Stories and highlights

Swimming Carnival

Narrabri West Public School made a splash at the 2026 Swimming Carnival. Students showed fantastic sportsmanship, determination and talent in the pool.

Congratulations to our Age Champions:

8/9 Years – Sadie, Shelby, Logan & Connor

10 Years – Ashtyn & Boston

11 Years – Freya & Angus

12/13 Years – Charlie-Lea & Patrick

A special congratulations to Charlie-Lea, who broke the Senior Girls Backstroke record with an outstanding time of 38.95 seconds, surpassing the previous record set by M. Smith in 1993.

Well done to Cunningham House, who proudly claimed the title of Winning House for 2026.

It was a fantastic day of competition and school spirit. Congratulations to all students who participated!

Welcome to Narrabri West!

We look forward to working with our new Kindergarten students. Mrs Gett, Mrs Hatton and Miss Jolley our Kindergarten team, are especially excited about working with this new group of ‘Westies!’ This will be a great new adventure for all of these children, and we are sure they and their parents will enjoy school life at ‘the West.’

Welcome to Kindergarten

Thank you to our Narrabri West P & C who have donated a welcome gift to all our new Kindergarten students. Each child received a bag with a Westy water bottle and a packet of textas.

Narrabri Lionesses Club

KGH and KJ were presented with a welcome gift given to all Kindergarten students from the Narrabri Lionesses Club. Each child received a library bag, book and puppet. Thank you Narrabri Lionesses for your kind donation

Debating

Our debaters have had a fun time debating two diverse topics: "That homework should be banned" the affirmative team won with some very convincing arguments why we should NOT have homework. The second topic "That every classroom should have a pet" was won by the negative with some extremely reasonable explanations as to why we should NOT have pets in the classroom.

It is always an exciting time for the debaters as they come head-to-head with their opposing viewpoints.

CPR Awareness Program

Stage 3 took part in a designed CPR Awareness Program targeting all Stage 3 students. The program ensures every child be given the opportunity to learn this vital lifesaving skill and have the knowledge to perform effective CPR, both around water and in the general community. The program also ensures all students have a sound understanding and knowledge on how to perform an emergency response plan in a time of need. This program is fully supported by the Royal Lifesaving Society, in trying to combat the rise of drowning statistics and forge this vital lifesaving skill into our Primary and High Schools.

Max FM

Each fortnight our school captains and prefects present school news live on MAXFM from 9:30am on a Thursday. Make sure you listen to them this Thursday if you get the chance.

PSSA Tennis Knockout

Our PSSA Tennis team played at our local tennis courts to verse Gunnedah South for the PSSA Tennis Knockout. Each game was filled with outstanding sportsmanship, captivating rallies and teamwork.

Sporting Schools

Our school has received funding from Sporting Schools, an initiative by the Australian Government. This support allows our students to dive into engaging tennis lessons with local coach, Shane Murphy.

Sporting Schools is all about getting children active and connected with community sports.

Harmony Day

We are very fortunate to have so many different cultures represented at Narrabri West. We celebrated Harmony Day by wearing orange and cultural colours, coming together to recognise and embrace the rich diversity within our school community. It was wonderful to see students and staff proudly sharing their heritage, fostering understanding and respect among one another. This special day reminds us of the importance of inclusion and belonging, and highlights the strong sense of unity at Narrabri West.

Olympics Unleashed team

We had an inspiring day for our Stage 2 & 3 students who participated in the Olympics Unleashed program, organised by Leesa from the Olympics Unleashed team!

We were thrilled to welcome two incredible athletes, Nick Timmings and Sally Shipard, who shared their Olympic journeys and the lessons that shaped their success.

Their message was clear - determination, perseverance and a positive mindset can help students be their very best. These skills support them on the field, in the classroom, at home and in their friendships.

A huge thank you to Nick and Sally for inspiring our students to dream big and never give up!

Epilepsy Awareness Day

We celebrated Epilepsy Awareness Day, which is a cause very close to our hearts here at Narrabri West. Everyone looked great in their purple.

Transition to Year 7 at Narrabri High School

Students from Narrabri West Public School recently joined their peers from Narrabri Public School and Narrabri High School for a roundtable meeting focused on the transition to Year 7 at Narrabri High School. The event provided a valuable opportunity for students to share their excitement, voice concerns and discuss ways to make the transition smoother and more enjoyable.

The meeting was also attended by the Relieving Director Educational Leadership, Mary Doolan, highlighting the importance of supporting students through this key transition phase.

