders Ranges (a truly Australian environment) where bushwalking in the natural environment amongst native wildlife is a popular tourist activity.

School facilities and resources

• Modern school building – excellent specialist and classroom areas
• IBM curriculum network – 60 workstations
• Wireless computer network servicing laptops for flexible staff and student use
• Mac computers for media studies - movie making and editing
• Fully equipped workshop for furniture construction and engineering
• School community library, internet access
• Gymnasium
• Expansive grounds and sporting areas - tennis, basketball, netball courts and playing fields
• Specialist facilities for food technology and hospitality studies
• School canteen catering for morning tea and lunches daily

Strong focus areas

• Information & Communication Technology (ICT)
• Middle Schooling
• Teaching & Learning Methodology

Special interest programs

• Music - classroom, choir & instrumental programs (guitar, strings, brass, & woodwind)
• Information & Communication Technology (ICT) - robotics, movie making, animation, sound capture & editing
• Vocational Education and Training (VET) – hospitality, aqualculture, agriculture, automotive engineering, business administration
• Outdoor Education Camps Program – aquatics, hiking and bushcraft, high ropes challenge and snow skiing
• Gifted and talented education program

Student support services

• ESL support
• Student counsellors
• Course and career counselling
• Program Achieve - personal development (R-10)
• Student services officer learning support in classrooms

Recent school awards and achievements

• School acknowledged for high performance numeracy learning outcomes, 2004
• School recognised as state leader in ICT planning & curriculum, presentation school 2003-2004
• State Tournament of Minds, award 2002
• Interschool athletics pennant, winner 2003
• SAPSASA Athletics competition, district champion school 2003
• Mid North Golf Champion School, encouragement award 2003-2004

Sporting activities

• Athletics carnivals
• Tri-Skills gymnastics
• Wide range of sports including netball, Australian rules football, cricket, tennis, hockey, cross country running, swimming and athletics
• Extensive outdoor education program activities including hiking, bushcraft, high ropes, skiing, kayaking and sailing

Co-curricular opportunities

• Student representative council – student voice and leadership
• Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – international youth development program including adventure skills and community service
• Choir performances for community and social events
• National academic competitions in maths, science, English, writing and computer skills

Industry and training partnerships

• Australian Fisheries Academy and local industry – VET aquaculture program
• Barunga West District Council – VET business administration program
• Institute of TAFE – VET programs

Community alliances

• Community organisations and industry groups - school based traineeships and vocational placements
• Community sporting clubs – access to facilities and sports coaching

International programs

• Study Abroad Program
• Study Tours