Ngayintharri Gumawarni Ngurrangka
“We all come together for country”
Baynton West Primary School
Baynton West Primary School prides itself on providing a caring and stimulating learning environment for your children. The strength of Baynton West Primary School is our strong belief that the education of our students is built on a robust partnership between home and school and the children are at the heart of our school.
Welcome
Baynton West is nestled at the foothills of Karratha, on Ngarluma Country. The suburb was named after Dr Baynton who, along with Harry Whittal-Venn, established Karratha Station. In the local Aboriginal language, Karratha is said to mean ‘Sacred Earth’.
Much of what we do as educators at Baynton West Primary School is unseen by the community but has an impact that positively affects our students’ learning. Our prime intention is to create calm and orderly classrooms, with minimal disruptions throughout the day so teachers can focus on teaching and our students can learn seamlessly. Secondly, we support our staff to teach using high impact strategies based on neuroscience, and lastly, our students are all placed on a level playing field due to the conditions of low variation teaching within year levels. We create scope and sequences in English and Mathematics and ensure year level teachers are provided with common planning time to develop lessons together. School and year level leaders coach our staff to develop common approaches across the school.
We hope that your time with us at Baynton West Primary School is treasured and the education received here guides your child as a confident learner who knows that they are valued in society, and have the skills needed for a happy, fulfilled and successful life.
The Baynton West Way
The ‘Baynton West Way’ has become a way of life for many of our students and staff.
Integrity, innovation, dedication and caring are our key guiding beacons, and our school vision of, ‘Children are at the heart of our school’ embodies everything we do, every day. We recognise that we work in close partnership with our children’s family and that we are a team in the learning process.
What’s Karratha life like?
Learn more about living and learning on Ngarluma Country.
Acknowledgement of Country
Ngayintharri-Gumawarni-Ngurrangka
(We all come together for country)
We respectfully acknowledge the past, present and emerging custodians of this land on which we are meeting, the Ngarluma people.
It is a privilege to be standing on Ngarluma country.
We also acknowledge the contributions of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians to the education of all children and people in this country we all live in and share together - Australia.
