Discover a Joyful, Hopeful Option for Your Child

At Blue Gum Community School, we represent a new and hopeful option for families in and around Hornsby. We invite you to step inside our beautifully designed spaces and discover a small, not-for-profit community school that places rich learning encounters, creativity, exploration, collaboration, relationships, and joy at the centre of every day.

Our Open Day is the perfect opportunity to experience how our unique, strengths-based educational approach comes to life for both Preschool and Primary students.

What Makes the Blue Gum Approach Unique?

Learning Through Hands-On Research: Our curriculum invites children to take an active role in their own learning. We create daily opportunities for students to pursue deep understanding and knowledge through questioning, research, and collaborative projects.

A Personalised, Strengths-Based Environment: We believe every child can be successful. Instead of a one-size-fits-all model, children’s individual interests and passions drive their learning, opening up unlimited research possibilities.

Citizens of the Present: We see even our youngest children as citizens of the present; citizens with rights, responsibilities, and highly valued voices. We recognize them as budding mathematicians, writers, scientists, artists, and thinkers.

A Strong Arts Focus: We integrate the arts as crucial languages for understanding, interpreting, and connecting with the world around us.

Teachers as Mentors: Our exceptional quality educators see their role as walking closely alongside children, lending them strategies and skills along the way to enrich their learning journeys.

Grounded Yet Globally Connected: We highly value our Australian context, environment, and inheritance, while simultaneously connecting globally to share with and learn from progressive educators around the world.