Wilson Primary School (5476)

School Overview

Wilson Primary School is situated in the peaceful suburb of Wilson, ten kilometres south of Perth City. The school catchment is bordered by Manning Road, Albany Highway and the beautiful scenic areas of the Canning River. Property values in the area are quite high and many members of the local community are involved in professional occupations, attend Curtin University or are self-employed.

Wilson commenced operations in 1963 and the school population hovers at around 300 students. Our ideal size and placement in the centre of our community contribute to the strong family feeling and atmosphere which is highly valued by the students and their families.

The school is set in very attractive surroundings with many trees, shade and extremely well-maintained gardens. Specialised play areas are provided for children across the school where they get to use a variety of games, building materials and resources during recess and lunchtime to enable children to be stimulated and catered for during their recreational breaks.

Wilson has an excellent reputation in the local and wider community and is also sought after by international migrants. The multi-cultural flavour of the student body adds to the richness and diversity of the clientele, a valued and celebrated feature of the school.

The school has a strong academic focus, and the students achieve great results in comparisons amongst like schools using the NAPLAN testing results. The specialist programs offered to our students include music, Indonesian, visual art, and physical education. In addition, there is an ongoing focus on the environment with our Water-Wise and Waste-Wise programs.
All students are becoming more conversant with technologies and at Wilson we are involved in expanding the available technologies for learning for all students.

Sustainability is a focus of the school and staff and students make good use of our newly established environmental studies learning area that includes facilities for recycling, composting and maintaining flower beds and frog ponds.

There is traditionally a strong community involvement at Wilson. The P&C Association is heavily involved in school activities such as athletics carnivals, colour fun run, Easter Hat Parade and Fun Run, as well as fund raising to supplement or finance school development projects or purchase resources. The P&C provides lunches twice each week throughout the year. The P&C group meets to make and prepare items for Mothers' and Fathers' Day sales for students to purchase. The Uniform Shop provides a very convenient service for the parents. School Council meets termly to discuss issues, make policy decisions and review school plans and reports.

Wilson Primary is a school with proud traditions, with an eye to the future and our place in the West Australian community and in the global community.