Easter Family and Friends Fun Day

Our annual Easter Family and Friends Fun Day always has a lovely crowd. Family and friends joined us for the Easter Tabloids and then a picnic lunch. The day always features lots of Easter themed sporting activities and was a chance for the whole school to get together and have some fun.

Vocal Workshop

Mrs Bennett and Mr Tester took 31 students to the Crossing Theatre for a fantastic vocal workshop with Mel and Meg from 'Queens of Song'. Students learned a range of songs, explored vocal techniques, and discovered the history of iconic singers.

It was wonderful to see their confidence grow throughout the session. A highlight was some students performing as backup singers at the concert that evening, representing our school with pride.

ANZAC Day March

Narrabri West Public School students joined our community to commemorate ANZAC Day. Well done to everyone who marched and to Zara and Braxton who laid a wreath on our behalf.

Coal Miner’s Cup

Our Stage 2 and Stage 3 Rugby League teams travelled to Gunnedah to compete in the annual Coal Miner’s Cup. It was a fantastic day filled with teamwork, effort and demonstrated excellent sportsmanship.

We were especially proud of students who had never played rugby league before. They showed courage, learnt new skills and gave their best in every game, this is what the gala day is all about.

Year 6 Shirts

Year 6 students received their Class of 2026 shirts. One of the privileges of being in Year 6 is the opportunity to purchase a shirt and wear them throughout the final year at Narrabri West.

Everyone looks great!

PSSA Netball Knockout

Our Narrabri West Netball PSSA Knockout team played a great season. The team played a fantastic game displaying a lot of teamwork and sportsmanship.

Cross Country

Narrabri West held it's annual Cross Country with students running around Narrabri Lake. Well done to everyone who participated with our winning House being Cunningham.

Infants Cross Country

Preschool Blue Group and students aged 4-7 took to the back oval to run in the infants Cross-Country. All students had fun as they ducked and weaved through the obstacles on the track.

P & C Mother's Day Breakfast

We had a wonderful morning at our P & C Mother's Day Breakfast. It was lovely to have everyone come and celebrate with us.

Narrabri Show

Preschool to Year 6 had the opportunity to visit the Narrabri Show. All the students enjoyed visiting the pavilions and seeing their artwork on display.... there were even a few prizes!

Show Art Competition

At the recent Narrabri Show all classes at Narrabri West completed an art work to go with the show theme 'Looking forward, Looking back'. The art works looked amazing hanging on the wall at the show... and we even won a few prizes.

Bunnings Preschool Visit

We were very fortunate to receive a special visit from Ronald at Bunnings Warehouse Narrabri. Ronald brought with him many different vegetables for us to plant in our garden. The children put on gloves and worked alongside Ronald to plant our new vegetables in preparation for winter. The children were very excited to help Ronald plant and water our new plants.

PSSA Cricket Knockout

Our PSSA Knockout cricket team had a great season getting knocked out in the third round. We played some very competitive games and showed some great skill. Well done everyone.

GRIP leadership

Our captains and prefects attended a GRIP leadership conference in Tamworth, to learn how to lead our school.

The GRIP Student Leadership Conference is unique in that it concentrates specifically on training student leaders for their role as School leaders. The style, topics, and content of this conference all focus on what the students can do right now.

Garden Club

Our Garden Club was excited to plant a fresh selection of seasonal vegetables, including cauliflower, bok choy, leeks, and cabbage. These hearty crops are perfect for our garden and promise a rewarding harvest in the coming months. We extend our thanks to Ronald from Bunnings for generously donating the seedlings and providing us with new gardening equipment, which will greatly support our planting and maintenance efforts. We look forward to a vibrant and productive garden this season.

Westy Bear's Birthday

We celebrated Westy Bear’s birthday, a beloved friend and an important part of Narrabri West for over 30 years! Westy has gone on countless adventures, travelling all over the world, from exploring the wonders of Egypt, visiting America multiple times, cruise boat journeys and roaming across Australia. These days, Westy likes to stay a little closer to home but still enjoys spending time with the children in the classrooms every week. I

Narrabri Zone PSSA Cross Country Trials

43 students from Narrabri West Public School competed in the Narrabri Zone PSSA Cross Country Trials. The trials were held in Bellata with students running either 2km or 3km around Bellata Golf Course, We had many students crossing over the line in 1st -8th place to score points for our school and we ended up winning the Team Trophy!

Boys Touch Football

The boys touch football team played energetic and hard-fought matches.

Well done to all students for representing our school with pride.

Girls Touch Football

The girls continued to build their skills and teamwork throughout the game, showing great improvement and persistence.

