Nangus Public School is situated in the village of Nangus, 22 kilometres from Gundagai and 60 kilometres from Wagga Wagga in the NSW Riverina region. The school has an exceedingly welcoming environment and is set in an extremely attractive landscape with well kept grounds.
The school strives to provide a supportive, safe, friendly and happy environment in which students develop and display positive self-esteem, a positive attitude towards learning and school life, and achieve highly with a focus on continual improvement. Nangus Public School students are encouraged to show respect for themselves, each other, their peers from other schools, adults, property and the environment. The core values of public education, showing high levels of achievement in integrity, excellence, respect, responsibility, co-operation, participation, care, fairness and democracy are promoted. This has earned Nangus Public School a high reputation and the respect of the broader community.
The teaching staff is committed to quality teaching to meet the educational needs of all students academically, socially, culturally, in sporting areas and in providing a variety of culturally stimulating activities to broaden the students' experiences. The small school setting with a low student/teacher ratio, allows the delivery of individualised teaching and learning programs to meet the educational needs of individual students. The school has plentiful quality technology resources, including interactive technology, which are utilised by all students in quality technology programs resulting in high achieving students in this area of learning. The school is very well resourced with quality literacy and numeracy resources, a well-stocked library and excellent sporting facilities. It has spacious attractive grounds including a covered outdoor area and excellent playground equipment catering for the Kindergarten to Year 6 range of students.
Nangus Public School produces high achieving students in academic and other areas of school life and has had students continue to achieve highly in the following years at high school. An outstanding music program is delivered to all students by a trained music teacher, supported by plentiful musical instruments including a guitar for each student and marimbas. Extra curricula activities and excursions with other small schools, allow the students of Nangus Public School to have additional socially and culturally stimulating experiences. Tennis, swimming, including a winter swimming program, and dance lessons are presented to the students by persons with expertise in these areas.
The school and its students, certainly 'strive to achieve' just as the school motto promotes.
Nangus Public School is committed to providing a caring, concerned environment for all students to learn in. The school has developed an environment where all students can experience success and happiness, both educationally and socially. Every student is challenged, and supported, to achieve their full potential.