Blakehurst Public School

A caring community school: safe respectful resilient engaged

Telephone02 9546 1555

Emailblakehurst-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Extracurricular Activities

Our school offers a variety of extracurricular activities to ensure that our students have the opportunity to excel in areas of strength or interest. 

The following extracurricular activities are available at Blakehurst Public School:

  • Dance (various age level, ability groups and genres)
  • Choir
  • Band (Training and Performance level groups)
  • Coding
  • Debating
  • Public Speaking
  • Creative anbd Visual Arts clubs
  • Enrichment groups
  • Student Representative Council (SRC) 
  • PSSA Sport (Botany Bay Zone)

Our school's extracurricular programs have enjoyed significant success, with 2019 highlighted by the following achievements:

  • Our contemporary and lyrical dance groups represented the school at the 2019 'In the Spotlight' Regional Dance Festival, with our contemporary dance group selected as the opening night performance
  • Our contemporary dance group competed at the 2019 Wakakirri Final at Homebush
  • Our jazz, contemporary and lyrical dance groups represented the school at the 2019 St George Performing Arts Festival, with the school receiving the highest award for outstanding choreography
  • Our Jazz, contemporary and lyrical dance groups also represented the school at the 2019 St George Dance Eisteddfod, with our jazz group winnnig their section of the competition 
  • Students qualified for the 2019 Metropolitan South Directorate Primary Schools Public Speaking Competition and the Regional Public Speaking Competition
  • The school was represented at the National Athletics Championships in Victoria (2018) and the Northern Territory (2019)