Great work girls.

Boys soccer team

Our boys team has made a great start in the PSSA Soccer Knockout competition. We have had some highly competitive games involving some fantastic sportsmanship and skills.

Girls soccer team

The girls soccer team have also made a great start to the competition. The girls continue to build their skills and teamwork throughout the games.

Athletics Carnival

Congratulations to everyone who participated in our Athletics Carnival, we h had a fantastic couple of days of competition, and everyone tried their best.

Congratulations to Oxley who was our winning house.

NAIDOC Week

At Narrabri West we have had a great time celebrating NAIDOC Week. We held a whole school assembly and special guests from our community. Each stage presented an item for our community. Kindergarten showed us how to count to ten in Gamilaraay by singing Children at the Fire. Stage One taught us how to name parts of our body in language by singing Bina Mil. We learnt about animals in the bush such as bandaar and dhinawan through the entertaining song of Burrula Murrun Yurrula-a by stage two. Our Stage 3 classes worked together to research the meaning of local totems of bandaar (kangaroo), dhinawan (emu) and bigibila (echidna).

Mitch Tambo

As part of our NAIDOC celebrations, we were fortunate to have a performance and workshop with Australian World Music Star, Mitch Tambo. Mitch is Australia's unique and dynamic First Nations entertainer, renowned as "the new voice of our generation."

It was a fantastic performance, and everyone enjoyed singing and dancing to some old favorites sung in Gamilaraay language, including Twinkle twinkle little star and the Hokey Pokey.

Crazy Hair Day

We celebrated Crazy Hair Day raising $202 for Cystic Fibrosis research, which is a cause very close to our hearts here at Narrabri West.

Thanks to Mr Parker for cooking the BBQ at lunchtime, everyone enjoyed their free sausages sandwiches.

Award Assembly

In Week's 5 and 10 of each term we have held Award Assembly for those students who have reached the next level in our award system.

Preschool Science Visit

Our Preschool students had an exciting experience with scientists from the research centre. The hands-on experiments they engaged in provided a rich environment for holistic learning, allowing children to explore scientific concepts through active participation.

Transition to Narrabri High School Program

Year 6 had a visit from the Narrabri High School Leadership Team as part of the Transition to Narrabri High School Program. Our students listened to a presentation and then had the opportunity to ask questions about what it's like at High School. Ms Mallet, who is the Year 7 Advisor for 2026, also attended the session and answered some of our questions.

It was nice to see some former Westies who had a chance to catch up with Westy Bear.

Thank you Mr Pierce, Ms Mallett and the Narrabri High School Leadership team for visiting our school.

Public Education Week

We were excited to celebrate Public Education Week. Our theme was, "Ignite Your Potential," and this captures the spirit of our school community.

We kicked off the celebrations with a vibrant assembly where every child, from preschool to Year 6, had the chance to shine and showcase their talents. It was great to see our students come together, demonstrating their hard work and creativity!

After the assembly, we enjoyed a wonderful family picnic lunch. Children and their family and friends also had the chance to visit the library and explore our book fair. We invited our guests to visit our classrooms, where they could witness the amazing learning achievements of our students this year.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating our incredible school community. Together, we’re igniting potential and nurturing the leaders of tomorrow!

SRC Semester 2

At our Education Week Assembly our SRC representatives received their badges.

Book Week

Narrabri West enjoyed dressing up to celebrate Book Week. We saw many of our favourite book characters come to life from some of our most loved books.

Preschool Garden

Preschool Blue Group celebrated the fruits (and vegetables!) of their hard work in our preschool garden. Throughout the year, the children have worked collaboratively to care for our vegetable patch, planting, watering and feeding the soil with compost made from worm juice.

Jeans for Genes Day

Well done Narrabri West, together we raised $296.75 for Jeans for Genes Day.

Whiddon Narrabri Visit

Residents from Whiddon Narrabri - Jessie Hunt, Whiddon Narrabri - Robert Young and Home Care visited Narrabri West Public School to watch the students perform their items for our Public Education Week assembly. They enjoyed the poems, musical performances and dances prepared by our students. At the conclusion of the assembly, some of our students had the chance to engage in conversations with the residents, sharing insights about our school while the residents reminisced about their own school days. The students were very excited to have such special guests in the audience.

Spelling Bee

Narrabri West Public School is exceptionally proud of our Premiers Spelling Bee Regional Finals school finalists Beth and Lucy. The school Champions advanced to the regional Spelling Bee finals, held online at the end of last week. Beth and Lucy competed against other students across the state.

