Welcome to Roseworthy Primary School

About Roseworthy Primary School

Roseworthy Primary School is located 6km north of Gawler, South Australia.

Reception to Year 6 students from the town and surrounding district are enrolled at the school. We have 4 main buildings, a large play area and an oval that is also accessed by the members of the local community outside of school hours.

The core business of Roseworthy Primary School is to provide quality teaching and learning in the 8 areas of the Australian Curriculum in a caring and supportive environment. There is a strong community atmosphere and parent support of class and school activities which is a feature of the school culture. This culture reflects the schools motto of "Together we learn, together we grow" and our values of Respect, Honesty, Responsibility and Excellence.

Roseworthy Primary was first established in 1863 on the current school site and began with an enrolment of 23 students. In 1904 the school became a public school and in 1927 a brick school building was erected in the south eastern corner of the block. It was demolished in 2000 to allow for future development.

In 2011, a 5.5 million dollar redevelopment of the Roseworthy school site, funded by the South Australian and Federal Governments was completed.

In 2023 Roseworthy Primary School celebrated 160 years of education.

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Bushfire Safety Information

While we are not in a High Bush Fire risk area, local fires in recent years have required us to implement processes to ensure that students, parents and staff have a clear understanding of steps to take if an event occurs again in the area.

Some important information for parents to be aware of:

If a bushfire event occurs:

• Parents/guardians are not required to collect students immediately.
• The school will continue to care for students until they can be collected safely.
• Parents/guardians should NOT put themselves at risk by travelling through a bushfire emergency area to collect their child(ren).
• Students will not be permitted to walk home without a parent/guardian or nominated carer.

When collecting students from the school during a bushfire event:

• Please do not call the school to advise that a parent/guardian is coming to collect a student, as this may delay important site communication processes.
• In the event that someone other than a parent/guardian is collecting a student, the school must be contacted beforehand and advised of the name of the nominated person.
• Students cannot be signed out without verbal or written permission from a parent/guardian.
• Please report to the Front Office to sign students out. Once signed out, arrangements will be made for students to safely proceed to the collection point.
• The school has a duty of care for all students until they have been signed out and accounted for.

These procedures are in place to ensure the safety of all students during a fire event. This is particularly important due to increased emergency vehicle activity, unfamiliar people in the local area, the possibility that families may be directly impacted by the fire, and the potential health risks associated with poor air quality.

If students remain uncollected at the end of the day, the school will contact families as soon as possible; however, the immediate priority will be to ensure that all staff and students remaining on site are safe and accounted for.

We will endeavour to provide updates to families through Audiri while this process is occurring.

In addition to this information, please also see:

• Bushfire Season Preparation Advice for Families - Department for Education
• Alert SA website
• Emergency Management Plan for Roseworthy Primary School.

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Medication Procedures

Short Term Medications including Antibiotics and Over-the-Counter Medications

Any medication (including Panadol, Nurofen etc) must come in original pharmacy packaging and be accompanied by a Medication Agreement Form completed and signed by a doctor or pharmacist and signed by parent/guardian which matches the pharmacy label and must include the following:

• Name of child
• Medication name (generic name eg paracetamol not Panadol)
• Dose
• Strength
• Administration time

Please Note:

• Staff cannot administer eye drops/creams or topical medications.
• Medication must be handed to the front office at the beginning of the day, adult to adult.
• Medication will be administered by a staff member at the required time and recorded on a Medication Log.
• The first dose of any medication should not be taken at school; the child should be supervised by the family or health professional in case of an allergic reaction.

Asthma Plans

Students with asthma who require medication to be held at school will need to have the following completed by their medical practitioner and a parent/guardian:

• an Asthma Care Plan
• a Medication Agreement Form

Long Term Medications

For students who require longer term medications, please contact our Front Office for more information and relevant forms.

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Planning and Reporting

Please note that these documents are in .pdf format; you will need a pdf reader such as Acrobat Reader to view these files.

Our Annual Report is available for download from here.

Our Context Statement is available for download from here.

Our Site Learning Plan is available for download from here.

Our Emergency Management Plan is available for download from here.

Our External Review report is available for download from here.

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Contact Us

Principal: Jess Clarke
Street and Postal Address: Gartrell Street, Roseworthy, South Australia 5371
Business Hours: 8:30am - 3:30pm during the school term
Phone: 08 85248032
Fax: 08 85248254
Email: dl.0387.info@schools.sa.edu.au
Partnership: Goyder and Light

Enrolment enquiries: Please phone during our business hours, or fill in our Enrolment Expression of Interest form.

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