Port Dalrymple School is a school in

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. The school has students from

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and Vocational Education Training (VET).

History

Port Dalrymple School was opened in 1999 after the merge of George Town Primary School and George Town High School. In 1999 the school continued with the kindergarten to grade six and grade seven to ten groups, in 2000 this changed to Junior School (kindergarten to grade four), Middle School (grades five to eight) and Senior School (grade nine and ten). In 2005 this changed again when grade eight became the start of senior school. In 2017, Port Dalrymple School was extended to include grades 11 and 12.

Learning

Port Dalrymple School has a very different type of learning than most other district high schools.

Grades

(2 Classes) *

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- Prep to Grade 4 (8 Classes) *

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- Grade 5 to 7 (5 Classes) *

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- Grade 8 to 10 (7 Classes) *Vocational Educational Training

Personal Learning Pathways

Middle and Senior school students take part in Personal Learning Pathways (PLP's). Students pick their subject (1 for middle school and 3 for senior school) and spend 4 periods (3 hours) a week on each subject, this continues all year for senior school students, middle school students change their PLP halfway through the year.

Principal Teacher Classes

For all other lessons (excluding Languages Other Than English in senior school) students spend their time in a class assigned at the beginning of each year, they also have a Principal Teacher who teaches Literacy, Numeracy, Maintaining Wellbeing (Excluding Physical Education) and Inquiry. Physical Education (PE) is with a PE teacher and done in your Principal Teacher Class. You can also choose Extended PE for a PLP which will allow you to participate in 3 more hours of Physical Education a week. Music is also a compulsory subject in middle school, students will have weekly music lessons which their class.

LOTE

Middle School students participate in compulsory

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(Languages Other Than English) with their principal teacher classes. Middle School generally learn basic

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, but in recent years they have learnt basic

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and

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. Senior School students have the option of learning a language online with a teacher from another school, the three options are

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and Indonesian (however at present nobody is learning Indonesian.)

School population

Port Dalrymple School has around 550 students and 50 people on staff. This number has remained steady for a few years.

References

{{reflist Public district schools in Tasmania Educational institutions established in 1999 1999 establishments in Australia