Year 6 Canberra Excursion

Year 6 enjoyed a magical snow day! Students spent time throwing snowballs, building snow creations and making wonderful memories together in the snowfields.

Year 6 Canberra Excursion

Students explored Old Parliament House at the Museum of Australian Democracy, toured the National Arboretum, and visited Parliament House for a guided program. The highlight of the day was reflecting at the Australian War Memorial, where students gained a deeper understanding of Australia’s history and honoured those who served.

VP Day

Heidi and Braxton attended the Narrabri RSL Club for the commemoration of the Victory in the Pacific and Vietnam Veteran’s Day. Heidi and Braxton delivered the Prayer for the Nation and the Prayer of Thanksgiving.

Narrabri Zone Athletics Carnival

A large number of Narrabri West Public School students proudly competed in the Narrabri Zone Athletics Carnival at Narrabri High School. This year, 23 of our students were selected in the Narrabri Zone PSSA team to compete at the North West Area PSSA Athletics Championships in Tamworth on 3rd September.

Eddie Woo

Stages 2 & 3 visited Narrabri High School to have an information session with the incredible mathematician Eddie Woo!

Eddie presented to our students a fun and educational look at maths, teaching them it is all about connections and openness.

A huge thank you to Eddie for sharing his passion and knowledge with our community – it was a wonderful day of learning and inspiration.

Thank you Narrabri High School for having us!

Stewart House Pyjama Day

We helped support Stewart House Pyjama Day by

students coming dressed to school in their favourite PJs and bringing a gold coin donation to support kids in need. A big thank you to everyone who participated and donated, we raised $220.00.

Together, we helped make a real difference for children who benefit from the amazing programs at Stewart House.

Healthy Harold

We had a visit from Healthy Harold and learnt about big emotions, helping the children to recognise and manage their feelings.

STEM Day

Stage 3 students participated in a STEM Day. In groups, they had to challenge themselves to complete five different activities. The activities included things such as programming cue bots to move around on a course and complete different tasks, make a bridge using cardboard and paddle pop sticks, send messages to each other using Morse Code, design catapults and launch pom poms, and lastly, create a tower out of cardboard and skewers to hold a certain weight. All students thoroughly enjoyed the day and showed off their engineering skills!

Garden Club

Our Garden Club has been enjoying tasting some of their homegrown produce and has been carefully tending to the garden. The worm farm is also doing well and we are looking forward to our garden flourishing in the Spring.

Buddy Reading

1D had a chance to do some 'Buddy reading' with 5/6K in the library. Everyone enjoyed spending some quality time together.

Mates on a Mission

We were fortunate to have a visit from Mike Rolls and Ben Pettingill from Real Life Resilience – Mates on a Mission.

Mike and Ben travel around Australia sharing their powerful personal stories and life lessons to help young people build resilience and develop a positive mindset. The presentation was engaging, relatable and designed to empower students with practical tools to face challenges and bounce back from setbacks.

The visit was a valuable opportunity for our students to hear real-life experiences that support our ongoing efforts to promote resilience, respect and emotional strength. Mike and Ben encouraged us to have good people on our team to help us through life.

Santos Festival of Rugby

On Friday, 19th September, as part of the Santos Festival of Rugby, we welcomed players from the Waratah Rugby Union men's and women's teams. They conducted a rugby union skills session and afterwards spent time with the children for photos and autograph signing.

Thank you to the Waratahs for visiting our school.

Transition to High School

Our Year 6 students enjoyed an exciting transition day at Narrabri High School, taking part in a range of hands-on activities. They tackled STEM challenges, flew drones, visited the animals at the Ag Plot and created gyrocopters in the science labs. Students also joined in games with the Clontarf team before finishing the day with a spectacular rocket launch on the oval. It was a fantastic opportunity to experience high school life and build confidence for next year. Thank you to all of the dedicated staff at Narrabri High School for an outstanding day.

Police Visit at Preschool

At Preschool, the children had a visit from Constable Ben, who talked about his role as a police officer and the tools he uses in his job. The children were excited to have a turn in the police truck and speak on the microphone. Constable Ben also showed them his flashing lights and explained the importance of calling 000 in an emergency.

McDonald's Champion Class Award

Congratulations to 1D, who were the winners of the McDonald's Champion Class Award for this Term.

Thank you to McDonald's Narrabri for the kind donation of Happy Meals to everyone in the class.

University of Sydney, Narrabri Campus

Students from Stages 2 & 3 had a fantastic day at the University of Sydney, Narrabri Campus, where the friendly research and technical farm staff showcased their work. Students took part in hands-on native plant workshops, toured crop fields including wheat, barley, chickpeas and faba beans and learned about drones and modern farming machinery. A big thank you to everyone involved for providing such an engaging experience.

