High potential and gifted education

Each class elects two PBL representatives who demonstrate our school’s PBL values. These students play an important leadership role in promoting positive behaviour across the school.

Our PBL representatives meet fortnightly to:

• Share observations about positive behaviour in their class, stage and across the school.
• Identify areas where behaviour can improve, such as specific settings or situations.
• Help create discussion scenarios for classrooms that reinforce expected behaviours.
• Plan and organise PBL acknowledgements, rewards and celebrations that recognise positive behaviour.

Through this role, students develop leadership, communication and problem-solving skills while helping to build a safe, respectful and responsible school culture.

Write Around the Murray School Program

This program gives students the chance to meet and work with some of Australia’s best authors and illustrators in a fun and creative setting.
Each year, students can enter two exciting writing competitions — the Write Around the Murray Short Story Competition and the Barry Young River of Stories Competition — to showcase their storytelling skills.

Albury Public School Choir

Our school choir is open to all students who love to sing. It helps students build confidence, develop their musical skills, and experience the joy of performing as a team.
The choir performs at school and community events, including the Albury Wodonga Eisteddfod, giving students a sense of pride and connection.

Craft Club

Craft Club is a fun and relaxing space where students can get creative, make things, and connect with others who enjoy art and craft.

Chess Club

Chess Club is a great way for students to challenge their minds while having fun. It helps build focus, memory, and strategic thinking — and it’s a great way to make new friends!

Albury Public School Ukulele

is a joyful entry into string instruments and ensemble music. Playing the ukulele supports hand-eye coordination, pattern recognition, and rhythm awareness, while also nurturing creative self-expression. Students in the group work collaboratively to build a varied repertoire, learning the importance of timing, harmony, and mutual support within an ensemble. The ukulele’s accessibility makes it ideal for boosting confidence and musical curiosity, and the group's performance pathway—including school events—offers a sense of purpose and pride in shared achievement.

Albury Public School Recorder

Recorder lessons give students the chance to develop musical skills, including reading music, fine motor coordination, and concentration. Playing an instrument also strengthens memory and auditory processing, creating a strong foundation for future musical learning.

Students perform as part of an ensemble, where they learn teamwork, patience, and how to listen and blend with others. The group takes part in school and community performances, including collaborations with other schools and the Albury Wodonga Eisteddfod. It’s a fun and rewarding way for students to grow as confident, cooperative performers.

International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS)

ICAS is an annual, internationally-recognised academic competition that challenges students in key subjects and celebrates their achievements. Students in Years 2–6 can participate in competitions across:

• Spelling Bee
• Writing
• English
• Mathematics
• Science
• Digital Technologies

Albury Public School Dance

lunch time sessions with the opportunity to participate in school performances, Riverina Dance Festival and Eisteddfod.

Albury Public School Band

Lunch time sessions are run for students who are members of the Rock Band. Selection criteria for entry into Rock Band is based on level of commitment and ability to already play an instrument. Students are not taught to play an instrument, rather how to play their instrument as an ensemble with other students. Students will be provided opportunity to play in front of their peers if they meet an expected level of proficiency.

Primary Schools Sports Association (PSSA)

Provides opportunities for primary students to participate in competitive sport at school, zone, state level and above.

Primary Schools Sports Association (PSSA) sport

involves inter-school competitions where students from different schools compete against each other in various sports. These competitions take place on Friday for students in Years 3-6. PSSA aims to promote teamwork, sportsmanship, skill development, fitness and fun.

• Summer-cricket, Newcombe and touch football
• Winter-Netball, Australian Football League and soccer

The Aurora College Opportunity Class (OC)

Cater for academically gifted Year 5 and Year 6 students with high potential. These classes help students to learn by grouping them with students of similar ability, using specialised teaching methods and educational materials at the appropriate level. The High Performing Students Team administers the opportunity class placement process. Parents normally apply when students are in Year 4. Students who are placed then attend the opportunity class full time in Years 5 and 6 at the primary school with an opportunity class. It is a two-year placement program. Provision that is accessible to students who may not otherwise be able to access a current OC provision. Students connect with teachers and classmates from around NSW through a virtual learning environment. Delivery of face-to-face synchronous lessons using Adobe Connect and a range of communication and collaboration platforms are used to support learning. Unlike other schools, our OC students remain at their current primary schools and engage in learning in collaboration with their home schools. In Year 5 and 6 (Stage 3), students will study these subjects as part of the OC program.

·         Mathematics

·         Science and Technology

·         STEM

Residential Camps are held twice yearly to deliver practical lessons, specialist excursions, and provide social opportunities for students to meet their peers.

Tournament of Minds

is an International educational program 'challenging the world' to develop creative problem solving skills. Tournament of Minds is a problem solving program for teams of students from both primary and secondary years. Tournament's aim is to enhance the potential of our youth by developing diverse skills, enterprise, time management, and the discipline to work collaboratively within a challenging and competitive environment. They are required to solve demanding, open-ended challenges from one of the following disciplines:

• The Arts
  The Arts challenge will involve research before developing a creative interpretation in response to the Challenge. Plenty of opportunities for artistic expression in the form of dance, song, musical instruments, theatre and all forms of the Visual Arts.
• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
  The combination of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics principles provides an integrated approach for students to deepen their conceptual understanding and use their creative and critical thinking skills to solve the challenges within an authentic context.
• Language Literature
  Language Literature Challenges will involve in-depth analysis and research of texts from a variety of fields.
• Social Sciences
  A journey through the moral and ethical issues confronting society in the 21st Century.

Tournament of Minds is an opportunity for students with a passion for learning and problem solving to demonstrate their skills and talents in an exciting, vibrant and public way.

Debating

Stage 3 students have the exciting opportunity to take part in a school-level debating program that builds confidence, teamwork, and public speaking skills. In teams of up to seven, students learn the rules of formal debating, how to prepare persuasive arguments, and how to work together to present their case. Teams represent Albury Public School in a school level competition, beginning with round-robin debates and progressing to knockout finals. Successful teams then move through to the championship tournament, where they compete for top honours against other schools in the region.

Riverina Choral Camp

an opportunity provided to public school students in Years 5 to 12. Students engage in a wide variety of choral experiences and activities in choral learning. Exposure to these choral experiences and activities enhances students’ knowledge and skills in music.

Leadership opportunities include School Captains and Vice Captains, Student Councillors and House Captains

these roles provide students with authentic ways to practise responsibility, initiative, and service to others. Taking on these roles develops confidence, communication, and decision-making, while encouraging students to contribute meaningfully to their school community.

Student leaders are entrusted with tasks such as running assemblies, supporting school and community events, organising fundraisers, and leading games or house activities. Through these experiences, they refine their teamwork, problem-solving, and public speaking skills, while learning the importance of fairness, empathy, and resilience. Leadership at Albury Public School fosters a sense of belonging and pride, empowering students to be active, capable, and compassionate citizens both within and beyond the school gates.