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Our School

Children cleaning up the garden

Our Vision

Tylden Primary School students will be inspired to achieve their personal best and develop the skills, attitudes and values to make a positive contribution to the local and global community.

They will be well prepared for their secondary education and future life.

Children in the playground

Our Mission

Tylden Primary School students to be curious, articulate, socially capable and motivated.

Our school community believes the best outcomes are achieved when students, teachers and parents work in a mutually respectful partnership and have common goals.

Kindness
Listen an learn from each other, share ideas and create a friendly and safe community where everyone is welcomed, included and respected.
Personal Best
Do your best, strive for improvement and high standards and enthusiastically play your part to succeed. Be honest and responsible for you actions and words.
Resilience
Bounce back from challenging situations, persevere when things are hard and aim to be positive.
Creativity
Allow your imagination to grow and shine; be open, flexible and adaptive.
The first known photograph of Tylden Primary School
In 1859 an application was made to register a school actually in the township of Tylden.

The school was called the National School and was housed in various structures from 1862 until suitable land was finally acquired in 1864 for the construction of a single room brick building.The first recorded school at Tylden was situated some 5 km from the current township and it soon became known as the Tylden South School.

Five more years passed before tenders were called, and the accepted contract was £250.3s.0d for a building to house 70 – 80 students.
Work on Tylden School Number 621 commenced in 1871, but disputes over funding between the contractor and the Board of Schools meant there were long delays in building the school. The original building had a shingle roof and was unlined and students must have been very cold place. The ceiling was installed in 1880 and then the shingle roof was replaced by iron in 1890.

In time, other district schools at East Trentham, North Blackwood, Chanter’s Lane and Spring Hill were closed and the students enrolled at the Tylden School.

As the school enrolment grew throughout the 20th century five portable classrooms were progressively added, along with a larger administration/classroom block. The portables were all replaced in 2004 with a new brick building containing three classrooms, a library and toilets. An additional relocatable building housed two more classrooms. A mix of federal government grant and locally raised funds allowed the school to build the “Big Shed” in 2008. The final addition to the site was the administration and classroom building that was constructed as part of the federal government “Building the Education Revolution” initiative in 2011.

Today, the original brick school room is a wonderful Art Studio and it also includes the Gingerbread House – a tiny and beautifully decorated room added onto the East side in 1996 and rediscovered during the 150th preparations in 2012. The original bell tower was refurbished for the 150th celebration held on 24 November 2012 and relocated to the front of the administration building. It is still rung at the end of the day to gather together the students who are travelling home on the school buses.

The school grounds have been developed and maintained by the school community over the years, and have long  included a vegetable garden and chicken coop. With the introduction of the Kitchen Garden program in 2013, the vegetable gardens have been extended, with the aim of providing sufficient  fresh produce for the weekly cooking classes.