Todd Woodbridge Cup

Students from Stage 2 and Stage 3 recently travelled to Tamworth to compete in the regional Todd Woodbridge Cup tennis tournament. Our Westies looked fantastic in their blue and red uniforms as they played with great skill and enthusiasm. We want to commend all students for their excellent sportsmanship, organisation, and effort throughout the competition. Although we didn’t win this year, we are already looking forward to next year’s event.

We would also like to thank Shane Murphy for organising the local level competition and for supporting our students by dedicating his time and efforts in coaching our students.

Footy Colours Day

The school proudly supported Footy Colours Day. It is a national fundraising event in September where thousands of Aussies come together, proudly sport their team's colours, and raise money so kids don't fight cancer alone. Well done Narrabri West we raised $210.

All Schools Carnival

On Tuesday 8th September, Mr Gilliland, Mrs Dewsbury and Mr Tester accompanied our Stage 2 and 3 Rugby League teams and the Stage 3 Girls League Tag team to compete in the All Schools Carnival at Collins Park, Narrabri.

Each team played six short games against local schools, showing determination, skill and outstanding sportsmanship. All players represented Narrabri West with pride and performed exceptionally well on the field.

P & C Father's Day Breakfast

We had a wonderful morning at our P & C Father's Day Breakfast yesterday. It was lovely to have everyone come and celebrate with us.

Thank you to the wonderful ladies from NDCAS Narrabri for coming and cooking. Thank you to the families who donated eggs for our breakfast, it was very much appreciated.

Happy Father's Day for Sunday to all our Dads, Pops and Grandfathers.

Record Broken

At the Narrabri Zone Athletics Carnival back in Term 3, Caitlen broke the Girls 12-13 Years Shot Put record. Caitlen threw a distance of 8.66m.

Well done Caitlen.

Swimming Survival Program

In October, our Year 2-6 students begun our comprehensive water safety program that goes beyond just swimming. The focus is on personal safety, survival techniques, life jacket use and rescue skills. The program was all about equipping our kids with practical skills and knowledge to keep them safe in the water and empower them to help others in emergency situations.

NSWPSSA Primary Athletic Championships

In Week 2, we had 7 students compete at the NSWPSSA Primary Athletic Championships at the Sydney Athletic Centre. Everyone had a great time with some great results and really enjoyed the experience.

Record Broken

Congratulations to Rory who broke the Junior boys 200m record at the North West Athletics carnival. The carnival was held in Tamworth at the end of Term 3 and Rory set a new time of 30.43 seconds.

In November, we celebrated Grandparents Day with a family picnic in the school grounds. It was lovely to see so many Grandparents and Great Grandparents in our school. All our guests were invited into the classrooms to see all the quality work the children have been doing during the year.

Thank you to everyone who joined us.

Transition to Kindergarten

‘Ready, Set, Kinder!’, our comprehensive transition to school program concluded with a special ceremony sharing the achievements of each child. The children were presented with a portfolio of their learning and they also performed some action songs that they had learnt, for their families and buddies from Year 5. The Year 5 children are looking forward to continuing visiting the preschool each week. Westy Bear visited and the children and their families enjoyed the fruit skewers made by the children.

It was another successful transition, providing opportunities for the children to the experience the many facets of school life and enabling them to get to know the teachers.

We look forward to seeing them all again as Kindergarten students in 2026!

Remembrance Day

Our School Captains attended the Memorial Service for Remembrance Day at the Narrabri RSL. Duncan and Ivy laid a wreath on our behalf.

Lest We Forget

Year 6 High School Transition

Our Year 6 students visited Narrabri High School for their second high school transition day. They had a fantastic time creating toolboxes and laser-engraving their names on them, making pizzas, designing cartoon canvases and writing letters to their future selves for a time capsule. Exciting times ahead!

Diamond Award

We proudly held our latest award assembly, a special occasion to recognise and celebrate the hard work and achievements of our students. Congratulations to all those students who have reached the next level in our award system—your dedication and commitment to excellence are truly commendable. This assembly was particularly exciting as we had the honour of announcing the very first recipients of the prestigious Diamond Award, a new and distinguished accolade within our award system designed to acknowledge exceptional effort and outstanding accomplishments.

World Diabetes Day

We celebrated World Diabetes Day by wearing blue. This is a cause very close to our hearts and together we raised $300 to support Juvenile Diabetes Research Australia.